THANK YOU SO MUCH, GERRI.
GERRI WILLIS.
SPENDING AND TAX HIKES, TAX AND
SPEND.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SPEAKING ABOUT
HIS PLAN TO RAISE TAXES AND THE
MORE THAN $2 TRILLION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL
YESTERDAY IN GEORGIA.
JUST ONE DAY AFTER HIS FIRST
JOINT SESSION ADDRESS TO
CONGRESS.
>> IT’S THE BIGGEST JOBS PLAN IN
THIS COUNTRY SINCE WORLD WAR II.
HERE’S WHAT IT DOES.
IT CREATES JOBS REBUILDING,
MODERNIZING OUR ROADS, OUR
HIGHWAYS, OUR BRIDGES, OUR
PORTS, OUR AIRPORTS.
IT WILL PROVIDE CLEAN DRINKING
WATER FOR EVERY AMERICAN.
I PROMISE YOU, NO ONE MAKING
UNDER $400,000 A YEAR IS GOING
TO PAY A SINGLE ADDITIONAL PENNY
IN TAX.
IT’S TIME FOR THE RICHEST 1% OF
AMERICANS AND CORPORATE AMERICA
TO START TO DO THEIR PART.
DAGEN: JOINING ME NOW, FLORIDA
CONGRESSMAN, HOUSE HOMELAND
SECURITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEMBER,
CARLOS JIMINEZ.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT
BIDEN HAS SAID IN THE LAST
COUPLE DAYS BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S
$6 TRILLION SINCE PRESIDENT
BIDEN TOOK OFFICE THAT THE
DEMOCRATS AND THE PRESIDENT ARE
TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH.
THEY ALREADY GOT 1.9 TRILLION OF
IT THROUGH THE COVID PACKAGE
EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HAVE A
TRILLION DOLLARS LEFT TO SPEND
FROM THE ORIGINAL COVID PACKAGE.
THEY’RE SAYING THEY NEED TO
STIMULATE THE ECONOMY AND YET
EVEN IF HIS SPEECH HE SAID
AMERICA IS COMING BACK.
OUR GROWTH IS OVER 60%.
6%, I’M SORRY.
AND I’M HERE IN FLORIDA, OUR
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS DOWN TO 4%.
ALL WE NEEDED TO DO WAS OPEN UP.
WE DIDN’T NEED TO PUT ALL THIS
MONEY, THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY
THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
TRYING TO SPEND AND REALLY
BASICALLY STEALING THE FUTURE
FROM OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
GRANDCHILDREN.
WHEN YOU SAY A TRILLION DOLLARS,
THAT’S EASY TO SAY.
THAT’S $1 TRILLION.
SO THEY’RE TRYING TO SPEND
6 TRILLION DOLLARS IN A SPAN
-- OR APPROPRIATE THAT IN THE
SPAN OF 100 DAYS.
THEY SAY ONLY THE CORPORATIONS
ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS.
AND ONLY THE RICH ARE GOING TO
PAY FOR IT.
OKAY, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, I’VE
GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU.
DAGEN: IT’S AS IF THE TAX --
NUMBER ONE, THE TAX INCREASES
WOULDN’T PAY FOR THE VAST ARRAY
OF NEW PROGRAMS AND SPENDING
THAT BIDEN BUY AND C -- BIDEN AN
HAVE INTRODUCED.
IT WOULDN’T RAISE REVENUE
THEY’RE SAYING.
IT’S LAUGHABLE TO ASSERT THIS
WILL NOT HURT ANYONE, THAT
RAISING THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX
RATE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL,
43.4%, THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN
MODERN HISTORY WON’T HAVE AN
IMPACT ON GRANDPA, GRANDMA, MOM,
DAD, OR ANYONE WHO OWNS STOCKS
OR IS INVESTED IN THE STOCK
MARKET OR ACCESS.
>> ALSO, IT HURTS INVESTMENT
HERE IN AMERICA AT A TIME WHEN
WE NEED MORE AND MORE PRIVATE
INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO GET OUR
ECONOMY MOVING BACK AGAIN.
WE’RE NOW GOING TO BE TAXING
CORPORATIONS AND ALSO THE ONES
THAT ARE DOING THE INVESTING TO
THE POINT WHERE THEY WON’T BE
ABLE TO DO THAT.
YOU’LL HAVE FLIGHT AGAIN,
CORPORATE FLIGHT OUT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
IT WILL GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
WE WILL LOSE JOBS.
WE WON’T BE GAINING JOBS.
LOOK, IT’S A DIFFERENT
PHILOSOPHY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE GREATNESS OF
THIS COUNTRY IS BASED ON THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS USING THEIR
INGENUITY TO HE CREATE NEW JOBS
TO INNOVATE.
THAT’S WHAT’S THE GREATNESS OF
AMERICA.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE
DEMOCRATS THINK THAT SOMEHOW
GOVERNMENT IS THE ONE THAT’S
GOING TO CREATE ALL THESE JOBS.
WE NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT IT’S
GOING TO BE, WHO IS GOING TO
WIN, WHAT WE NEED TO PRODUCE, ET
CETERA AND EVERY TIME THAT’S
HAPPENED AROUND THE WORLD, IT’S
A COMPLETE FAILURE.
AND SO WE’RE COMPLETELY AGAINST
IT.
THE REPUBLICANS, MY COLLEAGUES
THERE IN CONGRESS ARE COMPLETELY
AGAINST THIS PLAN.
WE’RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION ON A COMMON SENSE
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT REALLY
IS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT ALL
THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PUT
INTO THIS UNDER THE GUISE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE BUT HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO IT’S JUST A SPENDING
SPREE.
I THINK THEY BELIEVE THEY’RE NOT
GOING TO BE AROUND IN TWO YEARS,
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE
MAJORITY AND THEY NEED TO GET
EVERYTHING DONE RIGHT NOW.
DAGEN: JOE BIDEN WAS TALKING
ABOUT ROADS AND BRIDGES.
WELL, IN A $2.3 TRILLION
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THE MONEY
TOWARD ROADS AND BRIDGES IS
$115 BILLION.
SO THAT’S REALLY HOW MUCH
INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN THEY THAT
PLAN.
LET’S TURN TO THE BORDER, THE
CRISIS, THE CHAOS.
YESTERDAY, MARIA SPOKE WITH
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON
HIS REACTION TO PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S CONGRESSIONAL ADDRESS.
HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND
COMMENTED ON ONE SUBJECT THAT
THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T EVEN BRING
UP.
>> WELL, ONE THING IS THAT HE
DIDN’T DISCUSS THE BORDER AND
THE FACT THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE ARE POURING INTO OUR
COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM CRIMINALS,
MANY OF THEM PEOPLE FROM JAILS,
MANY OF THEM DOING ACTS THAT YOU
DON’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
AND THEY’RE POURING INTO OUR
COUNTRY.
BY THE THOUSANDS AT A LEVEL
THAT’S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
IT’S OUT OF CONTROL.
IT COULD DESTROY OUR COUNTRY IF
IT KEEPS GOING AND THE LONGER IT
GOES, THE HARDER IT IS TO STOP.
DAGEN: CONGRESSMAN, YOUR
REACTION TO WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAID?
>> WELL, WE DO HAVE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FLOCKING ACROSS THE
BORDER.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER.
WE ARE ENRICHING THE
MULTINATIONAL CARTELS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER TO THE
TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, IF
NOT $1 BILLION PER MONTH.
THEY’RE ACTUALLY MAKING MORE
MONEY OUT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
THAN THEY ARE DRUG TRAFFICKING
AND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
HELPING THEIR DRUG TRADE BECAUSE
THEY POUR HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS
INTO AN AREA, CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION GO TO THAT AREA,
LEAVES OTHER AREAS UNPROTECTED
AND IN COME THE DRUGS AND ALSO
WE STOPPED BUILDING THE WALL.
HERE’S THE WORST PART ABOUT THE
WALL, OKAY.
WE STOPPED BUILDING IT.
WE’RE STILL PAYING THE
CONTRACTORS TO NOT BUILD THE
WALL WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL
-- PROTECTION AGENTS HAVE SAID
IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT THEY
REALLY NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE
TO CONTROL THE SITUATION AT THE
BORDER.
DAGEN: CONGRESSMAN JIMINEZ,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS