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Amanpour and Goodwin Cheer Higher Taxes and Increased 'Welfare State'
By Brad Wilmouth | May 14, 2020 5:30 PM EDT
On Friday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, host Christiane Amanpour and former NBC presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke favorably of higher taxes on the wealthy in the U.S. and the increased welfare state in Britain that came about post-World War II.
In spite of the problems with the UK's National Health Service which was one of the big programs that came after World War II, Amanpour alluded to the British "welfare state" that came from the war as if it were a positive accomplishment:
Source URL: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2020/05/14/amanpour-and-goodwin-talk-high-taxes-and-welfare-state (https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2020/05/14/amanpour-and-goodwin-talk-high-taxes-and-welfare-state)