himself his family and the oligarchy billionaires in his cabinet a tax break i'll ask economist michael hudson in just a moment and even though poll after poll shows that the majority of our nation supports net neutrality republicans are dead set on selling off and corporate ties in our public internet why are they so out of touch with real americans last chorus cooper and me in tonight's big picture panel. if there's one thing all republican politicians are really really good at it's straight up lying through their teeth about how their tax cuts for the rich are actually tax cuts for the middle class reagan did it george w. bush did it and now that he's officially unveiled his own so-called tax reform plan donald trump is doing it to we're going to cut taxes for the middle class make the tax code simpler and more fair for every day america is and we are going to bring back the jobs and wealth that have left our country and most people thought left our country for good this is just flat out not true populist rhetoric aside the people who are going to actually benefit from donald trump's tax pl

economist michael hudson joins me on the show this week. we learn about a yemeni bodega owner strike from the diverse fifilmmakers alliance. budget.t.the it'not a cut, i it's a conversion.. welcome to the laura flanders show where people who say it can be done take a backseat to the people who are doing it.