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Revenue neutral? how would you pay for the tax cut to the rich? he doesnt say. he doesnt say what tax deductions or loopholes hed eliminate. how is that a responsible budget document? >> greg: okay, let me ask you, kimberly. could you argue that president obama is exercising social darwinism putting off the harsh cuts so we might end up in a situation much like greece, or a road warrior apocalyptic, when we are the survival of the fittest on motor bikes. >> kimberly: he is pushing us down along ...

Revenue neutral? how would you pay for the tax cut to the rich? he doesnt say. he doesnt say what tax deductions or loopholes hed eliminate. how is that a responsible budget document? >> greg: okay, let me ask you, kimberly. could you argue that president obama is exercising social darwinism putting off the harsh cuts so we might end up in a situation much like greece, or a road warrior apocalyptic, when we are the survival of the fittest on motor bikes. >> kimberly: he is pushing us down along ...

Ear to the ground with regard to its constituents. do you think congress is hearing what people are saying? >> yeah, i do. i think that theres a lot of awareness and people are anxious and frustrated and worried. now the question is coming together and doing something about it. i think that want short-term budget solution helps, but the better solution is a long-term one that would free up some money. heres an interesting fact, alex. corporate america, the big companies have enough money on thei...

Government shuts down? 83% of you say the republicans. 17% say the democrats. thats the ed show. im ed schultz. for more information on our program wed like to take you to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. well see you tomorrow night right here from 30 rock. the last word from lawrence odonnell starts right now. the republican speaker of the house and the democratic leader in the senate have come to an agreement. the speaker of the house and the leaders offices have each just release this had iden...

Which makes me question whether what theyre seriously committed to is reaching agreement, reducing federal spending this fiscal year and then getting to the hard work of a long term budget solution. we all know it is going to take months for us to work through a real long-term deficit and debt reduction plan. as a member of the budget committee, im really hoping were going to get to that conversation because the american people want us to be focusing on jobs and on the investments that will make...

By the way, the congress people do, killing their health insurance. so im not telling you something you dont already know. thats "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the last word" with lawrence odonnell starts right now. the republican speaker of the house and the democratic leader in the senate have come to an agreement. the speaker of the house and the leaders offices have each just released this identical statement. leader reid and speaker boehner sat down privately and had a pro...

A lot of house republicans on the conservative side said they dont want to vote for anything temporary because they view it as kicking the can down the road. one other caveat that we havent talked about that relates to libya, thomas, mitch mcconnell and john mccain have said they dont want to approve a temporary budget solution, temporary budget spending bill until the defense department is funded for the rest of fiscal year 2011. why is that? they say its not fair for the defense department to ...

And i dont think that it had totally sunk in to everybody. mark was standing there in shock, and i said, look, you know, i just -- i dont know what else to tell you. >> wow. nothing else to tell you. that was nbcs peter alexander reporting. up next, the government shutdown may be off the table for now. but is there any budget solution in sight? representative jim clyburn will join us and dont forget to tune in tomorrow, andy cohen will be on the show. keep it right here on "morning joe." curti...

Capital. the teachers union yesterday taking a vote on whether they would go back to work. many of them will, at least at some point during this week. over the last three days of last week, teachers staged a massive sick out closing schools in many places in the state. some of those teachers have sympathetic doctors who have been writing doctors notes excusing their absences. what those doctors say is theyre also upset about the proposed cuts to the states health care program. so theyre writing ...

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