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personal returns. >> joining us now live, congressman steve king, a republican from iowa and member of the tea party caucus. good morning. >> good morning. >> the president wants to keep lower taxes for 97% of americans, the treasuries departments office of tax analysis for the tax year 2007, under bush, 3% of all tax returns were for incomes over $250,000. explain the view that obamas proposal would hurt. walk me through it. >> i recall back when the bush tax brackets were first imple...

>> i always open my ears when you are around. >> we have welfare spending. welfare spending under obama. you liberals got so upset when newt gingrich would call newt gingrich the food stamp president and now we have spending on welfare has now surged. there you see it, $668 billion, a 4 is% increase under president obama. >> because we inherited the great recession from george bush. >> when does the president put his pants on and start taking any responsibility? >> listen, hes got responsibility...

What he said, middle class out. one thing we know is when you cut taxes and the trickle-down theory of economics that disprove now, it doesnt work. the greatest economic growth in this country took place when bill clinton raised taxes on the upper income people. eight years of greatest growth in the united states. i think that is what he is talking about. middle class-out -- >> eric: dont go there. still trying to figure out the bottom-up part. >> bob: trying to get the people -- you have to rem...

You are around. >> we have welfare spending. welfare spending under obama. you liberals got so upset when newt gingrich would call newt gingrich the food stamp president and now we have spending on welfare has now surged. there you see it, $668 billion, a 4 is% increase under president obama. >> because we inherited the great recession from george bush. >> when does the president put his pants on and start taking any responsibility? >> listen, hes got responsibility in november. he shouldnt. he ...

Economics"? doubling the spending on food stamps and welfare programs only to see increase in poverty in america? is it ignoring struggling middle class while bailing out uaw pals by handing $100 billion to g.m. and chrysler? is it $100 billion of our money given to obama friends and donors calling it green energy investment? it begs the question, is president obama mind-numbingly stupid on the economy or does he know exactly what hes doing? remember this. >> we are five days away from fundament...

Theory of economics that disprove now, it doesnt work. the greatest economic growth in this country took place when bill clinton raised taxes on the upper income people. eight years of greatest growth in the united states. i think that is what he is talking about. middle class-out -- >> eric: dont go there. still trying to figure out the bottom-up part. >> bob: trying to get the people -- you have to remember we went through a terrible recession. you going to increase welfare and food stamps. i ...

good evening, im john avlon in for erin burnett tonight. the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks. were living in a time when spin outways substance, when with narratives can matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. on this show, we try to play it straight. criticizing the democrats claims that republicans are conducting a war on women. while at the same time calling out conservatives for saying th...

the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks. were living in a time when spin outways substance, when with narratives can matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. on this show, we try to play it straight. criticizing the democrats claims that republicans are conducting a war on women. while at the same time calling out conservatives for saying that president obama is waging a war on religion. the probl...

memorial day is the unofficial start of the summer. the presidential race is just entering its second stage. its the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks, now reinforced by super pac ads. were living in a time when spin outweighs substance. when narratives can unfortunately matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. now, on this show we try to play it straight, criticizing, for example, the democrats...

Politician will hurt them if they dont. its legalize distortion racket and they think their own representative plays in that. one out of four people think their congressman is begs person for the job. >> john: he is probably not the best person for the job? >> most cases, probably true. >> you say a proposal to combine it in a single item and stop the growth will be popular. i cant believe that. every time i talk about cuts people scream at me. when i have seen poll data on cutting any medicaid ...