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Level we retain the capability of raising taxes on the wealthy. its an open question whether they retain that ability or not because its been 12 years and weve had republicans in office and democrats in office and our institutions have been unable to do that despite rising income inequality, despite heating rhetoric about the need to cut the deficit, they still cannot do it. just so were clear here, the reason the system cant do it is not because its unpopular. taxing the rich is one of the most...

The economy. its about his idea of fairness about imposing it on others. if we lose more jobs in the process, oh, well, so be it. >> this is who they are. he says were in a crisis, but the republicans want to give the wealthiest americans even more money. its not just about presidents idea of fairness. the buffet rule is about ending a loophole. it means people making a million dollars or more per year would pay 30% in taxes. in a new poll, 70% of americans favor the buffet rule. even 53% of rep...

Rule and the bill failing tonight. they called for a vote or the buffet rule today knowing it would never muster the 60 votes needed to pass. >> you probably heard a lot about the buffet rule. it would create an effective tax rate for people making a million dollars or more a year. it would do that to avoid a scenario in an x private bar republican president candidate drawing $20 million a year in capital games, lets call him kit dumbny would pay an efktive tax rate of 14% while middle class pay...

Legislation that he signed into law. his record is one of raising taxes. he now wants to add a surcharge on upper income tax payers, the so-called buffet rule. and yet weve found out just by looking behind the facts and details there that the revenue raised from the so-called buffet rule will only fund barack obamas spending for approximately eleven hours. doesnt cut the deficit, doesnt create a single job. its a political stunt. martha: its a political stunt that seems to be working at the mome...

Going to be chasing him down with this stuff. how are you going to pay for the tax cut youre proposing with these tiny cuts. >> hes going to make everybody pay income tax and go after the big three like weve never seen before. great to have you with us. the buffet rule is a political gimmick by the president but the american people disagree in overwhelming numbers. senator bernie sanders will join me. dick cheney is back. hes still throwing out attacks on president obama.

Cash and donors from the folks like big oil companies and major corporations and special interest groups who will benefit from their policies that mitt romney has committed to return us to. barack obama we have a people powered campaign. our average contribution is $50. we have well over a million and almost approaching 2 million online grass roots donors. 90% are less than $200. it is important that we make sure that this is a campaign about the grass roots. >> they are planning to raise 300 mi...

Welcome back to "the ed show." today, every member had a chance to take a stand on fairness. the verdict is in. paying fair share act was blocked by republicans. senator susan collins of maine was the only republican to vote for it. president obama said senate republicans voted to block the buffet rule choosing once again to protect tax breaks for the wealthiest few americans at the expense of the plid l class. mitch mcconnell said the proposal was nothing more than a political gimmick by presid...

Popular. >> breaking news, the senate voting right now on the buffet rule and the bill failing tonight. they called for a vote or the buffet rule today knowing it would never muster the 60 votes needed to pass. >> you probably heard a lot about the buffet rule. it would create an effective tax rate for people making a million dollars or more a year. it would do that to avoid a scenario in an x private bar republican president candidate drawing $20 million a year in capital games, lets call him k...

Rich is the lowest its been in decades where as you have just shown us, you have billionaires paying a lower effective tax rates than teach terse and firefighters. >> i kind of viewed the buffet rule as a start. really as a start. >> exactly. >> you think we should have gone further. >> absolutely. here is what worries me very much. if we dont turn this around, we are going to lose the democratic foundations that have made this country the nation that it is and we are going to move very rapidly,...

Americans. then on top of that, the effective tax rate for the very rich is the lowest its been in decades where as you have just shown us, you have billionaires paying a lower effective tax rates than teach terse and firefighters. >> i kind of viewed the buffet rule as a start. really as a start. >> exactly. >> you think we should have gone further. >> absolutely. here is what worries me very much. if we dont turn this around, we are going to lose the democratic foundations that have made this ...