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Child tax credit at a thousand dollars per child et cetera. all of those go away. with respect to the upper brackets, it is clear that you are going to clobber small business because the bulk of small business taxes. >> chris: we are running out of time. how are you going to pay the $678 billion just on the tax cuts for people making more than $200,000 a year? >> you should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes. surely congress has the authority and it would be right to if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. you do ne...

President bush. the reality is. >> chris: let me break in because i want to pick up on the point that you brought up. particularly the bush tack cuts for the wealthy. let's not expire the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. the fact is those would cost $678 billion over ten years. as a time when republicans are saying that they can't extend unemployment benefits unless you pay for them. how are you going to pay those 678 billion today's keep the bush tax cuts for the wealthy? >> that is a loaded question. the bush tax cuts applied to every single american. >> chris: i'm talking about the bush tax c...

Child tax credit at a thousand dollars per child et cetera. all of those go away. with respect to the upper brackets, it is clear that you are going to clobber small business because the bulk of small business taxes. >> chris: we are running out of time. how are you going to pay the $678 billion just on the tax cuts for people making more than $200,000 a year? >> you should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes. surely congress has the authority and it would be right to if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. you do ne...

And you cannot put that at the foot of president bush, but the re-- >> let me break up. i want to pick up on exactly the point you brought up. particularly the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. that is a part of the big republican growth agenda. let's keep, not let expire the bush tax cuts for the wealthy and the fact is, those would cost $678 billion over ten years. at a time when republicans are saying they cannot extend unemployment benefits, unless you pay for them, tell me how will you pay the $678 billion to keep those bush tax cuts for the wealthy? >> chris, that is a loaded question. the ...

You can put that at the foot of president bush. the reality is. >> chris: let me break in because i want to pick up on the point that you brought up. particularly the bush tack cuts for the wealthy. let's not expire the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. the fact is those would cost $678 billion over ten years. as a time when republicans are saying that they can't extend unemployment benefits unless you pay for them. how are you going to pay those 678 billion today's keep the bush tax cuts for the wealthy? >> that is a loaded question. the bush tax cuts applied to every single american. >> chris: ...