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Unemployment then with 7.8%, now 8.3%, the worst. median income with 54, almost $55,000. now it's close to 51,000. gas was 1.85. now it's 3.78. the national debt was $10.6 trillion. now it's almost $16 trillion. it will reach $16 trillion this week during the democratic national convention. how do you answer that? >> if this set collapsed and you and i were out on the ground, you think somebody should say our hair is messed up? this is much more serious. they want to know if we're doing the work it takes. the president walked into a really paralyzed washington that was gridlocked because of th...

Another factor fairness equation close to half american workers pay no federal income tax at all. >> that is extremely progressive. that more progressive than our european friends. >> people that don't share in the sacrifice of taxes have little incentive to care whether the government is taxing too much. >> and ultra wealthy that pay lower rates because they have a lot of deductions but the averages for all groups, for instance, the top 1% pay an average tax rate of more than 24%. the top 5% a little more than 20%. the top 10%, about 18%. for the bottom 50% of taxpayers, the average rate is 1...

Spending and taxing too much. >> the administration often points to the ultra wealthy who sometimes pay lower rates because they have a lot of deductions. but the averages for all group paint an a more accurate picture. the top 1% pay average tax rate of more than 24%. the top 10% pay 18%. if bottom 50% of taxpayers, average rate is 1.85%. obama has a fairness message but they found it doesn't resonate. >> they don't see themselves as victim. 60% of them say the system is basically fair. when you ask them how to grow the economy they didn't talk about fairness. they talk about opportunity. >> ...

Officers must stay on top of. >> there, check it out. >> such as nick knox's attempt to use wire and an outlet to make a lighter. >> it's all good. [ bleep ]. no, that ain't how it's supposed to work. oh, i'm in trouble. >> when we met him, knox was awaiting trial for murder while serving time for a variety of lesser charges. including robbing an amish man of $1.85. >> kind of embarrassing. we had fake guns actually. drove right in front of him so they couldn't go forward. when we got out of the car, made him get off the buggy, and from my knowledge, an amish woman don't carry a purse. we had ...

>> hooch is only one of a myriad of offenses the correctional officers must stay on top of. >> there, check it out. >> such as nick knox's attempt to use wire and an outlet to make a lighter. >> it's all good. [ bleep ]. no, that ain't how it's supposed to work. oh, i'm in trouble. >> when we met him, knox was awaiting trial for murder while serving time for a variety of lesser charges. including robbing an amish man of $1.85. >> kind of embarrassing. we had fake guns actually. drove right in front of him so they couldn't go forward. when we got out of the car, made him get off the buggy, and ...