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In a loophole, deduction, goodness gracious, companies like g.r. infamous for not paying any taxes. not g.e., you could talk about boeing or google. the reality is once you throw this deduction and loophole you come down to the average u.s. company paying just slightly more than half of what the competitors are paying globally. that is not the issue. >> bret: in fact, the u.s. had the highest corporate tax rate of any of the 34 industrialized nations. the plan, the proposal would move the u.s. t...

And keep spending more? doesnt washington know we cant afford more taxes and debt? >> 82-75 on that one. >> sean, we tested over 3ads in 2011. that one, and i believe it is produced by larry mccontact think, is the single most political ad of 2011. all the thoughts that woman has are thoughts so many americans have. they are afraid of the future, they are anxious about the present, they are concerned about their kids and the direction of the country. the way that ad is put together, when you get...

And keep spending more? doesnt washington know we cant afford more taxes and debt? >> 82-75 on that one. >> sean, we tested over 3ads in 2011. that one, and i believe it is produced by larry mccontact think, is the single most political ad of 2011. all the thoughts that woman has are thoughts so many americans have. they are afraid of the future, they are anxious about the present, they are concerned about their kids and the direction of the country. the way that ad is put together, when you get...

Of charismatic rhetorical dial, indomitable will and eagerness to bend any fact to fit the purpose at hand. andy hertzfield also part of that original macintosh team. why doesnt washington have that kind of can-do practicality where he cannot blink when he stares at you and say get your mind around this, get this done? >> he was able to make people do what they thought was impossible. whether it was the original steve wozniak design, or cutting some of the boot-up time off the original mac or ge...

Also the reality distortion field was a confounding melange of charismatic rhetorical dial, indomitable will and eagerness to bend any fact to fit the purpose at hand. andy hertzfield also part of that original macintosh team. why doesnt washington have that kind of can-do practicality where he cannot blink when he stares at you and say get your mind around this, get this done? >> he was able to make people do what they thought was impossible. whether it was the original steve wozniak design or ...

Us. msnbc political analyst is in washington, pat buchanan. >> hes back. >> and willie geist. >> youve been to paradise, now you have. get over it. >> thank you, willie, for coming back. >> we have a couple big stories today. japan keeps unfolding but also the united nations security council makes a big move on libya last night. well be talking about that and the ramifications. >> we will get to japan in just a moment. first we start with libya. europes air traffic control agency says libya has ...

>> the disaster in japan reigniting the entire conversation. joining us from washington, the moderator of "meet the press" and david gregory. why dont we start there, david? we look at whats happening there. its still unfolding. the severity is level 5 out of 7. it has to change the conversation. >> oh, i think it does and i think u.s. involvement has to become important here and providing any kind of support for the government of japan but also put something pressure on the japanese as well. in...

Thats what newts doing, too. >> okay. we have paul krugman and -- >> id love to do it with pat. pats happy this morning. >> going too fast for you, willie. >> weve heard stories of him doing this before, washing up on a beach. i would seriously stay away from pat in rio. lets go must-read op-eds. >> yes, lets. the forgotten millions, paul krugman. more than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing thing has happened to our political discours...

Are we willing to spend another trillion dollars on a war that doesnt have any exit plan for which there is no time frame to get out, no end game, where we havent defined our mission? the question is, not whether we can afford to leave, the question is can we afford to stay in there? i submit we cannot afford to stay. the counterintelligence strategy of general petraeus is an abysmal failure. pat buchanan in washington and joining the table right now, the editor in chief of the daily beast and...

Dont know where it will end. we dont know how bad it will get because all of our protection will be gone. >> now, many of these demonstrators are school teachers. why they are here at the capital ground school is not in session. of the madison school district just filed an injunction this evening that would prevent any more work stoppages while this takes place, shepard? >> shepard: mike tobin outside the state house in madison, wisconsin. the governor there also responding to president obamas c...