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Class as were going to take your money and give it to people. the phrase working poor, you hear democrats talking about working poor, theyre trying to do the same thing, trying to say theyre not the stereotyped free loaders of the 80s. this is a different set of policies that could help you and people you know. i think this this is part of that conversation. >> i think its worth measuring that the demographics of the near poor. theyre older, whiter, and more suburban than we ever thought. >> it ...

About poverty all the time, the numbers have spiked up. weve been trying for years. health care was a big -- >> thats part of the picture. afz we have sort of policy debate, the human side of it, i think, is very much overlooked. and i think it frames the debate in a way i dont think its been framed on the national stage. >> a lot of the outrage has come because middle class, upper middle class people have felt it. the very rich felt it for the first -- not the first time, but in a way that they...

And figured i could probably do it and just said, were doing it. >> how did you figure out where you should be projecting from? how did you find a place? >> well, i mean, theres this, you know, gigantic gray monolith as a perfect projection screen a lot of us have seen over the years and ive probably had the same idea. there are these -- city housing actually. its, you know, the irony of it is kind of incredible. in the shadow of this gray corporate monolith is city housing projects. people, wor...

I was sitting next to him. i said, whats your idea? he said, we need a bat signal with 99%. i thought about it for a half a second and knew i could pull it off. i had done gorilla projections before and knew people who had and said, were doing it. >> how did you figure out where you should be projecting from? how did you find a place? >> well, i mean, theres this, you know, gigantic gray monolith as a perfect projection screen a lot of us have seen over the years and ive probably had the same id...

I mean, obviously what hes done is not popular in the state, but how do you as a democrat compete with the amount of money that he can marshal on his side? >> well, the problem that walker and his agenda has in wisconsin is its really been an attack on the middle class. starting with the attacks on bargaining rights but then followed by the biggest cuts in public education in the entire country. this week were doing nothing to address jobs and unfortunately killing the wind energy jobs we could ...

How do you as a democrat compete with the amount of money that he can marshal on his side? >> well, the problem that walker and his agenda has in wisconsin is its really been an attack on the middle class. starting with the attacks on bargaining rights but then followed by the biggest cuts in public education in the entire country. this week were doing nothing to address jobs and unfortunately killing the wind energy jobs we could bring to this state. next week theyll announce removing 53,000 pe...

Is not popular in the state, but how do you as a democrat compete with the amount of money that he can marshal on his side? >> well, the problem that walker and his agenda has in wisconsin is its really been an attack on the middle class. starting with the attacks on bargaining rights but then followed by the biggest cuts in public education in the entire country. this week were doing nothing to address jobs and unfortunately killing the wind energy jobs we could bring to this state. next week t...

Below the poverty level based upon family size because theres a different number for each one, then you dont pay that middle 9 tax on your income. this is how we help the poor. >> so now not everyone will have a 9% income tax rate as previously advertised. now a family of four making $22,000 a year or less would have a 0% federal income tax rate under herman cains plan which happens to be exactly what their income tax rate is right now. which herman cain obviously does not know. but that family ...

You turn it upsidedown, i think the devils in the details. >> in the spotlight tonight, herman cains media honeymoon as the front-runner ends right here, right now. the truth about herman cains 9-9-9 america. herman cains 9-9-9 tax plan is the most vicious assault on the middle class and the working poor and the most lavish giveaway to the rich that has ever been proposed by a presidential campaign front-runner. we have issued a standing invy take to herman cain to return to this show and respon...

And a 9% sales tax. this would result in people in the top tax bracket, the richest among us, paying less than 18% of their income in federal taxes compared to the minimum of 35% that they currently pay on salary income. the biggest tax cut ever proposed for the rich in this country. it would also mean the biggest tax increase on the working poor who currently pay no federal income tax. they would now pay 18% in federal taxes. 9% in income taxes and 9% on every dollar they spend which of course ...