Page 10 - Value Judgment News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Highest level was less than half that. in 1980, when ronald reagan was elected president, the top tax rate was 70% at that time. if you look at the average tax rate that the top 1% was paying at that time, it was only 35%. today with the top tax rate at 37%, the average tax rate for the top 1% is about 27%. so when you actually look at what people are paying, it is not that big brother is taking away most of anybody's income. it's taking away most of those last dollars of income, and that's a value judgment. how high should it be? that's what politicians and political campaigns and elections a...

>> whether or not -- whether or not it is worth it or not is a value judgment. he gets to say it. we get to ask questions. he gets to give whatever answers he wants, but his answers, worth it or not in the long run, history will say that wasn't the truth or that made no sense, and that is why we're there, we have to keep trying to do that. i went to the john kennedy press conferences also, i never had the courage to try to ask a question of him, and he was a charmer. many of the questions were like mr. president sir if you mind could you please tell us how you feel about -- >> no, come on, fol...

>> we need to be able to get the truth out of these events. >> whether it's worth it or not is a value judgment. but he gets to say it. carl and i get to ask questions and the people there now. he gets to give whatever answers he wants, but his answer, whether they're worth it or not in the long running, history will say that's made no sense. it's not up to us to get the questions. that's why we're there. we got to keep trying to do that. carl, i went to the john kennedy press conferences also, about three or four of them. i never had the encouracourage a question of him, but he was a chapeler...

On a national stage, yeah. you share that space because you make the political argument that the legislators can't necessarily make. >> right. >> so your voice weighs very favorably in setting that tone politically. you don't -- obviously you won't be on point on legislation. >> right. >> but the political strategy, the political commentary, the framing of the argument in a political context, that is where the dnc/rnc chair will play that role. >> i ask that question for a reason, a lot more people i would argue -- this is not a value judgment on either of them. i guarantee you a lot more peop...

Crises, because you have to hug more people. in other issues member that's the case. but on this i think we agree on this. he has turned this story on himself and he's not showing any empathy. howie: that part about the empathy is a value judgment. it's true president trump didn't focus sustained focus on puerto rico compared to louisiana and texas last year. puerto rico was not in the forefront of media coverage the wait others were. sara: puerto rico is a territory, it's not a state. we are not dealing with it as being equal. the media didn't cover this hurricane the same way they covered th...