In his State Of The Union address, President Obama outlined a program to boost the middle class, in part by raising taxes on the wealthy.
Republican Senator John Thune blasted the president’s plan, calling it an “agenda of top-down policies of the past to tax, spend and regulate.”
He joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson with more reaction to the speech.
Guest
- John Thune, Republican U.S. senator for South Dakota. He tweets @SenJohnThune.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. 9(MDAxNzg0MDExMDEyMTYyMjc1MDE3NGVmMw004))