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I think jay carney called it fairy dust. the idea that it tax rates nudge up a percent or two on the top 2%, you will bring the economy to its knees. the nonpartisan congressional budget office showed if the rates increased on the top 2% of households, gdp growth would be almost exactly the same next year. it doesnt have the growth effects and in the long term getting our budget on a sustainable path is positive for the economy. its an orthodoxy thats wrong and polluted our fiscal politics for w...

Lot of -- >> economically they have less. ill use a more politically correct term. no offense meant, obviously. >> its a more accurate term, you know, when we talk about people who make less than $50,000, a lot of those -- those are middle class people, too. some are working poor -- >> thats not where the voter turnout came, if you know your voter stats. its people making less than that, pulled out of the apartments, groups. its not the middle class, its the lower middle class who not traditiona...

To the underclass. thats a dated word. thats not who were talking about here. you know, were talking about a lot of -- >> economically they have less. ill use a more politically correct term. no offense meant, obviously. >> its a more accurate term, you know, when we talk about people who make less than $50,000, a lot of those -- those are middle class people, too. some are working poor -- >> thats not where the voter turnout came, if you know your voter stats. its people making less than that, ...

>> whats that about? how are you going to get them back? >> single women across the country have been voting more and more democratic. married women tend to vote more republicans. i think you get them back with policy, optics are important. republicans understand that. its a long -- theres no silver bullet for it. >> you should have run condoleezza rice years ago. senator for cal kl could have been condi rice. >> i want to give you free advice. i dont think you should refer to the underclass. th...

Thursday, youre taking other members of the working poor and taking them away from their families and saying because the store down the street is open, weve got to be open, youve got dom in, walmart, with ee going to give you bad hours the rest of the year and make you come in on thursday and friday. like you i skipped black friday and monday but small business saturday i was there. up next hes one of americas favorite founding fathers but did thomas jeff eson have a dark side? the author behi...

Those who are unemployed are not put on the chopping block in terms of their benefits being cut. we have nearly 50 million people living in poverty, 16 million of whom are children. and we need to help people until we turn this economy around. this is a safety net. its a bridge over troubled waters. >> its not a bargaining chip? in the lame duck session of the congress, the republicans were willing to extend these benefits for one year to get two years of an extension to the bush tax cuts. is th...

Benefits were reduced from 99 weeks to about 73 weeks. i could not support that. i hope this time around that those who are unemployed are not put on the chopping block in terms of their benefits being cut. we have nearly 50 million people living in poverty, 16 million of whom are children. and we need to help people until we turn this economy around. this is a safety net. its a bridge over troubled waters. >> its not a bargaining chip? in the lame duck session of the congress, the republicans w...

To avoid the automatic spending cuts and tax increases. he said going over the fiscal cliff would pose a substantial risk to the economy. according to a new study the fiscal cliff could give 90% of americans new tax bills when the bush tax rates and some by president obama would both end. the working poor would be among the hardest hit. a tax policy center analysis showed a married couple making about $30,000 a year would on average go from receiving a $15 tax credit to owing $1400. >> wow. >> y...

I hope this time around that those who are unemployed are not put on the chopping block in terms of their benefits being cut. we have nearly 50 million people living in poverty, 16 million of whom are children. and we need to help people until we turn this economy around. this is a safety net. its a bridge over troubled waters. >> its not a bargaining chip? in the lame duck session of the congress, the republicans were willing to extend these benefits for one year to get two years of an extensio...

Focusing on job creation. you know, working across party lines with the president to get things done that need to get done like putting people back to work. the voters spoke very clearly in this election. that they want partisanship to be put aside. they want republicans and independents and democrats to work together to move our country forward, to grow our economy, to protect medicare and social security. as well as to balance the budget in a way that protects the middle class and the working ...