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good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the president's math doesn't add up. president obama today called for a one-year extension of the bush tax cuts for families who make up to $250,000. for those families who make $250,000 or more, taxes would go up in january. >> i believe our prosperity has always come from an economy that's built on a strong and growing middle class. so my message to congress is this, pass a bill extending the tax cuts for the middle class. i will sign it tomorrow. pass it next week, i'll sign it next week. pass it next -- well, you get t...

good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the president's math doesn't add up. in a rose garden announcement today, president obama called for a one-year extension of the bush tax cuts for families who make up to $250,000. so, for those families who make $250,000 or more, their taxes will go up in january. >> i believe our prosperity has always come from an economy that's built on a strong and growing middle class. so my message to congress is this, pass a bill extending the tax cuts for the middle class. i will sign it tomorrow. pass it next week, i'll sign it ne...

Santorum in new hampshire just last month being asked a question by students about sensible drug policy. >> wow. federal government doesn't do that. >> federal government doesn't do that, except it does. in the 40 years since the war on drugs debegan the government spent $121 billion to arrest more than 37 million nonviolent drug offenders, 10 million of them for possession of marijuana. just because no one in rick santorum's circle has not been on the wrong side of the article tellry doesn't mean there aren't civilian casualties. the war is monumentally expensive, cruel failure. it chews thro...

significant reduction in the american standard of living." their words, not mine. but when you break it down, the reality gets even more troubling. during the recession, the average income slipped by about 3%. but after the recession when the economy was supposed to be picking up, take a look. the average income dropped by nearly 7%, down to $49,909. incomes fell more after the recession ended than they did during the actual recession. as the senate begins debating president obama's jobs bill, perhaps this explains why so many people are angry. and also explains, in part, why occupy ...

expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here's athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. >> reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama's priority. >> say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. >> reporter: he's been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. >> this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. >> reporter...