#shorts a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “if you would confirm some or all of them. One is that the —
KJP: (Laughs.) Some. All of them. One.
Reporter: All of them —
KJP: Not at all, maybe. (Laughs.)
Reporter: the President is proposing a 5.2 federal pay hike, which would be the largest federal pay hike since Jimmy Carter’s presidency.
KJP: … As the President has said, the strength of our organization rests in its people. But I’m not going to — I can’t share — I can’t share everything, Nancy.
Reporter: Okay, well —
KJP: I’m not going to get ahead of the President.
Reporter: — can you share this? (Laughter.) A new 20 percent — well, I guess it’s not new because he has proposed something similar before, but a new 20 percent minimum tax for billionaires or people making over $100 million a year.
KJP: I’m just not going to get ahead of the President at this time. You’ll see the budget very shortly.
Reporter: Okay. And —
KJP: Very shortly.
Reporter: All right. So, zero for two.
KJP: In less than 24 hours.
On 3/8/3023, Jean-Pierre said Biden would propose to raise taxes on corporate stock buybacks and said wealthy Americans would ‘pay their fair share’
Ahead of the release of President Biden’s budget on Thursday, the White House repeatedly signaled that Biden would propose to raise taxes on the wealthy while trashing the tax cuts signed into law by his predecessor Donald Trump as “reckless” and “irresponsible.”
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ooqX_SgcJr0
Largest federal 5.2 pay hike since Jimmy Carter, new 20% minimum tax for people making over $100M a year