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Hes making money off of money. hes not making that off of labor. and hes paying less than 15%, which is far less than your working class americans are paying in taxes. so it makes a lot of common sense for obama to really hammer away at this in the general election. >> how much of a problem, professor, do you think this is for mitt romney, when it comes to ethics in government, some regulations about being forthcoming under a number of different laws. what do you make of it? >> well, i think bac...

>> republicans are nervous about losing this argument. income inequality and taxes are issues where americans are clearly siding with the democrats. so republicans cry class warfare. today, warren buffett had a few words to say about that. >> so, if this is the war, i wouldnt call it a war, id call it a struggle, but if this is a war, you know, my side has had the nuclear bomb. weve got "k" street and lobbyists and weve got money on our side in terms of contributions, weve got money on our side ...

Race. lets play it. >> i think the american people are going to make a judgment about whos trying to bring the country together and whos dividing it. who reflects sort of the core values that help create this country, values of hard work and responsibility, but also looking out for one another, and who is, you know, tapping into some of our worst instincts. >> is that what he did? >> no, im just saying theyre going to be making these decisions. >> was the president a little hesitant there, ari? ...

Envy. it has everything to do with math. >> republicans are nervous about losing this argument. income inequality and taxes are issues where americans are clearly siding with the democrats. so republicans cry class warfare. today, warren buffett had a few words to say about that. >> so, if this is the war, i wouldnt call it a war, id call it a struggle, but if this is a war, you know, my side has had the nuclear bomb. weve got "k" street and lobbyists and weve got money on our side in terms of c...

Our worst instincts. >> is that what he did? >> no, im just saying theyre going to be making these decisions. >> was the president a little hesitant there, ari? >> i think he was. the white house doesnt want to carry the the water on this, and we know why. its really up to us, and i mean us as citizens, to decide whether were going to stand for this garbage. ly i will note, there has some stuff like this around the edges last time and it didnt work against the president. newt gingrich may not en...

Values that help create this country, values of hard work and responsibility, but also looking out for one another, and who is, you know, tapping into some of our worst instincts. >> is that what he did? >> no, im just saying theyre going to be making these decisions. >> was the president a little hesitant there, ari? >> i think he was. the white house doesnt want to carry the the water on this, and we know why. its really up to us, and i mean us as citizens, to decide whether were going to stan...

All eligible citizens can and should be automatically registered to vote. it should be the governments responsibility. the governments responsibility to automatically register citizens to vote by compiling from data bases that already exist a list of all eligible residents in each jurisdiction. >> lets turn to caroline heldman. these a professor of politics at occidental college. professor, great to have you on the program tonight. i appreciate your time. what kind of impact would a universal vo...

Lot of volunteers to push back on this. professor heldman, great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> thanks for your research on this. the cain train was famous for running off the tracks anytime foreign policy came up as the subject. but herman, well, you see, hes been studying up, and he thinks hes ready to take on the world by storm now. "psychotalk" is next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ mom? dad? guys? [ engine turns over ] [ engine revs ] ♪ hell be fine. [ mal...