Middle Class Permanent News Today

Bill. bernie sanders was asked about jake tapper, saying 90 would get -- is that a good thing? he said yeah. thats why we should make them for the middle class permanent. ted cruz took advantage of that saying yes, lets make them permanent, join me in cosponsored legislation. would this be a wise play that ted cruz just floated there to put the onus on democrats to say okay, lets do this. make the middle class tax cuts permanent and make them oppose it? >> i actually think it is really -- i thin...

>> it is the way we work. >> republicans appealing to their democrat colleagues to help make tax relief for the middle class permanent. >> once the bills on the floor, my democratic collect want to offer an amendment to waive the budget act. to make the individual rates permanent. they likely wont get much resistance from the republican side. i think we should at least notify them. >> if they dont get support from democrats, the cultivation from republican leaders as nobody is going to want taxe...

Isnt that a good thing? >> yeah, it is a very good thing. thats why we should have made the tax breaks for the middle class permanent. but what the republicans did is made the tax breaks for corporations permanent. the tax breaks for the middle class temporary. and according to the tax policy center, that same organization, at the end of ten years, 83% of the benefits go to the top 1%. 60% of the benefits go to the top 1/10 of 1%. meanwhile, over 180 million americans will pay more in taxes. 13 ...

Well, and its kind of actually a romney care bill, its kind of the bill that romney and ted kennedy negotiated in massachusetts that romneys run away from. what was great about the presidents speech today is he got his voice back. he laid down real dividing lines. do you want a tax cut for the wealthy, or do you want a tax cut for the middle class? do you want to invest in america, help build our roads, help build our railroads, or do you want to continue to let corporations have tax loopholes f...

They asked students where the event took place to fill the empty seats at last minute. with his recruited audience in place the president charged forward on the subject of the bush tax cuts. he took a page from liberals on campaigns past. class warfare. >> the president: i believe we ought to make the tax cuts for the middle class permanent. for the middle class, permanent. but the republican leader of the house doesnt want to stop there. make no mistake, he and his party believe we should also ...

Make the tax cuts for the middle class permanent, but the republican leader of the house doesnt want to stop there. make no mistake.ç he and his party believe we should also give a permanent tax cut to the wealthiest 2% of americans. let me be clear to mr. boehner and everybody else. we should not hold middle class tax cuts hostage any longer. >> well, thats exactly what they are up to. lets get to that legislative point. howard, the republican strategy going between now and november is to say...