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Done which is move forward a progressive agenda for america and i think thats what democrats want to hear right now. >> okay. we will look for those specifics. these early numbers are pretty sool idly in bidens favor. 39.1% leading the entire democratic field by, would you look at that, more than 20 points. that is being seen as a very good omen for electability, especially when you factor in matchups against the president, which also have him ahead. yes just as democrats put a target on his bac...

>> oh, the debt limit is utterly ridiculous. it should be abol lishd. and i think that that would be a worthwhile price that the republicans should be willing to pay to get democratic support for this legislation. >> leelgts get to taxes. there are all sorts of issues about taxes. one that in theory republicans think they might be able to get some bipartisan help on. im not going to call it support is reducing corporate income taxes. now, a lot of people like to say that at 39.1% the united stat...

Over a million animals, and i need a zoo keeper. >> there are sue sides there, working conditions are terrible obviously, but this is a country that -- a company that, by the way, is moving to make its stuff with robots. all right. time to fact check the president. he told "wall street journal" -- not his taxes. thats not his favorite topic. >> thats right, other peoples taxes. he said the highest by size. 39.1%, thats the marginal income tax rate. the u.s. has the highest tax rate on paper, c...

The middle class has been crushed with taxes, how much they have to spend just to file their taxes, 75,000 pages of tax code. somethings got to be done. there are people in this country that work for the month of july just to pay their first dollar. more money in peoples pockets means more savings, more spendings and a better economy. corporations are not competitive because of how much they pay in taxes. >> we have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world. >> 39.1%. thats where the mo...

A round table there. we hear more this conversation will be about economic policy for hillary clinton and presidential candidate. frances is back with the importance of new hampshire. new hampshire as this early primary state and frances, they are used to everybody coming there and heavily courting for their votes. >> and hillary clinton is there returning to the state that gave her the first presidential campaign a second wind and unlike the republicans who spoke this weekend, she faces little ...

Industrializ industrialized countries. france has a lower tax rate than the u.s., believe it or not, and so does canada. the u.s. tax rates for corporations is 35% if you add in the average state taxes, its 39.1%. we simply refuse to be competitive with the rest of the world and were paying the price right now. >> this is deeply upsetting financially and also a little embarrassing to have corporations leaving the country and saying they dont want to work here. at least they didnt go to ireland w...

The real unemployment rate is 13.1% when you count people who are working part time, who dont want to be, who arent looking at all. >> so this is a jobless recovery if ever there was one. with anemic economic growth on an annualized basis. >> it is very difficult. if you look at who is being hurt the most, the lack of job hopping is not happening because theres more women in the workplace or because older people are staying longer because they cant retire. those are not the issues. it is broad i...

Exported? >> ive talked about this a lot, greg. its been a secular issue for a lot of decades. but part of it is also globalization. and something we need to understand that, yes, we get from globalization we get cheaper imports and that is great for our economy. but that comes at the cost of jobs. and the sad truth is that jobs go the way that where they are cheapest. and that is very often not here. it even happens in my own industry, analysts. look at a research report from goldman sachs or m...

>> the double irish with a dutch sandwich. i mentioned it before the break, a strategy that lets companies like apple route their profits around the world so they can pay less in taxes. it is perfectly legal. why do companies go to these lengths and extremes? on paper, the u.s. has the highest corporate tax rate in the world. the u.s. tax rate is 39.1%. that takes in account federal and local taxes. the average for the developed world is 25.5%. lets be clear, most companies do not pay that top r...

Longer than six months. that is highest recorded number in history. average length of unemployment is 39.1 weeks. this is new phenomenon in american history. we have had high unemployment but the turnover is different. in europe they have high unemployment and chronic unemployment and people are discouraged is the norm. what were getting to is this european level which fits the sort of obama idea of european levels of taxation, entitlement, regulation and now were getting chronic unemployment. >...