Steven Rattner: “I think when you look at the tax proposal that has been made by the Administration, you will see that it is very…”

I think there is enormous urgency around this. We all understand the political calendar. This is the beginning of a new Administration.

We should have asked the UAW to do more. We did not ask any UAW member to take a cut in their pay.

The middle class average American would have gotten a $1,000 tax cut. That is not my view of what a fair and balanced tax plan would look like.

I think that to simply focus on one or two provisions affecting business as the centerpiece of tax reform is excessively narrow.