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>> after the second world war, we had zero competition for 2, 2 1/2 decades as the observers were sent to world war. the only major industrial country that was not attacked and that's why we had unprecedented expansion so it's completely a red herring to talk about that period of growth since it was in spite of it. and it was because of the historic one that will never happen again. >> bill: anyway in that category, there were hundreds, not thousands at the top level and the top level was really about 50%. now, "the wall street journal" says if you do institute the buffet rule whereby no matte...

>> love the way that ended. >> as a politician, you get dragged into those things or can't you say i don't want to be part of that. >> i don't want to kiss a pig. >> you have to be prepared and understand that if you're going to have something like the muppets, you got to go along with the joke. michael bloomberg looked like he was having a colonoscopy right there. i've never seen anyone look more uncomfortable in my life at a public event. >> a smile wouldn't kill you, right? >> no, you just got to relax a little bit. or don't do something with the muppets for heaven's sakes. >> equally uncom...

So whether they're headed for london or the journey has just begun... they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. >> sean: the numbers are causing a problem for his reelection team. in 2011 his reported income was about $790,000. they paid roughly $162,000 in taxes. here is the thing. the president has crisscrossed the country trying to sell his buffet rule based on how much money they made it would not

Stamps and forget about poverty. but the reason we are paying people and extending long-term unemployment benefits so that there is not a revolution and people uprising in the streets. we are paying people and the point is, not for the fact we have long term unemployment benefits. but people don't have jobs. you can see people sitting on the couch saying i don't want to work. for the most part americas are not bum and it is they don't want a check from the government. they want a job. what the government has done and because republicans and democrats hate each other they are not passing reform...

Well, you just heard president obama invoking ronald reagan and claiming that his latest plan attacks the rich is all about fairness. the president officially endorsed the so-called buffet rule in the swing state of florida tuesday, calling for a minimum 30% tax on those making more than a million dollars a year. his campaign clearly things it is a political winner, but is it good policy? let's ask "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, columnist mary anastasia o'grady, james freeman and washington columnist kim strassel. i call this class warfare. >> uh-huh. >> i kno...