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To europe and eventually to the end of world war ii. this morning we pay tribute to those who lived and those who made the ultimate sack rifice i service to their country. good morning, everyone. it is friday, june 6. d-day. with welcome to "morning joe" a special edition here. with us on set pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham, mark halperin, richard haass, and in washington pulitzer prize writing columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugen...

Johnston, pulitzer prize writing columnist, professor at syracuse university and author of the book "free lunch." professor, thank you for your time. >> thank you, rachel. >> please, forgive the puppets. is there something im missing about cutting the irs budget, is that secretly somehow a smart move if you are interested in bringing down the deficit? >> well, if a lot of your campaign contributors arent paying their full load of taxes, it would be very smart, but it is called the internal reven...

Thats how it would work if you were a small business. for a government, the equivalent to getting ready at billing is cracking down on tax cheats. when people owe taxes, it is getting them to pay those taxes. it is catching them when they try to evade taxes or when they cheat. it is not cutting spending or raising taxes. sorry, you guys. but it does reduce the deficit. every dollar the irs spends going after tax cheats pulls in more than $10 against the deficit. it is the tech no krat i can good...

Johnston, pulitzer prize writing columnist, professor at syracuse university and author of the book "free lunch." professor, thank you for your time. >> thank you, rachel. >> please, forgive the puppets. is there something im missing about cutting the irs budget, is that secretly somehow a smart move if you are interested in bringing down the deficit? >> well, if a lot of your campaign contributors arent paying their full load of taxes, it would be very smart, but it is called the internal reven...