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Bloomberg: Tax cuts alone won’t answer U.S. economic needs

GOP tax bill ‘has no reforms in it whatsoever,’ says former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

12/18/2017

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Bloomberg: Tax cuts alone won’t answer U.S. economic needs

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GOP tax bill ‘has no reforms in it whatsoever,’ says former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and billionaire investor and business owner, wrote a column this week calling the tax bill a “trillion-dollar blunder.” He tells Judy Woodruff why he thinks Congress and President Donald Trump put politics ahead of true tax reform.

12/18/2017

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McMaster: U.S. has to ‘compete effectively’ to make progress

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Clip: 12/18/2017 | 13m 40s | H.R. McMaster explains what Trump's new "America First" strategy means for the U.S. (13m 40s)

The surprising winners and losers of the latest GOP tax bill

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Clip: 12/18/2017 | 4m 31s | Who won last-minute victories in the GOP tax bill? he groups who benefit may surprise you (4m 31s)

Will Americans learn to like the GOP tax bill?

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Clip: 12/18/2017 | 7m 58s | The GOP tax cut bill is unpopular with Americans. Will perceptions change over time? (7m 58s)

Yazidi women struggle to recover from ISIS brutality

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Clip: 12/18/2017 | 9m 33s | Yazidi women share a bittersweet religious celebration while still haunted by memories. (9m 33s)

Is there an effort to undermine the Mueller investigation?

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Clip: 12/17/2017 | 4m 15s | Is there an effort to undermine the Mueller investigation? (4m 15s)

Lawmakers call for changes to surveillance act

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Clip: 12/17/2017 | 2m 46s | Lawmakers call for changes to surveillance act (2m 46s)

Unregulated chemical raising alarms in North Carolina

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Clip: 12/17/2017 | 10m 31s | How an unregulated chemical entered a North Carolina community’s drinking water (10m 31s)

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