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Funds. the massive tax cut for the wealthy. >> as for the carried interest, i do believe that should be taken out. as far as the fact the rich, the top 1% are going to get more dollars back, every time there's been a tax cut including under sean kennedy and ronald reagan -- also in corporations it is important that we make american corporations more competitive with overseas corporations. having said that, i thought should be done in a more equitable way. john kennedy had massive tax cuts for the rich and corporations. it was a large amount. and under reagan as far as the deficits, i wouldn't ...

Whether or not they could feel in the their pocketbook beginning in february they will and along the line they're going to see an economy which is going to continue to grow. they'll see job opportunities come and we believe they're also going to see an improvement in their own wages. that takes a little bit longer to happen, but we're convinced it will. >> at the same time -- and i know you're a deficit hawk -- this tax plan comes with a price tag adding about maybe $1 trillion or $1.5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. part of the plan to help offset future cuts potentially could b...

Businesses that has kiepd nd of late flare up. hatch wrote back saying we know you had nothing to do with this. the provision was in the house bill so something that was included when they put the things to conference. i feel like i keep going back to it but it is also true thmpt political imperatives around this i think got to the point where leadership were able to say to members you have to vote. you can't be the person that ruins this for the rest of us. that message i think got through at the end of the day. jeff flake is a deficit hawk and has been for many years. he has had a lot of sup...

Inherito inheritors. by favoring investors in trusts like real estate trusts. by favoring shareholders with the corporate tax cut. by significantly increasing the estate tax. this is a wrapped up gift to the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. especially once it's fully fazed in. it would have been really very simple to write a very different kind of plan. but that wasn't what they set out to do. >> now, since friday when bob corker went from a no to a yes -- >> magically. >> -- there was a term coined the corker kick back. and now orrin hatch came out defending corker saying how dare ...

Is a deficit hawk. we are trying to lower the deficit is what they tried to run on. no republican can say that on this bill, because it will put a huge hole in the deficit. >> i am sure you have heard m michael bloomberg is listing education, intpau strbg khur, wages, health insurance, and social security as all areas that are going to suffer. an infrastructure investment, does this tax bill make that tax bill all but impossible. >> two things. mayor bloomberg is not the be all of knowledge, if you will. the tax bill assumes economic growth, so there's rosy scenarios there, but the economy is ...