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People making $200,000 or more. the president wants a rate increase coming in january on people making $200,000 or more and go into next years negotiations on reforming the tax code and hes looking at a single year time period to have three tax increases on the same group of folks, were saying thats dramatic on the economy, that will slow down development of our economy in a time were looking to increase more jobs, why would we do this? how does this stimulate the economy and how does it solve t...

Of magnimty reaching out to the republicans? >> its crazy, its what the president says all the time. if you listen to the press conference, he seems to say the biggest wish list for his liberal partisans has become docile letting these tax rates expire. while the republicans have moved, they are offering revenue, this is a change from their position, while the frame work is potentially there for a deal, the president is saying no compromise, no compromise. >> paul: whats his strategy, bill, here...

>> well -- >> theyre going to have no choice. >> whats that? >> he has issued a pamphlet. i got one when i was going to the bar and handing out pamphlets to me. lets compare the rate of unemployment, lets compare the 2 million people who are now being re-educated to get back into the workforce, lets compare what hes done for women, lets compare exports, lets compare the car industry and now them even exporting and ohios unemployment rates. lets compare those accomplishments to what mitt romney h...

And im just sort of in awe of you. i challenge everyone to not -- >> do you know -- >> see if we can make it to 30 by the end of the hour. >> do a different sport. >> although there would be whiff in the middle of it which is baseball. >> well, i looked -- i thought that would -- i didnt know that anybody would pick that up. i looked up boxing metaphors on-line to determine whether haymaker was fair use. >> you can read the political coverage. >> can i make a point about this tax answer. part of...

By virtue of his policies. so this for me is all about the 100%. the president can talk about the thing he would like to talk about. i am going to talk about getting america working again and help all the people of this country. >> sean: it seemed like the president had a hard time -- he kept telling you about your plan and you kept creeking him, no, there guagain, sort of moment. thats not my plan. you were saying very sprveg plans about how to increase revenues to the government and how to bal...

Big bird holding a sign will work for food. and big bird on an old time unemployment line. here he is as part of the 47%. and the count assuring big bird romneys math doesnt add up. and the sesame street gang warning romney you diss big bird, you diss all of us. sure its childish and funny, but its serious, too. his big plan to cut the deficit is it fire big bird? what did big bird ever do to you? tax cuts for big oil? no problem. trillions for defense, go right ahead. but big bird has to go is ...

Where children are just not eating lunch at school? i mean, the math doesnt add up. romney talks about shuttling these safety net programs off to the states which sounds well and good. what he doesnt tell you is hes going to chop them by a third to a half. all of a sudden the states are going to have no money. either the states will have to raise taxes or theyll have to dramatically slice services to the very neediest at the same time the romney/ryan budget gives a trillion dollars in tax cuts t...

What is this going to do to the family budget? >> well, i mean, we do live pretty frugal the way it is. we cook at home of the i do do a lot of couponing. were still trying to make ends meet, but ultimately, its going to come down to paying the mortgage and buying food and if this continues, the math doesnt add up. well have to choose what can get paid for. >> gretchen: i want to look at the city of scranton and the cash strapped situation. the city has $133,000 in cash, but the city owes $3.4 m...

Would only raise $4 billion a year over the next decade, which wouldnt close our trillion-dollar deficit by much. mitt romney says president obamas math doesnt add up. romney says the buffett rule is more a political statement than deficit reduction tool. diversion from the presidents record on the economy. >> we want to divert from that and see if we cant find someone to attack, a scapegoat. >> the likely republican nominee is himself one of the political targets of the buffett rule. romney was...

Off, right? >> i dont get it. but anyway. >> math doesnt add up. >> no, it doesnt. >> well look into it. time now with sports with willie geist. >> game three of the alcs, tigers and rangers in detroit, the tigers had to win this one, down two games to none. in the sixth inning, josh hamilton lets go of the bat, clocks a guy in the front row, right in the noggin. miguel cabrera puts the tigers up 5-1, one of three home runs in the game. in the ninth, the tieing run on deck for the texas ranger...