gary cohn, the former economic adviser to president trump, has said repeatedly he thinks a tax rate ash as 28% would be competitive in the united states yet manchin has objected to it. >> jeff, the context in which the president puts his plan, as you said many times, from the middle class out that the economy will grow, and recent polling from cnn shows that this is regardless of party affiliation a serious concern. let's put up the numbers. of those asked if they're kind about the economy in their community, 70% of democrats, 76% of independents, 85% of republicans. so this is a significant concern not just nor the white house but for those democrats who will be back on the ballot in november of 2022. >> reporter: it absolutely is. this is at the heart of this plan. this is the -- of course, the biden argument, the biden administration's argument for why all of these plans are necessary. he said quite simply there, it is not acceptable to return to a pre-pandemic economy because, quite frankly, it was not working for most americans. so as catherine was saying, a lot of these issues by