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Minimum tax. listen to this: >> the alternative minimum tax is sort of a surreal alternative universe where some people have to calculate their taxes two different ways and pay the bottom the greater of the two amounts. now, the decades-old taxes originally against millionaires but were not indexed for inflation so more and more get hit in 2009, 6 million subject to the amt but congress has to fix it or that number soars to 27 million this year, an as i said, one of every three couples would be ...

Administration. how do you explain the -- those three departures? do they really have nothing to do with the campaign that had been waged against them? >> i was asked a larger question about this and my answer doesnt change. why do you do stories on all three of them? >> you can fault the media, if you want. >> im not faulting the media, jake, but -- hold on, im not here to fault the media. i apologize on behalf of the administration. >> one of the lessons to be learned here that the administrat...

Administration. how do you explain the -- those three departures? do they really have nothing to do with the campaign that had been waged against them? >> i was asked a larger question about this and my answer doesnt change. why do you do stories on all three of them? >> you can fault the media, if you want. >> im not faulting the media, jake, but -- hold on, im not here to fault the media. i apologize on behalf of the administration. >> one of the lessons to be learned here that the administrat...

Administration. how do you explain the -- those three departures? do they really have nothing to do with the campaign that had been waged against them? >> i was asked a larger question about this and my answer doesnt change. why do you do stories on all three of them? >> you can fault the media, if you want. >> im not faulting the media, jake, but -- hold on, im not here to fault the media. i apologize on behalf of the administration. >> one of the lessons to be learned here that the administrat...

Meeting youre talking about. i have seen the reports of what -- what somebody believed jim said. i did not hear jim say that and i think other people in the article said jim didnt say that either. >> so what do you say happened at the meeting? what did come up at the staff meeting? >> you talk about the events at the usda. >> you said that -- theres no truth to the idea right wing media that is [ audio trouble ], now shirley sherrod under attacks from glenn beck, bill oreilly, none of them at th...

Theres a frenzied culture, news, politics, and administration, in this case this one, get wrapped up in it and he tried to say repeatedly or repeatedly said the white house did not overreact because of any anxiety or fear of dealing with a issue of racial sensitivity or insensitivity. there were many questions in that phrased many ways and in each instance he deflected them. >> the victim says it was her understanding from the phone the pressure was coming from the white house. do you have what ...

>> so youre convinced that did not happen. >> i can only answer your question three times. >> youre only answering once. >> i gave the answer three times. >> fine. [ laughter ] >> is there going to be any effort put forward by the administration to let us talk to sheryl cook about what she did or did not say to miss sherrod? >> i direct you it usda. >> im -- >> again, i direct you to -- i -- you asked the same question, give you the same answer. >> ben bernanke today says that he believes the ec...

Doesnt change. why do you do stories on all three of them? >> well, they will be included in the story tomorrow. >> why? >> you do not see any connection between -- >> you answer my question? >> between shirley sherrods assertion, he was told glenn beck was going to have her on tv that night. >> again, i -- you want to answer my question about why you do those stories too? >> im not sure what the question is. >> youll check on that and get back to me. >> has the press office or anyone at the whi...

Obviously the implementation of this, the additional offices and bureaus that the legislation calls for will be an important appointment for the president to consider. >> ms. sherrod seems very convinced that the white house did place some role in this and is willing to say so publicly. its her conviction that shes you should the impression based on repeat the conversations -- are you saying that she has a misimpression that she -- >> i will direct you to what the secretary will say yesterday an...

Credit card and iraq war on the credit card afghanistan war on credit card. but when it come to helping hard working families. >> that is a distraction and you know it. >> it is not a distraction. >> excuse me it doesnt change. excuse me it doesnt change the economic reality of today. you know it. the president promisedun employment not over 8 percent x. we are hovering at 10 percent x. going around and picking fights and it is a disaster. >> victoria on that point, many economicist said we can ...