Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100416:14:53:00
Minimum wage, households maybe less than $30,000 and the worst of the worst, grandmas on fixed incomes. >> reporter: in fact, almost all of these people do pay some kind of taxes. >> they do pay other taxes, payroll, state and local income, property taxes. they pay something that helps support the role of government. >> reporter: still the gap between government spending and tax revenue is so big that experts say unpopular measures are urgently needed. >> the problem we have is so large there's no way to fix the problem without cutting spending and raising taxes no matter what politicians prom...