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Art laffer said 15, but i think it's going to be 20. the point on the corporate side is so that businesses reinvest money back into the economy, capital investment to create jobs and raise wages. that's your real benefit for the middle class. those are the two things they're going to try to do. now, they're operating within certain senate rules on how much money they can afford to lose over a ten-year period. and a lot of this horse trading like the millionaires' tax and so forth is intended to try to get them under that cap. david: so, kate, should we just ignore all the stuff i was talking a...

Might fall in a swimming pool here or get hit by a car, but he's actually kind of getting where he wants -- david: oh, he sure is. >> and if he gets tax reform, i think the whole debate changes because it's not just the political achievement, it's a way to reverse the economic decline under obama. david: kim, quickly, let me just ask we talked about substance of issues will the republican party look different at the end of four years of a donald trump administration? >> well, how does it not? [laughter] but, i mean, look, i think one thing that's important here is that these tweet fests aside ...

Put an 80% tax rate on the highest earners, and democrats would still make that claim. david: yeah. >> what they ought to be doing and letting guide their decision is what is best for the economy. and, i mean, they're also dealing within the complicated parameters that, as dan said, they do need to find some way of paying for the other bad policy like the childcare tax credit. they'd be wiser off getting rid of some of those giveaways, lowering rates for everybody, and then as dan said, making sure that that's how people in the middle class benefit from a growing economy. david: but, dan, is i...

President ronald reagan. allart, good to see you. >> good to see you, david. david: why not just clean, across-the-board tax cuts? >> that's what they should do, but congress -- it's all these different views and everything, and everyone wants to get their little piece in, so it really becomes a complicated mess. but you're right, we should have one simple tax, corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%, get rid of everything else, pass that. then go to these other items. a lot of those are good as well, by the way, david, they really are. inheritance tax should be gotten rid of, expensing of capital ...