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It seems to prove, especially when it comes to the lgbt part of this, that critics say the comparison of gay people to pedophiles is bigotry. that seems to be very popular in the state of florida for desantis. absolutely. republicans are sort of seeing this as an issue they can use to rev up their base. that includes attacking corporations right now. a lot of times we have seen, you know, republicans be very in lockstep when it comes to being pro-business, in touch with corporations, but desantis going after these sort of cultural issues and including going after disney, it just shows there s a huge gap between the way republicans used to sort of operate and where they re looking to go right now. and i know you ve talked a little about this, just what it means for conservatives to start targeting corporations, but interestingly, a pew poll in 2021 found there s been a ....
Going to be targeting corporations and wealthy individuals, including raising that top corporate tax rate to about 26.5%. they re also going to be looking at raising the tax on capital gains to 25% for people who make more than $400,000 a year. also the individual top marginal tax rate will go up to 39.6%. brianna, this really is important because democrats are going to have to pay for this bill if they are going to be able to pass it through the u.s. senate where you have moderates like joe manchin who are arguing that he is not going to just increase the deficit with this legislation. so, if you want to expand healthcare, if you want to do more on paid family leave, these are the kinds of tough decisions you have to make. but look, the house ways and means committee chairman richard neal has been keeping this under wraps in part because once you display how you re going to pay for this bill, you have lobbyists, other special ....
And loopholes for special constituents and interests. there s no surprise there. i d like to see fewer. most conservatives would like to see fewer rather than more. but you want to target them toward areas that will stimulate economic growth. that s the.here. government is not supposed to be punitive all the time, leslie. it s not about targeting corporations, how dare they make money, we need to take more of their money. it s about stimulating economic activity. that s a good idea. that benefits everyone. it creates jobs. it creates wealth. it s good for the country and the economy. that s good for everyone. class warfare stuff. if you re a small business owner, you shouldn t argue against your own self-interest, but i know it s party policy that you have to do that. sandra: leslie, i go back to referencing the stock market. the reason i do that is because even just the president campaigning on this promise of tax cuts and tax reform in this country, it has injected so much ....