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Earners that are middle class or working poor. he wants to go after people that have no political power whatsoever except the unions. so this is why the unions have been the target. everybody wants a tax cut. i want a tax cut. we all want a break. the fact of the matter is we have some financial problems. why is it that these republican governors all they want to do is go after wage earners and break up collective bargaining so they dont have to mess with it in the future instead of going to the...

Cause our economic problems is not the right way to go. as for republicans, well, they say the president just didnt cut enough. speaker john boehner says the plan has too much spending. can you predict that? house budget chairman paul ryan, oh, he forgot about the extension of the bush tax cuts and also complained about the spending. >> the debt crisis is caused by spending, not taxes. and so lets go where the problem is, and thats spending. >> well, these are the same republicans who had no pro...

Cause our economic problems is not the right way to go. as for republicans, well, they say the president just didnt cut enough. speaker john boehner says the plan has too much spending. can you predict that? house budget chairman paul ryan, oh, he forgot about the extension of the bush tax cuts and also complained about the spending. >> the debt crisis is caused by spending, not taxes. and so lets go where the problem is, and thats spending. >> well, these are the same republicans who had no pro...

His parents cruelly and keeps going back to them because thats what he expects. and its what hes been adapted to. the fact is the president promised no tax increases on people under $250,000. he went along with the raise in taxes on a third of the working poor in this country, and tax.com has all the numbers about that. now he is going along with cutting the opportunities for people to get out of poverty through education. and its appalling. >> david cay johnston, thanks for your time. i appreci...

Going back to them because thats what he expects. and its what hes been adapted to. the fact is the president promised no tax increases on people under $250,000. he went along with the raise in taxes on a third of the working poor in this country, and tax.com has all the numbers about that. now he is going along with cutting the opportunities for people to get out of poverty through education. and its appalling. >> david cay johnston, thanks for your time. i appreciate it so much. a sarah pali...

Perhaps the two people who are the most vociferous, bowles, the clip to be administration chief of staff, and simpson, a former senator. both of them have said repeatedly that when people talk about defense department cuts, spending and education adjustments or health and human services, they are lying to the american people. anyone who doesnt talk about social security, medicare and medicaid is misleading on the seriousness of the problem. mr. presidentship -- >>shepard: and this is about targe...

Do you deny that youre a man who wants to redistribute wealth? >> absolutely. i didnt raise taxes once. i lowered taxes over the last two years. >> hey, he didnt get interrupted when he said he lowered taxes over the past two years. just a reminder that tax payments are at a 60-year low. dont want to forget that. the president, well, actually he was a little bit off base there. he has raised taxes on cigarettes and indoor tanning but of course unless youre john boehner you really dont have anyth...

Earlier. so until we feel a little better can we expect the economy to turn around the way we really want it to? >> well, its lot more than feeling to turn the economy around. so long as we have the systems that concentrate in commonwealth at the top we cant have the economic growth we need to have. people need to recognize things like the fact that president obama is not taking on these issues. he keeps accommodating. he keeps making deals. he keeps -- he said he would never raise taxes on peop...

The 1950s. the republicans undoubtedly have zero credibility on taxes. but theyve convinced enough sheep to follow and keep following them right off the financial cliff. over and over again. democrats need to reject any economic cuts john boehner and mitch mcconnell put on the table. the republicans number one goal is basically to systematically undercut the new deal right in front of our eyes. if they get their way, itll be a full scale attack on middle classers, wage earners, veterans, seniors...

Lawhelp.org, they will steer you in the right direction. >> jamie: maybe your local bar association also can be helpful. well put up one more website for everyone, that the judge was kind enough to provide. its the ftc.gov. if you go to one of the legal aid organizations and youre not feeling comfortable about it or you want to check if there are complaints, this would be one way to do it as well. >> no question. i emphasize these are people just like us. these are not just the poor and indigent...