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>> eva longoria is targeting mitt romney for his position on the dream act. coming up, bill burton and joan walsh on latinos and the republican candidates. if you make more than a million dollars a year, you should not pay less than 30% in taxes. >> big news on the buffet rule, in the senate. even though paul ryan said it couldnt happen. >> hes going to put some kind of poll tested line in the state of the union address, have no follow-up whatsoever. >> robert reich is here with the latest. he...

Innovation for all. ♪ welcome back to "the ed show." big finish, democrats push a simple concept, but i think every american can relate to, fairness. this week, democratic senator shelton whitehouse will introduce a version of the buffet rule requiring people making more than a million dollars a year to pay at least 30% income tax. white house has two co-sponsors and says the bill is in much better position after president obama highlighted the buffet rule in the state of the union address. ...

Buffet rule, make sure millionaires, making over a million dollars a year isnt getting breaks they dont need. not out of envy but out of a sense of fairness and sense of mutual responsibility and a sense of commitment to this countrys future. that is what were fighting for. and the american people understand that. >> newt gingrich called the idea stupid. of course, he and the other candidates would cut taxes for the wealthy further than where they are right now. turn to robert reich, former secr...

I live claritin clear. welcome back to "the ed show." big finish, democrats push a simple concept, but i think every american can relate to, fairness. this week, democratic senator shelton whitehouse will introduce a version of the buffet rule requiring people making more than a million dollars a year to pay at least 30% income tax. whitehouse has two co-sponsors and says the bill is in much better position after president obama highlighted the buffet rule in the state of the union address. re...

>> bill burton, joan walsh, great to have you with us. president obama scores on the big issue of fairness. he will push the buffet rule through the election, while every republican votes against it. the big finish is next. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now im a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three ye...

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>> well push hard for the buffet rule, make sure millionaires, making over a million dollars a year isnt getting breaks they dont need. not out of envy but out of a sense of fairness and sense of mutual responsibility and a sense of commitment to this countrys future. that is what were fighting for. and the american people understand that. >> newt gingrich called the idea stupid. of course, he and the other candidates would cut taxes for the wealthy further than where they are right now. turn to...

Up next, mitt romneys dream act opposition could cost him support in swing states. bill burton and joan walsh, stay with me. also with the buffet rule up for a vote in the senate, will republicans vote against the middle class? ill ask former labor secretary robert reich. dont forget to tweet us using #edshow. were right back. rest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook na...

Obama talked about it during the state of the union. you can call it, even though of its moderately. >> and i dont think theres class warfare by the president, and taking your country back. from who? who do they want to take it back from, the dually elected in the united states the first to get over 50% in 12 years. >> and the reality. can we have a reality check. the whole buffet rule is saying that-- >> wait, class warfare. >> no no. >> lets have a response here. >> and theres no class warfare...

>> chris: let me pursue this. the president is proposing the buffet rule, that if you make at least a million dollars a year, you should pay at least a 30%ro tax rate and he propose this is just as we find out that mitt romney was pay ago 15% tax rate. again, isnt that on just the simplest basis fair? >> if you oversimplify it, youou can probably make that case. lets look at the math. all these tax increases that the president isnd talking about, ty only a cover 8% of his proposed spending incre...