they ll go offshore. so really you need a broad-based tax. that s why the v.a.t. i think this is a story underplayed. bret: charles talked about it well-covered of course. but i think the rest of the press ignored this. you know, the brain trust behind this administration, center for american progress has been pushing form of v.a.t. for a long time. the obama people see it as on the table though they are not telling the truth about it. bret: value-added tax. we should point out. juan, you think it s real it s been on the table and conrad says it is on the table and can t be ignored. people like nancy pelosi said you have to look at it, given our financial circumstances. come back to something here. tomorrow is april 15, tax day. the argument is made that 50% of americans respect paying taxes, the low aren t paying taxes, low-income. the people who are paying taxes, those benefitting from the economy therefore is thought is overtaxed. i don t think that s the case, in
they ll leave. they ll go offshore. so really you need a broad-based tax. that s why the v.a.t. i think this is a story underplayed. bret: charles talked about it well-covered of course. but i think the rest of the press ignored this. you know, the brain trust behind this administration, center for american progress has been pushing form of v.a.t. for a long time. the obama people see it as on the table though they are not telling the truth about it. bret: value-added tax. we should point out. juan, you think it s real it s been on the table and conrad says it is on the table and can t be ignored. people like nancy pelosi said you have to look at it, given our financial circumstances. come back to something here. tomorrow is april 15, tax day. the argument is made that 50% of americans respect paying taxes, the low aren t paying taxes, low-income. the people who are paying taxes, those benefitting from the economy therefore is thought is overtaxed. i don t think that
everybody? i mean i think, martin, this is a case where you have to know a man who he works for. eric cantor and john boehner and these guys, their client is the plutocracy, the 1%. the guys on wall street who are angry at barack obama becauset wouldn t fete them at the white house will not tolerate him doing something like that. the chamber of commerce will not tolerate the republicans walking away from them. they are joined to the hip by the 1%. they re not just creeding to barack obama the fairness issue but ceding to him the optimism issue, the values issue and letting him have all of that. all they ve got is the negativity. i m nodding. i feel like when you hear obama s speech compared to the speeches of the gop candidates, what you hear from obama is working together, trying to raise each other up. it s a very a common goal kind of theme. fraternal. what you hear everywhere almost all of the candidates, except i would say rick santorum
guess what? the top 1 percent have like 50 percent of the wealth of the country. why shouldn t the people who have the money who are benefitting from the political and economic stability of america all of those guys on wall street who are getting those huge bonuses even as we speak, wall street is doing great. look at the reality. why shouldn t people share in the sacrifice? why shouldn t it in the case of the ryan budget come out of the backs of the seniors and the poor with changes to medicare and medications. doesn t make sense. because those are the business owners. those are the people who sign the front side of the paychecks. when you need an employer i was saying liberals love jobs but they hate employers. those are the employers in this country. if we want more jobs we have to keep taxes low. i am all for more jobs. my sense is if you just keep giving money to the rich and rich you are going to stabilize this we are not giving them any money. we are keeping the taxes