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Are done in terms income and equality and tax fairness, but really what this is about is talking about the opponent and what he may or may not be hiding in his tax returns from the last 20-some odd years. >> if you talk about the buffet rule, then you are basically begging everybody to take a look at mitt romneys taxes to see how he would fair under the buffet rule. wonderful analysis. thank you, jonathan. i enjoyed your analysis as well rb rob. be careful, here. we know it was very impressive, ...

Sur sun vay found that two-thirds of millionaires support this idea. so do nearly half of all republicans across america. so we just need some of the republican politicians here in washington to get on board with where the country is. i know that some prefer to run around using the same reflexive false claims about wanting to raise peoples taxes. what they wont tell you is truth, that ive cut taxes for middle class families each year that ive been in office, ive cut taxes for small business owne...

And everybody plays by the same set of rules. >> laura: conservatives, myself included, do not see the presidents buffet tax as a way to fix the economy. in fact, mitt romneys campaign says it would actually raise taxes on many small businesses and end up hurting job creation. joining me now from new york, with a different perspective, i cant believe that, david callahan, senior fellow at the democratic think tank and here in d.c. erica payne agenda project progressive advocacy group. lets start...

And everybody plays by the same set of rules. >> laura: conservatives, myself included, do not see the presidents buffet tax as a way to fix the economy. in fact, mitt romneys campaign says it would actually raise taxes on many small businesses and end up hurting job creation. joining me now from new york, with a different perspective, i cant believe that, david callahan, senior fellow at the democratic think tank and here in d.c. erica payne agenda project progressive advocacy group. lets start...

And everybody plays by the same set of rules. >> laura: conservatives, myself included, do not see the presidents buffet tax as a way to fix the economy. in fact, mitt romneys campaign says it would actually raise taxes on many small businesses and end up hurting job creation. joining me now from new york, with a different perspective, i cant believe that, david callahan, senior fellow at the democratic think tank and here in d.c. erica payne agenda project progressive advocacy group. lets start...

When i saw the ad, i thought this poor guy. romn romney has made himself an enemy. hes made it very hard to come together. he said nothing about romney today. >> also, santorum did not want to give mitt romney the street credibility of saying what are you talking about a brokered convention. the guy that was closest to beat me, i beat him in his home state. >> he wiped him off the map today. thats gootd for romney, but at the same time we saw president obama set up this perfect choice. mitt romn...

>> you just did. >> he took a swipe at the buffet rule, lets listen, i think this is on morning joe. >> i think people think this is the pixy rule where if we sprinkle dust on it. it has a huge tax increase on job creators. >> let me get back it principle. the president will run on this. he is not getting into detail. he says the wealthiest people. people over a million or near that range should pay the same rate as 40 years or the same income. >> i love that principle. for 25 years ive been in ...

Judge. do you think that those people. >> laura: i will one up you on that. >> my mother was a waitress. >> my mother spent her entire life waitressing to put herself through college. >> people like that should pay a higher tax rate than paris hilton than a trust fund baby. the baby rule and it is a rule, is to say that we live in a society where that is absolutely unacceptable. >> laura: that is not. >> it has no chance of passing. >> can i tell you why it has no chance of passing? because repu...

Obama in the front seat of one of those wild and crazyç rolle coasters with no lap bar, no harness, no anything. just the handle bar in the front to hang on. and hope that theyre not flung out of that front car. when people go into the voting booth in november, theyre going to be thinking about a few things. gas prices, do i have a job. do i feel that the economy is coming back? do i feel that person that incumbent is someone i should stick with or should i take a chance, should i risk changin...

>> we have gotten used to this verbal tantrums from the president. to me its a little more petulance than presidential. >> why is he targeting you? >> we are offering solutions to a debt crisis that he isnt. he hasnt offers any solutions to these problems. >> your response. >> he called the president petulance. paul ryan is the most petulant character in washington. hes so thin skinned. he was also deriding the president because the buffet rule wont collect enough revenue. his doesnt collect any...