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Legislature. >> moral monday protesters face arrest at the north carolina capitol. >> as police eventually arrested 14 demonstrators, who had been camped out in speaker thom tillis office. >> the sit-in protesters were demanding that medicaid be expanded and the earned income tax credit be restored. >> im willing to stay here as long as it takes. >> and i want to be the voice for that person whos too scared to be sitting right here. >> we want people to see these faces. hear these voices. and ch...

Choice whether we want government in the middle or whether we want as the governor talked about, the replace aspect is taking market-driven forces to allow the system to put in place reforms that help drive down cost and help cover more people and deliver better health care. it doesnt inhibit job creation. i think there is a big difference as speaker boehner noted this week of putting a 2700 page bill that you pass in the middle of the night and speaker pelosi made clear that no one was able to ...

>> what i believe is at a time when the wealthiest 1% earn more income that can the bottom 50%, when the middle classes in steep dlan, what we have seen in recent years are huge tax breaks that primarily benefited the wealthiest people. what you got today, cenk, is somebody like warren buffett pointing out that his effective tax rate -- the real taxes that he actually pays are lower than his secretarys, and at 16% is lower than many police officers or teachers or nurses. what we have seen are ma...