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Lockdowns began. but president biden said on friday the economy has the momentum, the kind of momentum he thinks he needs to pass a large scale officially multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan. here with us now to discuss the state of the economy and parts of that infrastructure plan harvard university professor of economics and public policy ken rogof. ken, we appreciate you sharing part of your weekend with us. let's get right to that jobs report yesterday. roughly 560,000 new jobs in may, still lower than predicted. some businesses still struggling to fill openings. in your eyes how clo...

Conservatives and republican activists that the clock is ticking here. it's like three minutes left in the fourth quarter in terms of getting something done this year. and there's still not a bill in the house or the senate. now, you mentioned this issue about -- that became a big issue this week about tax cuts for the rich. that will be certainly the number one tack that democrats make. they've already started making it. every time i met with donald trump on tax reform during the campaign, one of the first things he's always say is i want to make sure this is not a tax cut for rich people lik...

He also, the president says that he's banking on the democrats to actually come to the table, tweeting out just this week, quote, the approval process for the biggest tax cut and tax reform package in the history of our country will soon begin. move fast, congress. there haven't been any specifics so far. but some of the president's main proposals have included simplifying the tax code. as part of that, he wants to reduce the tax brackets from three down from the current seven. and probably the biggest change would be in the corporate tax rate. the president wants to drop it to a standard 15% ...

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