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the folks at the brookings tax policy center helped us put this together. these different groups of popcorn represent your income level. the bigger the bag, the bigger the income level of the group were talking about. i want to use the popcorn to demonstrate how much of the total pie, how much of the total tax revenue is generated by each group. lets start over here with the little one. these are people who earn less than $30,000 a year. that, by the way, is about 44.8% of all househol...

Expenditures are valuable and what arent, look at who should get them and who should not. limit it for higher income individuals. that way, bring everybodys tax rates down. we have to watch the tax risks. 80% of american businesses file their taxes as individuals. their tax rate is going to 44.8% in january. in wisconsin, we compete against canada all the time. they lowered theirs to 15%. we are going to 45%? this is going to kill jobs in america. we are saying revenue neutral tax reform. bring ...

Think it will take after the election will have an opportunity because all 9 tax cuts are about to expire and we will be staring sequester in place. >> there will be a lane duck? -- lame duck? >> listen, i ran for the united states senate not only to represent wisconsin but the small and medium sized businesses that feel they are under assault by this administration. and the assault in terms of regulation and overburdening, and increasing tax rates from 35 cents to 44.8 percent under obamacare l...

20%. and you just heard david plouffe say that would give the richest americans a tax break of $150,000 a year or more. your response, sir? >> we are taking away the tax shelters that people in the top tax brackets use. clean up the tax code and have a flatter simpler tax system. 8 out of 10 businesses in america file taxes as individuals. the president is saying he wants the top tax rate to go as high as 44.8% in january. you cant compete like that. canada just lowered to 15%. we are saying get...

Rates 10 percent and 25 perms. you heard david plouffe say that would give the richest americans a tax can break of 150,000 dollars a year or more. >> which are taxing away the tax shelters they use. we are saying clean up the tax code having a simpler more competitive tax system. 8 of 10 businesses file taxes individuals. the president is saying he wants them to go as high as 44.8 percent in january. canada lowered business taxes to 15 percent. get rid of the loopholes and tax shelters used by ...

20%. and you just heard david plouffe say that would give the richest americans a tax break of $150,000 a year or more. your response, sir? >> we are taking away the tax shelters that people in the top tax brackets use. clean up the tax code and have a flatter simpler tax system. 8 out of 10 businesses in america file taxes as individuals. the president is saying he wants the top tax rate to go as high as 44.8% in january. you cant compete like that. canada just lowered to 15%. we are saying get...

20%. and you just heard david plouffe say that would give the richest americans a tax break of $150,000 a year or more. your response, sir? >> we are taking away the tax shelters that people in the top tax brackets use. clean up the tax code and have a flatter simpler tax system. 8 out of 10 businesses in america file taxes as individuals. the president is saying he wants the top tax rate to go as high as 44.8% in january. you cant compete like that. canada just lowered to 15%. we are saying get...

20%. and you just heard david plouffe say that would give the richest americans a tax break of $150,000 a year or more. your response, sir? >> we are taking away the tax shelters that people in the top tax brackets use. clean up the tax code and have a flatter simpler tax system. 8 out of 10 businesses in america file taxes as individuals. the president is saying he wants the top tax rate to go as high as 44.8% in january. you cant compete like that. canada just lowered to 15%. we are saying get...

20%. and you just heard david plouffe say that would give the richest americans a tax break of $150,000 a year or more. your response, sir? >> we are taking away the tax shelters that people in the top tax brackets use. clean up the tax code and have a flatter simpler tax system. 8 out of 10 businesses in america file taxes as individuals. the president is saying he wants the top tax rate to go as high as 44.8% in january. you cant compete like that. canada just lowered to 15%. we are saying get...

Going to inhibit the receiving up and growth? >> my second point the tax increases he is proposing is fuel more spending but more to the point. here is thing. eight out of ten businesses in america, they have filed their taxes individuals not as corporations. the president is proposing that their tax rating to 44.8% in 2013. well be taxing successful businesses where half of our jobs come from, you and i are from wisconsin, meaning lake superior where we come from, canadians are dropping their t...