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End the alternative minimum tax he would have paid taxes at a lower rate than the bottom half of taxpayers, the the poor in this country who make less tn $33,000. think about that, $153illion almost of income, he would have paid a little over $5 million less than 3.5%, less than the half of taxpayers who make under $33,000. as it is, because of the alternative minimum tax he paid $36.5 million, not the $38 the white house statement says. they're counting his self-employment tax which is payroll taxes. $36.5 million, he paid 24%. you know who pays 24% in this country? married couples with two i...

Thanks for watching. the unemployment numbers for september were released today. it is good news for the american recovery. somebody said obama didn't know anything about the economy. well, forget that for now. the national unemployment rate fell to, count it, 7.8%. 114,000 jobs were added to the payrolls. an additional 86,000 were added to revisions for july and august. the labor force grew, my friends, by 418,000, which means the drop in unemployment is not due to people giving up on looking for work, which is a great republican talking point. president obama broke the news to supporters dur...

It's also falling into another one of their talking olympians, that hispanic unemployment is above 10%. now it's below, 9.8%. >> this was not good 7.8 but all of the subcategories were falling. >> in contrast to what mitt romney was saying on the clip, where people have left the job market, that is so not true. there are 418,000 people who have entered the job market. you can't say the numbers are falling because people are quitting. >> the question is what is romney going to say for the next month of the election? i mean, his entire message has been obama isn't working. that is the tag line o...

People began to look for work in semt. it was at a terrible place the month before but has ticked up a little bit. >> you also know when people are unemployed for more than 12 months they are eliminated from that calculation. >> that is true. >> again, that might -- let's bring in josh green right now, bloomberg business week. maybe it's long-term unemployment. josh, these numbers have always, the unemployment rate has always been confusing. why don't you help us out since you work for one of the richest men in the world? >> i have to say i have a much different take on the jobs report than yo...

Trojan horse. the way it is defined it allows them to take advantage and not real small businesses. what's your response? >> my response to that is they should look at the small businesses we have in tennessee. we have 96,000 small businesses and another 418,000 individuals that file as sole proprietiors. they would all benefit from having the opportunity to have a lower tax rate. i don't run into people saying i want to be part of the tax me more club. i run into people who say it is regulation, taxation, litigation that is costing us when it comes to creating jobs. what we have to do is less...