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Corpo corporations. skpef struck down on obvious ways to raise money. they are looking for something palatable and it will raise revenue. everybody wants to go after the billionaires. they can't afford to pay more in taxes. the question is whether this will work. it has constitution ality questions to it. it is not exactly how well it would work, what do you do, for example, if a billionaire loses assets from one year to another. is uncle sam going to be cutting a check to mark zuckerberg. that will not be politically popular. i'm concerned this may not wash, it may even get struck down by the...

It would affect 700 to 800 people in the whole country every year. catherine rampell and john leiber, former adviser to mitch mcconnell. catherine, this is important for two reasons. it is possible this is one of the last missing links for democrats on how to pass their agenda. the second part, this is a very, very different and very major tax overhaul. how exactly do you see it? >> i think what happened is as much as democrats like to tax the rich and corporations, it had gotten cold field on all the ways to tax the rich and corporations. they have ruled out a number of pretty targeted propos...