host: jim tankersley of the new york times. the lines are 202-748-8000 for democrats, 202-748-8001 for republicans, and for independents and others, 202-748-8002. john in pennsylvania. he's on the republican line. caller: biden wants to double the irs agents. right now, 61% of the u.s. citizens pay no federal income tax. what sense does it make to double the agents, when a lot of people are not paying income tax? studies for immigration in the united states pointed out that the child tax credit will apply to illegals, and more money than -- and they will get more money than u.s. citizens. that is not where i want my tax dollars to go. guest: i will take on the first question first, because it is a good one and i appreciate it. the president, and the build back better plan, does include $80 billion for increasing staff to the irs. that will mean a lot more audits. but the idea, at least of the administration says, is those agents would be focused entirely upon the big drivers of what economists call the tax gap, the taxes owed a

host: jim tankersley of the new york times. lines are 202-748-8000 for democrats, 202-748-8001 for republicans, and for independents and others, 202-748-8002. john in pennsylvania. he's on the republican line. caller: biden wants to double the irs agents. right now, 61% of the u.s. citizens pay no federal income tax. what sense does it make to double the agents, when a lot of people are not paying income tax? studies for immigration in the united states pointed out that the child tax credit will apply to illegals, and more money than -- and they will get more money than u.s. citizens. that is not where i want my tax dollars to go. guest: i will take on the first question first, because it is a good one and i appreciate it. the president, and the build back better plan, does include $80 billion for increasing staff to the irs. that will mean a lot more audits. but the idea, at least of the administration says, is those agents would be focused entirely upon the big drivers of what economists call the tax gap, the taxes owed and n

>> jim tankersley joins our conversation. he said, here are concerns.on they should feel hopeful. >> i think what the white house is sort of struggling with right now is that people expected the economy to get better. this wasn't a normal recession. let's turn the economy off so we can get through this virus and then turn it back on recession. people were expecting the job market would rebound, income would go up. they weren't expecting this spike in prices, particularly the prices you can see every day, food, gasoline. that's really dampening consumer sentiment and hurting the president. >> there's a new jobs report coming out soon, the november jobs report. what are you expecting? we know some economists say they think it should show half a million jobs. >> this could be a strong report. we know the reports from over the summer was stronger than we initially saw. the white house is hoping they will see a big bounce back. that's very important tots the inflation story. the idea is, people will go back to work over the next couple of months who have bee

jim tankersley white house correspondent for the times.nk you, sir. >>> coming up, new reporting about how a few democrats banded together to break the impasse, get that bipartisan infrastructure bill pass and progressives leader in the negotiations congresswoman pramila jayapaljayapal. >>> later, trump's lawyers trying to halt. you're watching "meet the press daily." ♪♪ right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ now listen to the beat ♪ ♪ kinda pat your feet ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ oh, it's all right ♪ there's a different way to treat hiv. it's once-monthly injectable cabenuva. cabenuva is the only once-a-month, complete hiv treatment for adults who are undetectable. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable. it's two injections, given by a healthcare provider once a month. hiv pills aren't on my mind. i love being able to pick up and go. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its ingredients or taking certain medicines, which may interact with cabenuva. serious side effects include alle

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