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Republican leaders will be happy that martha is offering them sacrificial lanes in 2012 in the next eleeks. what about taxes? if we're going to have the adult conversation that everyone says we have to have, if we're going to fix the budget problem, isn't it spending cuts and something on the tax side? aren't republicans dreaming? >> well, i think we had that conversation last december, and mitch mcconned wound up with a trillion of tax cuts. i don't know that there's a political will for that, but the defense budget, what we spend on defense ear overis chloroare toedly 1.2 trillion. with a bu...

At the two-thirds vote requirement for local taxes established under proposition 13 it limits property taxes and saved californians $5 billion. >> that could be a concern if you lower two-thirds vote for special taxes that is going to be mean a rath of new taxes at the local level, for example the sales tax. >> changing any part of prop 13 would require voter approval which is highly unlikely and voters approving a tax extension an idea they have rejected twice. governor brown is determined to convince the people that government accounting tricks won't work. now, he is the time and he has the ...

At the two-thirds vote requirement for local taxes established under proposition 13 it limits property taxes and saved californians $5 billion. >> that could be a concern if you lower two-thirds vote for special taxes that is going to be mean a rath of new taxes at the local level, for example the sales tax. >> changing any part of prop 13 would require voter approval which is highly unlikely and voters approving a tax extension an idea they have rejected twice. governor brown is determined to convince the people that government accounting tricks won't work. now, he is the time and he has the ...

Kid. this is the second time it's happened in just a few years. as goes california, so goes the fact. our solutions expression segment today, if the dysfunctional golden state can be if i canned, maybe the rest of the country has a fighting chance. wish us luck. joining us are joe mathews and mark paul. authors of california crackup. how reform broke the golden state and how to fix it. joe, let me start with you. so, how do we begin to fix it when it looks like they have a budget problem here in california that defies fixing? >> well, i think you have to fix all the rules of the game. basicall...

Bring out their base voters in the fall. again, trying to make the best of a bad situation. >> because the president wants to keep the 2001-2003 tax cuts for those earning less than $250,000 a year. >> exactly. >> for those earning more he wants it to go back to the old tax rate, 39.6% or whatever that occurred during the clinton administration from 35% where it went down. >> right. >> the republicans have a response, though. >> yeah. the republicans say, this is fine with us. come into our wheel house here. we're happy to talk taxes. let's listen to what congressman boehner said sunday on "me...