George W. Bush Delivers a Basic Economics Lesson to Matt Lauer
In a follow-up interview to his prime time special with George W. Bush, NBC's Matt Lauer invited the former president on Wednesday's Today show and in the process got an education on how tax cuts can create jobs. During the wide ranging interview that covered everything from the Ground Zero mosque to Kanye West, it was Lauer's questions about Bush's tax policy where he revealed his bias. Noting that “there's a heated debate” over whether “we should continue in this country with your tax policies” Lauer pressed Bush “We've been living under that system for seven years now and we've seen incredibly slow growth…why should we continue down that path?” Bush shot back with a basic economics lesson for the Today co-anchor, as seen in the following exchange: MATT LAUER:
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