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There would be too many people who couldnt take the full amount of that. so he bumped it up so it would be more politically palatable. as youre pointing out though, there is no way for his plan to lower rates by 25% and not raise taxes on the middle class. there is no way to do it. >> every since he first mentioned the bucket of deductions at 17 grand ive just been sitting there thinking giving me a cost estimate on this and i cant quite do it on my calculator. so third way came out today and i ...

There would be too many people who couldnt take the full amount of that. so he bumped it up so it would be more politically palatable. as youre pointing out though, there is no way for his plan to lower rates by 25% and not raise taxes on the middle class. there is no way to do it. >> every since he first mentioned the bucket of deductions at 17 grand ive just been sitting there thinking giving me a cost estimate on this and i cant quite do it on my calculator. so third way came out today and i ...

Cofounder of third way. former policy director of democratic senator chuck schumer of new york. john engler former governor of michigan. nice to have you both on the program. this comes up every sing gill time we get a jobs report and whether or not the books are cooked and whether or not we get a accurate reading. this conversation coming up more because were right by a presidential election. what is your response, when you hear concerns from people maybe this is isnt a accurate reading on the ...

Key group. a recent survey shows partisan voter registration is taking a dive, especially in key battleground states. eight battleground states in fact. the numbers for registration among independents is up however. doug mckelway is live from washington with more on this story. doug? >> reporter: jenna, this is a bit of a wild guard in the november 6th elections. difficult to say exactly how it will play out but voter registration is down across the board from many swing states in 2008. take for...

Hit democrats particularly hard. there is a study from third way finding that in several battle ground states democrats are registering in mauler numbers than in 2008 and some states republicans have seen a jump in registrations. the tutted difficult also shows more voters registering without any part affiliation. another remainder of the importance of independent voters in this election. doug is covering this for us. he is live this afternoon in washington, dc. >>doug: the president is remindin...

>> hello, im mitt romney. and i understand the hardships facing ordinary americans. for example, this summer one of my horses failed to medal at the olympics, so i know hardship. >> isnt he great? >> isnt he great? jay pharoah. we are probably going to be seeing and hearing more of him over the next few years. lets bring back the panel. we say senior fellow at third way because we cant get all your other stuff in there, bill. hes a writer. all-around nice guy. thank you, guys, so much for coming...

Single one of george bushs budgets. this is something he discovered after barack obama became president. that is something he will have to answer for. he has helped add plenty to our deficit and, plenty of out of control spending by the government. gregg: yeah. >> i do what think what you raise is the most important thing. how can he do with independents? third way, a centrist think tank had done polling on this issue shd, independents want all o approach. that is not paul ryans approach. paul r...

Out of the bottom, off the bottom rung within ten years. >> steve: theyre going after the american dream. >> the american dream lives. that, according to the third way. thats a democrat organization. >> juliet: again, everybody that you cited has leaned to the left. all these groups you cited? >> yes. brookington, cbo, thats government. and the third way. theyre all leaning left, all their government and refute these myths. >> brian: is this good and bad for you personally because these three my...

Income earners, their income has gone up a real 30%. so thats middle america, the middle class doing a whole lot better. >> steve: lets take that off the list. >> second item, that the rich are not paying their fair share. >> steve: you hear that every day. >> right. we can argue all day long. what is the fair share? according to the cbo, look at this. the bottom 20% of income earners pay, of all taxes collected, .3%. thats it. the top 20% pays 67.9%. if you want to call that a fair share or not...

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