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Since then. what does your reporting indicate we would learn if kevin mccarthy was put under oath in that hearing room in that investigation? what bob woodward and i found is that kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader and leader mcconnell in the senate, they re kind of the surface of the republican party, but that isn t the whole story. you look at january 5th, we discovered that steve bannon, the former white house strategist, was there at the willard hotel blocks from the white house with rudy giuliani having an almost war room type meeting with other trump allies the eve before the january 6th insurrection. and president trump calls into this willard hotel informal war room to talk to giuliani, to talk to bannon, and bannon had actually been in close touch with president trump for days before january 6th. based on our reporting he privately told president trump to have a reckoning on january 6th, and he said to the president it s time to kill the ....
Point where you could have a violent insurrection on the u.s. capitol, the very threat that we were so worried about at 9/11, the very attack those heroic passengers prevented on the flight headed to the capitol. you had people trying to blame antifa, trying to obscure what happened, that s how far we ve fallen in 20 years. frankly, that s reflective of a reality where that s been this kind of radicalization inside, let s face it, the american right wing. but that isn t the whole story. our culture is a whole lot more liberalized today than it was 20 years ago. just look at american commercials or network television shows. there is much broader acceptance of lgbtq rights. people recognizing that black lives do indeed matter. confederate monuments coming ....
But was the red list agent responsible for this? this is one current adviser. in other words, to some extent, the timing did matter because if delta had been delayed, more people would have been vaccinated and we know the vaccine reduces the chances of getting delta and of getting seriously ill because of it. but timing isn t the whole story. look at this. the uae brought in extra restrictions on travel on 22 april. france was the 24th, the us, the 4th of may. the uk, remember, was the 23rd of april. ....
Things. once is, there was a change in policy. bill clinton signed a decrease in the capital gains tax rate in the late 90s, george bush lowered the rate again in the early 2000s. unquestionably, the case of that benefits the very wealthy, since a lot of their income comes in the form of capital gains. but that isn t the whole story. that s kind of the foundation for something else, which we really try to get at in the piece. which is, it s the foundation for a lot of gaming of the system. and basically, if you look at many of the loopholes, if not most that the ultra wealthy exploit, it s all about converting ordinary income, which is taxed at a very high rate, at about 40% for the very wealthy, into capital gains, which is taxed at about half that rate. so all these scams that we talk about is all based on that not all, but largely based on that principle. and that principle is made possible by the fact that capital gains is taxed at such a lower rate. and yet, somewhat remarkab ....
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