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>> youre asking decided voters to close the deal four here. dont those voters have a right to know exactly what theyre getting? >> they have a right to know our bottom lines. there are three bottom lines. were not going to raise the deficit. were not going to raise taxes on middle class taxpayers. were not going to reduce the share of the taxes borne by high income tax individuals. >> they have a right to know our bottom lines, but dont we have a right to know which deductions were going to lose...

Rates across the board and close loopholes primarily to the higher income people. we have three bottom lines. dont raise the deficit. dont raise taxes on the middle class. and dont lower the share of income that is born by the high income earners. keep saying this $5 trillion plan, i suppose, its been discredited by six other studies and even their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged that it wasnt correct. >> lets talk about this 20%. you have refused, and, again, to offer specifics on how ...

Out, middle class. the tax bill is coming to you. thats why were saying we need fundamental tax reform. take a look at it this way. eight out of ten businesses file their taxes as individuals, not corporations. where i come from, from overseas, which is lake superior, the canadians drop their tax rates to 15%. the average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25% and the president wants the top effective tax rate on successful small businesses to go above 40%. two-thirds of our j...

yp you juyou just heard to tax returns. mitt romney released histax returns 30 minutes ago. its no surprise. mitts a rich guy. heres a look at just how rich. he made more than $21 million in 2010. almost all of it came from incompetent vestments, not wages. he payed $3 million in taxes that year or 13.9%. christine romans is digging deeper into the 1040s. lets start with his offshore funds, christine. we had talked a little bit about that this week, and now were actually seeing it in...

the global economy is so troubled. well explain. next up, iraq. the nation is on the brink of disaster according to its former prime minister. i will talk to him about iraqs struggles, and we will ask two participants whether the iraq war was worth it. an important debate. heres my take, first. finally, it looks like former massachusetts governor mitt romney will win his partys nomination, so republicans are following a familiar pattern. theyre nominating the mainstream candidate who...

Muller and clapper disagree about the muslim brotherhood. frightening is it not. >> clapper, is a go to orlando and play miniature golf. its over. is he doing a terrible job as d.n.i. mueller was right. the muslim brotherhood. you and i both talked about it. i dont think they are going to take over tomorrow in egypt. you better pay attention to them. its not the rotary club. it doesnt say the secular brotherhood as the dni claimed it was. it says the muslim brotherhood. he is right its umbrella ...

Government spending that pays for the sequester relief over the life of the sequester which we keep 92% of the sequester. what we are saying is instead of the across the board cuts which hit only the military starting in january which is a concern of ours, we cut spending in other parts of government to pay for it. we get $85 billion in savings from the auto pilot side of government spending to pay for $63 billion in sequester relief. that gives us $23 billion of net deficit reduction. when i we...

Thats why were proud to present your business on msnbc. hi, there, everyone. welcome to your business, the show dedicated to giving you tips and advice to help your small business grow. americas small business owners are anxiously a waiting to see what i am pact the federal budget cuts known as the sequester will have on their bottom lines. the budget control act which was passed by congress and then signed by the president translates to $85 billion in cuts and spending that many have predicte...

Run for president, you have to talk to yourself in a way about can i take constant media scrutiny, a constant pounding from the media? so, all of that sort of has to go into the mix and then you have to think, maybe, am i crazy enough to do this? >> so, lets talk about the elephant in the room. >> sure. >> its hillary clinton, everybody, everybody is on hold until they find out what is she going to do? i heard today some of the other potential democratic candidates are having some trouble findin...

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