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Which george h. W. Bush was. And by not going partisan, george w. Bush helped remind us just how starved we are for decency in American Public life. And im going to leave you with that picture, get ready to put to rest one of our points of light, one of my points of light, the 41st president. Thanks to nancy, brett, nick, elise. Thats it for this hour. Im any coko nicolle wallace. Mtp daily is next with chuck todd. Good evening, im chuck todd here in new york. And welcome to mtp daily. Moments a...

Sort of, enlarged the powers of the presidency, have grabbed power from a congress that became increasingly gridlocked and dysfunctional and unable to, you know, to do its job, basically. and some people would say thats the demise of the seniority system, which was, you know, had its problems, but did work. some people say, you know, bring back earmarks, that allowed things to happen. even though, you know, it wasnt necessarily the fairest system, but whatever you want to trace it to, congress i...

That time. if you want the branches of government, we have three. we know how troubling it is for the legislative branch, which i am in and then you have the executive branch and judicial branch. if you want to judicial branch to work and the rule of law, which weve been known for and admired worldwide, youve got to have nine supreme court justices. >> well, at the same time, your message to senators wyden and merkley and others, what do you say to them? >> i think merrick garland should have ha...

Investigation. its the only way, the only fairway to give sergeant bergdahl just miss. exonerate him or condemn him. do it under oath and article 32 which is the military equivalent of a grand jury and its the fairest system of justice around. thats why i asked for a court martial when i was going through my ordeal back in the 80s and of course why the special prosecutor wasnt about to give me one. >> wasnt the ransom the five taliban guys they wanted? thats ransom. >> no. >> you think they want...

Making more than $400,000 a year. to talk about this and his new book, senior writer of the wall street editorial page, stephen moore. hes out with a new book "whos the fairest of them all. the truth about opportunity, taxes and wealth in america." first of all, fiscal cliff, are you hopeful and does it sound like what theyre close to might be fair? >> it depends on -- this is such a moving target in terms of what the final negotiations will be. i always predicted near midnight december 24 or de...

Society. the vast vast gap between the ultra rich and the very very poor. >> there is a gap. >> and massive bonuses and people running away with millions if not billions of dollars and maybe not paying their fair share of taxes. >> heres the point. youre exactly making the point in my book. what we need to do is raise the income levels of lower income people. to tear down the rich isnt a way to do that. what i want to see is a fair society that gives everyone an equal chance to succeed in this e...

America. >> steve: turns out the current system and the one that president obama is proposing arent fair at all. joining us now is economic editorial writer for the "wall street journal" and author of a new book, comes out today "who is the fairest of them all, the truth about opportunity, taxes and wealth in america." steven moore. congratulations. >> thank you. >> steve: that really is the f word in this campaign, fairness. >> it really is. thats the reason i wrote the book is that its pretty ...

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Get a bite to eat or soda to drink. >> i would like smoked turkey. >> when i gas up my car as much as a quarter of a price of gas is federal state and city exercise tax. people pay sales taxes all day long. >> so many taxes. i need a drink. >> i am lucky i dont smoke. its some union protestors say we should pay more. >> raise my taxes. >> in all of those taxes are fine it progresses. >> it costs to live in a civ civilized society and we need to pay our fair share. >> takeing from the rich to hel...