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You are a teeper or a principle. its not about you, its about your neighbor. >> whats that jesus is about. >> if you read the red liners is out, about doing onto others as you would have them do to you. and thats a crazy thing about masks and vaccines. all these things, theyre actually, if you really think about it. its to protect others as much its to protect yourself. the level of selfishness is something we have been battling. its always great to have you on the show. hole you all have a wond...

Right now. what needs to be done? these red liners, these 1 and 2% folks, they just got damn lucky. hell, theyve been lucky the last 30 years. thats not the case. i mean, something has to be done. how do you engage republicans about this without talking about socialism? >> heres the problem. the person who shows up at the town hall meeting doesnt have lobbyists. the person who shows up at the town hall meeting doesnt have millions of dollars to give to the wall street republicans. so that become...

That you want to have vote for you, show them the vulture chart. this is all you need to know. because this play s right to the income gap in this country. the people down on the blue line where their wages have been for the last 30 years, when they lose their job, they cant afford health care, theyre in a soptic situation. but you see the red liners may get recycled back into the economy, but they get a cushion because thats where their income has been, they can afford this health care insuranc...

But it reminds me of our vulture chart. we love to show this one all the time. its amazing. income for the top 1% is really at its highest point ever average wages, where are they? they are stagnant. now watch what happens when you combine the two charts. it is absolutely amazing at how it all follows the average wages. well, they match up pretty close with the hourly compensation, dont they? and the people earning those wages are working harder and longer than ever before. now, according to the...

Time. its amazing. income for the top 1% is really at its highest point ever average wages, where are they? they are stagnant. now watch what happens when you combine the two charts. it is absolutely amazing at how it all follows the average wages. well, they match up pretty close with the hourly compensation, dont they? and the people earning those wages are working harder and longer than ever before. now, according to the orange line, you know, hey, look whos reaping the rewards in all of this...

Thais it to opportunity. he ties it to what the tax dollars to create it. >> isnt president obama facing the perfect candidate, mitt romney for the conditions of the country right now to depict where the vulture chart is that we show so much versus the middle class? this is a guy who really has tax rate of 13.9% and he also has a tax policy that is only going to help those red liners. >> its only going to help him. absolutely. its the perfect candidate. the perfect time. rick santorum too. he ca...

They are reallying saying income equality is a losing issue and shouldnt talk about it so much. i think the way he does it is he thais it to opportunity. he ties it to what the tax dollars to create it. >> isnt president obama facing the perfect candidate, mitt romney for the conditions of the country right now to depict where the vulture chart is that we show so much versus the a guy who really has tax rate of 13.9% and he also has a tax policy that is only going to help those red liners. >> it...

Mitt romney. if you make under $30,000 a year under the romney tax plan, your taxes are going to be going up, thats right, if youre on the left there, in the blue, your taxes are going to be going up if youre in that income category. now, if you make over $1 million a year, anywhere from $500,000 to over $1 million a year, youre going to get a tax cut between 2% and 5%. lets go back to the vulture chart. so, the republican plan, they have more for the red liners, they have nothing but more taxes...