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Tom Kahn

Tom Kahn

American author

Nov 4, 2026

12:33
So, Tom, you had some thoughts about that.
12:36
Yeah, I think all the races are really important.
12:39
question and a very fascinating one.
12:41
And I'm a little bit more sanguine about the notion of Democrats passing a large spending bill that's not offset for two reasons.
12:49
First of all, one of the major talking points Democrats have is that the wealthy are not paying their fair share.
12:58
And linked to that is a strong Democratic opposition to the huge Trump tax cuts of 2017 and the most recent ones in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill.
13:09
So I think there will be enormous support in the Democratic caucus for tax increases for people at the very top.

12 MINS LATER

25:42
Tom, do you think the Democrats will want to hold out on appropriations until they take control? I mean, not that they would want to shut down, but I mean, limit the extent of a CR?

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