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Country who want the government to support them. you know that. the entitlement class is growing in america. >> i dont think thats the majority by any means. and i think a lot of people who today find themselves dependent upon government getting unemployment check would like nothing better than to be getting a paycheck and being responsible for themselves and their own family. >> bill: here is how the president is going to position it he is going to say im going to cut your payroll taxes for wor...

Fair enough. >> right. this is the reality. number one, youre absolutely right, the president got the upper hand on this, republicans played themselves out of position. they took the wrong end -- >> why? >> who knows why -- >> this is what i cant figure out. whos leading them up on the hill? >> i cant understand the lack of coordination between the house leadership with mccarthy whipping the numbers to be able to tell the senate that the numbers arent there for the bill youre passing or the sena...

Hill? >> i cant understand the lack of coordination between the house leadership with mccarthy whipping the numbers to be able to tell the senate that the numbers arent there for the bill youre passing or the senate to tell the house -- that this is the deal we need to cut. >> could it be theyre in a rut and theyre used to voting against anything the president is for? >> thats too easy. i dont think its that so much as it is -- >> bob, do you think thats it? i want to ask bob this. youre a polit...

Right, the president got the upper hand on this, republicans played themselves out of position. they took the wrong end -- >> why? >> who knows why -- >> this is what i cant figure out. >> i cant understand the lack of coordination between the house leadership with mccarthy whipping the numbers to be able to tell the senate that the numbers arent there for the bill youre passing or the senate to tell the house -- >> could it be theyre in a rut and theyre used to voting against anything the presi...

Cuts to pay for themselves. the gop abandoned this in this case and instead has decided to engage in a tit for tat over cuts with democrats." so since reagan, jack kemp has said, cut taxes for the rich, and theyll pay for themselves in more revenues because people will make more money out there. in this case, tax cuts for working stiffs, they werent willing to say, these tax cuts will pay for themselves by -- >> or that they should be more offset by tax increases on the wealthiest few americans....

Took gingrich to task for the bane remark for criticizing romney and saying yeah, i will give the money back to fanny and franny -- fanny not franny. when romney gives the money to the people he fired when he ran bane. you thought that was out of line. >> thats the classic critique capitalism. thats the critique from someone you believe capitalism is equivalent of a system in which the rich lay off the working stiffs without any consideration and steal the money. i mean, in a capitalist system, ...

Took gingrich to task for the bane remark for criticizing romney and saying yeah, i will give the money back to fanny and franny -- fanny not franny. when romney gives the money to the people he fired when he ran bane. you thought that was out of line. >> thats the classic critique capitalism. thats the critique from someone you believe capitalism is equivalent of a system in which the rich lay off the working stiffs without any consideration and steal the money. i mean, in a capitalist system, ...

Took gingrich to task for the bane remark for criticizing romney and saying yeah, i will give the money back to fanny and franny -- fanny not franny. when romney gives the money to the people he fired when he ran bane. you thought that was out of line. >> thats the classic critique capitalism. thats the critique from someone you believe capitalism is equivalent of a system in which the rich lay off the working stiffs without any consideration and steal the money. i mean, in a capitalist system, ...

speaking to reporters right now on the occupy wall street developments. >> people, particularly our first responders, are going to be arrested. thats behavior that has nothing to do with the first amendment. it is designed to keep people from being able to go about their business and express themselves and just not going to be tolerated, but i think the real story for tomorrow mornings paper is that the just were not that many people out here. most expressed themselves and then went ba...

Are, lifes lessons in getting from where you are to where you want to be." chris is with us now. chris, good to see you again. pulling yourself up by your boot straps and doing it well, you tell the story of how youve succeeded. ive got this chart, goes back inform 1917. weve divided it up. the red line is the top 5% of wage earners in the united states. the blue line, everybody else. 95% of americans. take a look at this. from 1917 all the way now to 2008 and a little bit beyond, wages for 95% ...