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home and hillary clinton administration. indeed, he was one of the rare republicans there and the only, or one of the very few, populist conservatives. that s strange, since populist conservatism is the platform his boss ran on. like trumpet candidate, bannon was willing to criticize big republican donors in their ideological stranglehold in a corrupt g.o.p. establishment. he s able to break with orthodoxy and big and dramatic ways con for higher taxes, better infrastructure, fewer pointless wars around the world, and more. he understood that the country s greatest crisis isn t robert e lee statues but the steady economic and moral decline of its once robust middle-class. not surprisingly, traders on wall street cheered when he got fired this afternoon. the dow shut up 100 points on the news. lobbyists in washington will be celebrating late into the night. the funny thing is, that in some important ways, steve bannon was more traditionally liberal than the liberals who spent the l ....
fewer people will actually pay tax at that rate. now, let me tell you what else they want to do. they want to nearly double the standard deduction. $12,000 for individuals. $24,000 for married couples. that s the justification for raising the lowest tax rate from 10% to 12% that a whole lot of people aren t actually going to pay for. the plan also calls for the elimination of the so-called marriage penalty. raising the tax credit for a child under 17 by a yet to be specified amount. and look for a new $500 tax credit for non-child dependents. that replaces the idea that you can actually otherwise claim non-child dependents. in addition, the plan calls for repealing the estate tax. what a lot of republicans call the death tax. this benefits generally speaking the wealthy. it also repeals the alternative minimum tax. at lot of you might say i pay the alternative minimum tax. here s the problem. it was actually meant to be something for the wealthy. wasn t indexed to inflation so a< ....
1. we will leave with you that. have a great weekend, everybody. tucker carlson is up next. tuc tucker: well, good evening, and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. michael, one the president s campaign aides, who spoke to the press after coming out of the briefing. whatever it takes to help him clear up this russian collusion delusion. tucker: michael with l. join news a few moments what he saw in congress today. first attorney general jeff sessions gave a speech this week to a group of christian lawyers the group called alliance defending freedom. the splc has said they are about attacking enemies and shutting down free speech for those that don t agree with them. again, it underscores the fact that these networks would use this as a source instead of using sources that the federal government has said are reliable and that the right and the left rely on. it does bring up. tucker: here is what i object to is the name-calling. so obviously the reporters who wrote ....
assistant to george w. bush. scott, let me start with you, were there echos of the axis of evil speech that president bush spoke about before the war against saddam hussein in 2003? this definitely had shades of that remark and i m glad to see that because during the campaign, donald trump ran as something of an isolationist and if you watched today s speech, he took you on a world tour of american priorities and american engagement. if you were expecting donald trump the isolationist you did not get that today. it was a firm and measured speech today, he spoke in clear terms. i was proud to see him call out the programs on petfar and malaria that the united states has invested in. i think he hit all the right notes for his american audience. i think his base will love it. i think a lot of americans agree with his message on reforming the u.n. and some gallup polling conducted earlier this year, only 37% of americans felt the u.n. was doing a good job and 60% thought it was ....
thank you. tonight, your money, your taxes. president trump s new plan. what it means for you. after several efforts to repeal obamacare fail, the president now turns to a major tax overhaul. proposed cuts for middle class families, also major cuts for corporations and wealthy americans. also tonight, the crisis in puerto rico. a full week after the hurricane hit, more than a million people without power or drinking water. the mayor of san juan tonight saying people are starting to die. the deadly showdown. the police video just released. the suspect jumping from his pickup, firing at police. officers responding. tonight, abc news obtaining some of the russian ads bought on facebook. you will see them for yourself. posing as an american group, the ads say, we need trump. the massive explosion, 30,000 forced to evacuate. authorities now asking, was this an accident or not? and the first airline to offer free text messaging while you re flying. are phone calls next ....