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taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. its math. >> this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition hes getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, class warfare. theyre calling the presidents tax proposal a cheap political gimmick. pure poli...

he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesnt raise taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. its math. >> this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition hes getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, cla...

a billionaire who famously lives modestly in omaha, nebraska. they argues the richest americans arent being taxed enough. he says he pays a lower rate than his secretary. he wrote about it in an op-ed in "the new york times" called "stop coddling the rich." he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesnt raise taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise se...

their fair share. >> that brings me to whats being called the buffett rule, named for billionaire who says the super rich are undertaxed. the president is insisting people who earn is million a year or more pay as much in taxes or more as ordinary wage earners do. republicans are up in arms but the president says it is not class warfare -- it is math. gloria, does the presidents math actually add up? >> well, what he did today really was lay down a political marker. this is a president...

explained his plan today. >> we have to prioritize. both parties agree that we need to reduce the deficit by the same amount, $4 trillion. so what choices are we going to make to reach that goal? either we ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share in taxes railroor ask seno pay more for medicare. we cant afford to do both. either we gut education and medical research or weve got to reform the tax code so that the most profitable corporations have to give up tax loophole that...

>> youre in the cnn newsroom. im don lemon. we begin with this tonight. president obama has wanted tax increases to help the economy all along, but republicans resisted. now mr. obama is going back tat to help pay for his new jobs plan. and come monday morning, you are going to be hearing all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett rule, named after one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett. its a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller pe...

we begin with this, president obama has wanted tax increases all along, but the republicans resisted, but now mr. obama is helping to pay for his new jobs plan and come monday morning your going to hear all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett role, named after warren buffett. a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller percentage than the nations middle class and as candy crawly reports theres already an uproar in washington. >> reporter: the pres...

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