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>> pass the tax cut, extension of unemployment insurance. >> jan schakowski and jonathan alter will tell us where the payroll tax cut fight stands. scott walker and president obama are set to meet face-to-face in milwaukee tomorrow. well have a preview. and apple is launching an investigation into inhumane working conditions in chinese factories. >> i own an iphone when yie that im reminded of the children who put devices together. >> mike daiseys off broadway performance shines a ...

arent buying it. richard wolfe has the latest. 15 days before your taxes go up, the president was out hammering republicans today. >> pass the tax cut, extension of unemployment insurance. >> jan schakowski and jonathan alter will tell us where the payroll tax cut fight stands. scott walker and president obama are set to meet face-to-face in milwaukee tomorrow. well have a preview. and apple is launching an investigation into inhumane working conditions in chinese factories. >> i...

Choices. its not fair. today, the daily caller released a devastating report on media matters the left wing site devoted to smearing anyone who isnt nuttier than elephant poop. apparently, media matters has a direct line to the white house. as their fingers all over liberal toadies throughout the media relying on the bitter, lonely skreege. i get why its a perfect script for the menbc hacks. leftists that find thinking really hard. without them, ed schultz would roam the hall in a bath rub. but ...

The united states today has the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major company. wealthiest people are doing well, they are effective tax rate is lowest in decades. if we are serious about two things, ed, number one the need to create millions of jobs, making vestments, in our energy system, transforming energy, rebuilding infrastructure it is totally appropriate that we ask the wealthiest people in the country to pay more in taxes and that is where the buffet rule comes in. ...

Santorum has to get those people behind them. the big thing is not just michigan and arizona, right behind that or the 10 or 11 states in super tuesday on march 6th. if rick santorum doesnt get the money and organization together to compete across the board on super tuesday, that will be a missed opportunity for him, that is what hes really aiming for after michigan and arizona many. >> howard fineman great to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >> r.t.rybak, behind closed doors i would thi...

We have to create jobs and the wealthiest people in the country should be asked to play a role until that. >> senator, these numbers, do they add up, would it reduce the deficit over the next ten years? would it do four trillion over the next decade? >> from what i understand it would. i would go further in one area, ed. we need tax reform, corporate tax reform, what the president is saying he wants to make it budget neutral. he wants to end some of the loopholes and exemptions and he wants to l...

Text a for yes, b to no, to 622639. go to our blog, we have the results later in the show. im joined by howard fineman, nbc political analyst and editor and director of the huffington post media group. great to have you with us, howard. >> hey, ed. >> rick santorum says mitt romney is desperate. were going to see how desperate he is in the next couple weeks. what do you think romney will do in michigan now that the numbers are out and that is a healthy lead for santorum, what is the game plan ...

Great to have both of you with us. joan, will this issue have an impact with female voters this fall or will this subside between now -- this is something women voters will remember for the long haul? >> i think so, ed. im very grateful they wont let it subside, they walked into a trap. i want to thank the catholic bishops, you and i talked for a long time how some of the provisions of the health care reform bill didnt take effect right away, they werent too clear to the american people. i have ...

Look, the fact of the matter is the united states today has the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major company. wealthiest people are doing well, they are effective tax rate is lowest in decades. if we are serious about two things, ed, number one the need to create millions of jobs, making vestments, in our energy system, transforming energy, rebuilding infrastructure it is totally appropriate that we ask the wealthiest people in the country to pay more in taxes and that is ...

Us. joan, will this issue have an impact with female voters this fall or will this subside between now -- this is something women voters will remember for the long haul? >> i think so, ed. im very grateful they wont let it subside, they walked into a trap. i want to thank the catholic bishops, you and i talked for a long time how some of the provisions of the health care reform bill didnt take effect right away, they werent too clear to the american people. i have talked to more women in the las...