From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Today, our populist president is proposing a tax plan that our reporter calls

quote, a wish list for billionaires. What we learn about this administration

from the taxes it would cut. And three moments from a big week,

hardline conservatives revived the same health care bill that they killed.

The Supreme Court justices get heated. And a Facebook executive is

surprised by the power of Facebook.

It's Friday, April 28th.

Why are you considered a tax expert?

You know, that's a really excellent question. I sort of feel like that's a question I get from people

I interview all the time. Yeah, but I've basically been writing about tax issues

since 2006. So that's 11 years, believe it or not.

Well, when I emailed the... I know some things. When I emailed the right people,

I said to ask them who to talk to. They said, easy,

Drucker. Nice, good. But they didn't provide a first name.

So maybe it was this other guy. Nope, not another guy.

Jesse Drucker is a business reporter at the times. Jesse, thank you for coming on.

Thanks for having me. What was your first reaction to this tax plan when you

saw it? It seemed like a wish list for billionaires.

I mean, it is targeted tax relief. We are going to cut taxes and simplify the tax

code by taking the current seven tax brackets we have today

and reducing them to only three brackets. But it's targeted

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