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Under the sort of trump regime here, the benefits are skewed heavily toward the wealthy. >> here's the question. the republicans are hoping in the blue wave that may be headed their way in the midterm elections to lean on this. president trump talks about this to no end. he always brings it up, how americans are getting bonuses, how their paychecks are getting bigger. it's very limited. the number of americans getting bonuses compared to the numbers who work is relatively small. bonuses are not increases in base pay. somehow republicans think they will be able to run on this and win. >> there ...

We're seeing in oklahoma they actually did try to remedy this by raising taxes on natural gas, on oil, on gasoline. >> paul: they've got a $6,000 raise. >> $6,000 raise before the strike. >> paul: base pay across the board for all teachers. >> it's 14 to 18%. so that translates to $6,100 per teacher. >> paul: they're not happy. >> they're saying that's not enough. they want $10,000. the senate's debating raising taxes further. that will be difficult to do. in oklahoma you have to have a 75% approval. >> paul: this is surprising in a way because you don't think of oklahoma, west virginia, kentu...

Actually did try to remedy this by raising taxes on natural gas, on oil, on gasoline. >> paul: they've got a $6,000 raise. >> $6,000 raise before the strike. >> paul: base pay across the board for all teachers. >> it's 14 to 18%. so that translates to $6,100 per teacher. >> paul: they're not happy. >> they're saying that's not enough. they want $10,000. the senate's debating raising taxes further. that will be difficult to do. in oklahoma you have to have a 75% approval. >> paul: this is surprising in a way because you don't think of oklahoma, west virginia, kentucky and states with strong uni...

Promises that tax cuts would translate into raises for workers. we said there's a better chance that companies would use the tax windfalls to finance stock buybacks. if the last three months are any indicator, we told you so. a record amount of buybacks have occurred for a single quarter. more than 2 million american workers were receiving special bonuses because of the new tax law. but a lot fewer it actually seeing permanent pay raises. i think that's important for people to remember. bonuses are done for a particular reason, because companies don't want to increase that base pay. it's very ...

These corporations got hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts. i hope the people will remember what the president promised. he said this many times. they held up charts on the floor of the senate. they didn't promise one-time bonuses. they promised $4,000 a year increases in people's base pay. $4,000 pay increase over ten years, that's $40,000. we've seen none of that. in many of these companies, the same day they make the announcements like at&t and walmart, the same day they made announcements, they actually cut their work force in the case of -- >> neil: i don't believe senator that th...