you are on the john schaus. go ahead. caller: thank you. have been pretty concerned about china for a while. i mean, you mentioned other things regarding china expanding militarily. and not just a military threat but an economic threat. i think sooner or later, there might be some miscalculation in that region because of the way they have been destabilizing it, and i think this country ought to move forward with a -- forward in a very vigorous manner, shoring up the defenses of not just japan and south korea and vietnam, but we should start paying more attention in india. -- in india. they are a counterweight to china. our economic relationships in the region should be nurtured and built up. and i realize that china might give north korea a little more leeway in its aggressive behavior, but this is not going to go away. this is probably going to get worse. i believe, anyway, at some point, there might be a confrontation vis-a-vis taiwan and we have to be ready for it, and quite frankly, right now, i am uninspired by the current administrati

john schaus joining us for that next.ater, we hear from brandeis university's michael willrich, author of a book on the history of the smallpox epidemic in the u.s. on the history of vaccine mandates. all that coming up on washington journal. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> coming up this week on c-span, homeland security secretary mayorkas, fbi director christopher wray appear before congress on threats to the homeland. c-span3 will have live testimony on tuesday. the house homeland security committee on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and federal reserve chair jerome powell holds a press conference this week. watch on c-span or listen on the radio have. head over to c-span.org for information or to stream video live, on-demand anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. ♪ >> washington journal continues. host: our first guest is john schaus, interna

john schaus joining us for that next. later, we hear from brandeis university's michael willrich, author of a book on the history of the smallpox epidemic in the u.s. on the history of vaccine mandates. all that coming up on washington journal. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> coming up this week on c-span, homeland security secretary mayorkas, fbi director christopher wray appear before congress on threats to the homeland. c-span3 will have live testimony on tuesday. the house homeland security committee on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and federal reserve chair jerome powell holds a press conference this week. watch on c-span or listen on the radio have. head over to c-span.org for information or to stream video live, on-demand anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. ♪

up this morning, we will talk with center for strategic and international studies senior fellow john schaus about the security alliance between the u.s., u.k., and australia to counter china's military strength, and brandeis university's michael willrich discusses the history of vaccine mandates. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: it is the washington journal for september 19, and recent remarks about the economy. president biden wants again made the case for tax increases and the corporations, as well as individuals who make over $400,000 a year. the biden administration plans to use the revenue to pay for infrastructure and social programs. you are welcome to share your opinion on this proposal. here is how you can let us know what you think. if you support it, you can call us a