Velshi

Behind the GOP’s Accounting Gimmick

Episode Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers, producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show' Steve Benen, NBC News correspondent Ryan Chandler, Investopedia Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver, and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel.

Episode Notes

What’s behind the accounting gimmick the GOP is using to justify the expensive cost of their latest tax cuts in the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’, and how they’re paying for them with devastating cuts to healthcare; the latest on the search, rescue, and recovery efforts in central Texas following deadly flooding; the good, bad, and ugly of the current American economy; the vast consequences of the Trump administration diminishing America’s soft power