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Differential between capital gains and ordinary income. 15% per capital gains and dividends. 35% for ordinary income. that differential really i don't think is justified. >> chris: okay. let's get -- i know you are chomping on the bit to get to spending and entitlement reform that has to be part of a deal. congressman van hollen, a year ago august when boehner and obama were involved in the debt talks, grand bargain that blew up, the president put on the table raising the eligibility age for medicare and slowing the cost of living adjustment for social security. could you accept that? >> well,...

Differential between capital gains and ordinary income. 15% per capital gains and dividends. 35% for ordinary income. that differential really i don't think is justified. >> chris: okay. let's get -- i know you are chomping on the bit to get to spending and entitlement reform that has to be part of a deal. congressman van hollen, a year ago august when boehner and obama were involved in the debt talks, grand bargain that blew up, the president put on the table raising the eligibility age for medicare and slowing the cost of living adjustment for social security. could you accept that? >> well,...

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Bigger? something like simpson balls or has that moment passed? >> i think the president showed leadership here. starting in april and then this summer around the debt talks. the president showed willingness to talk with republicans, in september, he put forward committee, the document to the giant committee with $4 trillion of savings and today's budget has deficit reduction achieved in a balanced way. we look forward to having it passed into law as soon as approxima possible. >> we can argue or not whether or not if the president had done something more actively when simpson balls came out, ...

In tokyo, the nikkei fell 11 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng was down 10. stocks took a breather monday, as debt talks dragged on in greece. protesters stood in the rain as negotiations over a fresh cost-cutting package were postponed yesterday. german chancellor angela merkel and french president nicolas sarkozy insist cuts must be made by february 15th, before allowing another loan. overseas this morning, toyota reported a stronger than expected quarterly profit and raised its annual forecast. mining company xstrata and glencore agreed on an equal merger valued $90 billion. y...