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Action. some crowned him a hero while criticizing a greedy american tax system and of course, laying blame squarely at the feet of the democratic party. anti-tax guru grover norquist not surprisingly was among the most outspoken critics drawing a crude analogy between schumers effort and jews trying to flee nazi, germany. he told the hill, i think schumer can probably find the legislation to do this. it existed in germany in the 1930s. he probably just plagiarized it from the original german. ea...

Chuck schumers proposal to levy a 30% capital gains tax on people who renounce their citizenship after edwauardo saverin rin threatened to leave the country presumably to avoid taxes. you said i think schumer can probably find the legislation to do this. it existed in germany in the 30s. at the probably just plagiarized and translated it from the original german. now, in a season where political rhetoric is as sharp as its been perhaps historically, do you think having these lowed metaphors is a...

Disagree you are not patriotic millionaires. >> he was a marine p could -- im sorry. he was a miami cop. he was a marine corp pilot and new york cop who was recruited into a secret nongovernmental agency. he saved the planet on more than one occasion. i think i will give him a pass because he earned it. >> if you insist. he was the last man on earth. that is a heavy tax burden. >> although he didnt have much of an income. >> greg, you said another was chuck schumer and another senator and that w...

In france he is like, oh, 75, i am not for that. he has to backtrack. it is funny. >> i think this is great. first you had john lovits letting it ride when he was talking about basic economics and will smith now. i expect alec baldwin will come out against new telephone taxes. the basic economics is if you tax something you get less of it. so i would like to see will smith have his income tax less, but his movies such as "hancock" or" wild, wild west" taxed more. >> two classics, sir. very disre...

facebook at $100 billion. the most valuable company ever at the time of its initial public offering. and more valuable than citi or mcdonalds. millions hoping it will help them boost their bottom lines this morning. dan simon is live at the facebook mothership in menlo park, california, where workers are marking the occasion by working all night long. seriously, dan, whats up with that? >> its 2:00 in the morning here and were wide awake. theyre having a hack a thon, an opportunity for...

We are stupid but not that stupid. the point is, tomorrow, his capital gains would be in excess of $3 billion. that is why he did this. the interesting thing to me, in the movie, in facebook movie he was the sympathetic figure, because he is the one that zuckerberg and timberlake knew out of the company, so, he has transformed himself from sympathy, sympathetic figure to a common tax cheat. >>shepard: legally speaking, what can go on here? >>arthur: nothing. nothing. nothing. that is why schumer...

>> you know, ed, i respect the conservative tradition. i have a lot of conservative friends. but conservatism right now has really been degraded and narrowed. its only principle right now in american conservatism is never, ever, ever, ever raise taxes on the rich, even if it means slashing programs for the neediest people. you look at what they did today. 40% of the total cuts came in programs for low and moderate-income people. food stamps, medicaid, childrens health insurance. 200,000 low-inco...

If they want to raise the defense budget, if they want to sort of get rid of some of those cuts that are online, schumer and the democrats over there said, look, put some revenue on the table. if you really care that much about defense, cant you tax some of the very well-off people that are being protected? but theyre saying no. and as you pointed out, not a single democratic voted for this. and there are about two dozen moderate to conservative democrats who often vote with the republicans. and...

Going to take a position on immigration that hispanics are going to like. i think what hell try to do is probably come out for rubios bill, but rubios bill, and jose, correct me if im wrong, rubios bill is very unsatisfactory to most hispanics, at least because it doesnt guarantee a line to citizenship. >> well, its still murky, governor, in the sense that because he hasnt given any specifics -- and i asked chuck schumer last sunday on our public affairs show based in d.c. if he would support or...

line. i want to know what you think about the difference of raising boys and girls and whether occupy wall street speaks for what you hope to get from this chee. back now to cnn saturday for the latest headlines. have a great weekend. from the cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is saturday morning. >> it has to be the death penalty. >> families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks arrive in guantanamo bay, cuba, as the alleged mastermind behind the most notorious day of terror is ...