 Republican leaders have told President Joe Biden that he opposed any tax hikes to fund an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic in a blow to the Democrats' plan to spend trillions of dollars on U.S. infrastructure, education, and child care. In the first White House meeting since Biden took office in January, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy signaled a willingness to work with the president on infrastructure, but drew the line on tax increases. There is certainly a bipartisan desire to get an outcome. Clearly, Senate Republicans are not interested in revisiting the 2017 tax bill. I think the president and the vice president understand that. Beyond that, we're interested in trying to get an outcome, and I think the first step is obviously to define what infrastructure is. Not to negotiate here, but you won't find any Republicans going to go raise taxes. I think that's the worst thing you can do in this economy when you watch inflation. Your gas is going up. Remember, gas price today, national gas price, has not been this high since President Biden was vice president. You're watching food costs go up. You're watching housing costs, lumber costs. There is inflation in everywhere. Cars have not moved this high month over month to 10 percent. So raising taxes would be the biggest mistake you could make. And don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.