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Join us in finally putting himself behind the bill to help the middle class. >> the republicans never talk about the middle class. joining me tonight, leo gerard, of the united steelworkers. tonight theyre trying to hoodwink the american people as if they did something for the middle class. are republicans really looking out for the middle class, as cantor claims there? >> absolutely not. its another one of their show games. you know, hide the pea and pulling the stick. what the real reality is ...

The bush tax cuts. looking to the general election, he actually had something that was a tax cut for the middle class. he didnt give anything more to the rich and said, middle class, you get a capital gains tax cut. not a great tax cut or great way to do that. also not paid for. he was looking for the general. the thing for gingrich, perry and cain. they were looking for the prima primary. if they get through the primary unexpectedly, theyre going to have to unexpectedly defend the numbers for t...

See that was by the people and for the people, they looked at it that theyre going to have to have compromise. >> do these jokers know what compromise is? beyond that, what the hell are ten democrats doing voting with republicans at this point? >> those ten democrats need to be taken to the wood shed. the reality is, look, lets just quit playing games and recognize that the top 1% have done extremely well. that theyve had huge bonuses. theyve lined their pockets. theyve taken a majority of the w...

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Ignore the truth? no! republicans pass their payroll tax cut bill, but it wont do too much for the middle class. leo gerard, united steelworkers international president, weighs in later in the show. let us know what you think on twitter using #edshow. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. im keith baraka and im a firefighter. and its very physically demanding. if im sore im not at my best.

Policies and where the money is going to go to the top 1%. he likes to align himself with ronald reagan. hes talking about it a lot. first of all, who is that going to appeal to when you break out exactly where the advantage financially is going to go if we were to implement newt gingrichs idea of tax policy, would go all the way to the top 1%? would it not? >> yeah. the numbers look sort of bad for newt gingrich. of cain, perry and gingrich. if you take current policy, you assume we extend the ...

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