I joined CNN Tonight with Don Lemon to discuss President Trump’s off-key attempts to pander to the GOP base, a tendency that has always been there, but until now was always eclipsed by his ability to harness those same voters’ frustrations. The segment centered around this Maggie Haberman piece in the Sunday New York Times.
Talking Infrastructure Policy on Cheddar TV
I joined Hope King and Tim Stenovec on Cheddar Rides to discuss infrastructure policy and the plans of the 2020 Democratic hopefuls.
You can watch the entire clip here.
Talking 2020 Dems on Fox News
I joined Daily Briefing guest host Julie Banderas on Fox News over the break to discuss the latest developments in the 2020 Democratic primary:
A high quality clip can be found here.
Talking Post-El Paso Politics on Fox News
I took a break from my North Country vacation to join Dana Perino on The Daily Briefing to discuss political fallout from the tragic shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
Watch the full clip here:
CNBC: How California Should Handle Taxing its Tech Unicorn Companies
I joined CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning along with Mattie Duppler to discuss the coming tech IPO boom, its impact on tax revenues, and how governments will react to the prospective windfall.
How California should handle taxing its tech unicorn companies from CNBC.
As I argue here, and I’ve said before, ambitious progressive policies will require huge amounts of new revenue, more than you can get from simply ratcheting up marginal rates. Wealth tax proposals along the lines of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s plan are where the puck is headed, and the danger is that it carries significant populist appeal that transcends party–to wit, early polling numbers show majority approval of such policies…and that’s just among Republicans. While it won’t happen in the near term at the federal level, single-party towns like Sacramento have both the policy appetite and the political will to be a wealth tax laboratory. Like Willie Sutton, revenue-hungry politicians go where the money is–and in California, that’s big tech and its IPOs.