people that you are talking to. now, this is, of course, the vulture chart. that s rick santorum and mitt romney up there. i don t have room for newt. he doesn t score very well. the red line, over the last 30 years, this is where the top 2% has gone in america when it comes to income. who s gotten all the breaks, who s gotten all the tax cuts, who s gotten all the deregulation? look where the top 2% has gone, the vulture chart. you folks in alabama and mississippi, i hear so much about alabama and mississippi, the democrats can t win there. i got news for you, this chart plays everywhere. the blue line is where the middle class is in this country, where your income has gone. this vulture chart plays everywhere, and the democrats should make this chart the focal point of every speech they give on the road. why? because the republicans can t deny it. the republicans have no game for this. in fact, mitt romney s tax plan plays right into this chart. let me look at the tax plan for
the cost of balancing the budget to our local communities, and i ve been knocking on hundreds of doors, and people are worried about the stability and balance in their communities. now, you re a teacher and have been for a number of years and was teacher of the year in 2002 in ohio. i understand that not only you, but a number of your friends, have had enough. how many of you are running for representative positions in the state of ohio? i love this story. well, ed, i ve given it a nickname, we ve given it a nickname, ten teachers to the state house. it s unprecedented, ten teachers are leaving their classroom and careers and going from protesting outside the doors of the state house to getting to work inside the state house. that s great. finally, congressman, a big focal point of the obama reelection campaign is going to be on the automobile industry and, of course, the loan and how it worked. is that going to be enough in ohio? well, it s not just that, ed,
but they but they tell the same story, they head down to the gas station, they make sure a few cameras are following them, and then they start acting like we ve got a magic wand and we will give you cheap gas forever if you just elect us. every time. been the same script for 30 years. it s like a bad rerun. the president repeated what we already know. now, this is a fact, and i know that the republicans have a hard time with facts. the united states of america is producing more oil today than it has in the last eight years. he also repeated his call for an end to oil subsidies, which, of course, republicans don t like, and, of course, talked about developing alternative energy sources, which they think is a cop-out. president obama didn t waste
why we put the vulture chart up quite often here on the the ed show. estimates 40 to 50 billion dollars in revenue alone. senator, great to have you with us, thanks for co-sponsoring that. the country needs it. coming up, republicans in indiana score a major victory against unions. but the workers vow to fight back. how will they do that? unexpected announcement today from the secretary of defense. it s a big one, leon panetta lays out a time line for the united states to end combat operations in afghanistan. we re right back. if there was a pill
why we put the vulture chart up quite often here on the the ed show. estimates 40 to 50 billion dollars in revenue alone. senator, great to have you with us, thanks for co-sponsoring that. the country needs it. coming up, republicans in indiana score a major victory against unions. but the workers vow to fight back. how will they do that? unexpected announcement today from the secretary of defense. it s a big one, leon panetta lays out a time line for the united states to end combat operations in afghanistan. we re right back. if there was a pill