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Reagan myth making, writing, "reagan did not govern as a movement conservative. he cut taxes then raised them three times, including the 1982 bill that hit businesses and was by percentage and constant dollars, the largest tax increase in american history. he failed to cut the size of government, but then he didnt try very hard. he was a conservative, to be sure, but more in rhetoric than reality." joining me now, bruce bartlett, who served as a senior policy analyst in the reagan white house an...

Workers at the median will feel no great motivation to improve their productivity, as they have done spectacularly in the last decade. they havent seen any benefit from it, personally. you know, wheres the benefit? >> timothy noah, brother of peter noah and columnist for the "new republic," and most importantly, the author of the new book that mitt romney is hoping you cannot afford to buy, "the great divergence: americas growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it," timothy, thank you...

The 1%, youve opened up a whole new wave of approach to this country, which is entirely inconsistent with the concept of one nation under god. >> are there no fair questions about the distribution of wealth without it being seen as envy, though? >> you know, i think its fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms. >> joining me now in tonights quiet room segment, timothy noet, the author of the new book, "the great divergence: americas growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it." t...

The 1%, youve opened up a whole new wave of approach to this country, which is entirely inconsistent with the concept of one nation under god. >> are there no fair questions about the distribution of wealth without it being seen as envy, though? >> you know, i think its fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms. >> joining me now in tonights quiet room segment, timothy noet, the author of the new book, "the great divergence: americas growing inequality crisis and what with we can e c it." t...

What we can do about it," timothy, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. coming up, the romney campaign uses a diner in iowa to stage a phony roundtable discussion and while theyre at it, the romney staff trashed the diner. youll hear from the owner of the diner and see more video of mitt romney in his struggle to be human. and in the "rewrite" tonight, barack obama has been known to play a game of horse on the basketball court and mitt romney owns a horse that ...