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>> hi, mom. whats up? here is my math question for you. whats the size of the missing angle? >> steve: whats the size of the missing angle? thats easy. >> gretchen: 40! lets see. >> steve: its 40. >> you see the answer. >> gretchen: all right. >> steve: you would know that. you were taping him. >> gretchen: i wasnt taping him! >> steve: he says hi, mom. >> gretchen: he says hi to me on tv. get it? >> brian: so here is kaitlyn and kirsten trying to do the best they can to stump us. lets go. >> hi...

There is no error, then you lose that right, you forfeit that right to take it to the higher level. again, consumers are stuck between a rock and hard place. the best way to deal with this is actually go through the proper channels which goes through the bureaus and its a long, lengthy, tedious process, but if you dont take it through the process and you let them have their way, then that bad credit, that issue is going to stay on your report for seven to ten years, whether its a bankruptcy or f...

There where he says republicans would like nothing than to hurt first responders for the sake of doing so in order to help their friends in the financial services business. he actually with a straight face said this is a clear choice between making the rich pay more or hurting the rest of us, as if you could balance the budget on the backs of the rich. thats a lie. its a math question thats a lie and he knows its a lie and he says it anyway. its a change, he didnt used to talk this way, in his f...

Tax loopholes on what they say is the horrible rich people, this is the same argument hes had for 4 1/2 years. im surprised he can do it with a straight face. >> steve: because the president got what he wanted. he got the republicans to jack up the taxes for the most successful people in this country and now he wants to come back to the well and wants taxes to go up again so they can spend more as well. the president of the united states is not serious about compromise, so says tucker carlson on...

That we have this cliff behind us. >> i want you to listen to that again. they asked paul ryan, he asks paul ryan, can you balance the budget in ten years? and paul ryan says yeah, were much better off now because we raised taxes. listen. >> all right, can you get to balance in ten years, and not raise revenues? >> yes, yeah, the baseline, the revenue baseline is obviously higher now that we have this cliff behind us. >> well, would you look at that? raising taxes does help you balance the budge...

I was -- i was someone who ran businesses for 25 years and balanced the budget. >> lebo, of course they add up, i was someone who ran businesses for 25 years. explain to me the logic there. >> well, i think the logic is this, i think the math question has really bedevilled mitt romney and also bedevilled paul ryan in the last few weeks and paul ryan is supposedly the better explainer of the two. its a problematic narrative for them and frankly what it does is puts focus on the speculative nature...

Can you declare anything off limits? >> we are saying high-interest people. >> home mortgage deductions? >> you can guarantee that no one making less than $100,000 will have mortgage deduction impacted? guaranteed? >> he keeps trying to make you think its a movie star, hedge-fund guy. >> 97% of the small businesses make less than $250,000 a year, would not be affected one bit. >> you know this taxes a million small businesses. >> does it tax 97% of the american businesses? >> it taxes small busi...

>> that means successful -- >> no specifics. >> what we are saying, lower tax rate, 20 percent, start with the wealthy -- >> you guarantee this math will add up. >> six studies have verified that this math adds up. >> vice-president biden -- >> let me translate. let me have a chance to -- >> you are going to increase. >> we are not going to cut the defense budget -- >> this is $2 billion. >> thats not -- [overlapping dialogue] >> we are talking about -- >> no massive. >> we are saying -- >> defe...

>> that means successful -- >> no specifics. >> what we are saying, lower tax rate, 20 percent, start with the wealthy -- >> you guarantee this math will add up. >> six studies have verified that this math adds up. >> vice-president biden -- >> let me translate. let me have a chance to -- >> you are going to increase. >> we are not going to cut the defense budget -- >> this is $2 billion. >> thats not -- [overlapping dialogue] >> we are talking about -- >> no massive. >> we are saying -- >> defe...

Good to have you back with us. thanks for watching "the ed show" tonight. now its time to do some math. of course, paul ryan flunked the math test last night in front of about 50 million people. >> and youre going to increase the defense -- >> were just not going to cut the defense budget -- >> youre going to increase it $2 billion. $2 trillion. >> so no massive -- >> no, were saying -- >> -- defense increases? >> you want to get into defense now? >> yes, i do. i do. because thats another math q...