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Sustainable fiscal path, because we are not on one now and we court great danger if we continue down this path. the president fails on both counts. huge spending increases and even bigger deficit next year than last year does not solve the long-term debt problem. the tax increases would slow down economic growth and he doesn't even address the biggest driver in our long-term deficit problem, which he has admitted is government health care spending, doesn't even address it in a meaningful, serious way. this is complete abdication of leadership. >> i'm going to follow up and chuck todd, feel fre...

Now to sam stein, political reporter for "huffington post." sam the politics of this, pretty ugly. it's easy for the republicans to go out and distort the deficit numbers, don't you think? >> yeah, and i think ezra hits all the right points. the difficulty of course is spelling out the math here and how obama inherited a lot of the problems. also, you know, one of the simpler ways to solve the deficit problem is to get more people back to work and inject more government spending. going through that cycle though is a tough sell for the american public because republicans have made it very diffi...

Now to sam stein, political reporter for "huffington post." the politics of this, pretty ugly. it is easy for the republicans to go out and distort the deficit numbers, don't you think? >> yeah, and i think ezra hits all the right points. the difficulty is spelling out the math here and how obama inherited a lot of the problems. also, you know, one of the simpler ways to solve the deficit problem is to get people back to work and inject more government spending. going through that cycle though is a tough sell for the american public because the republicans have made it difficult to argue for m...

Ezra kline, thank you for your time tonight. appreciate it. now to sam stein, political reporter for "huffington post." the politics of this, pretty ugly. it is easy for the republicans to go out and distort the deficit numbers, don't you think? >> yeah, and i think ezra hits all the right points. the difficulty is spelling out the math here and how obama inherited a lot of the problems. also, you know, one of the simpler ways to solve the deficit problem is to get people back to work and inject more government spending. going through that cycle though is a tough sell for the american public...

Washington post. the super rich have now become political props. by all means, congress should pass the buffett tax. for starters, don't pretend as obama does that taxing the ultra rich would solve the deficit problem. so raise tax rates on warren buffett and others to upper middle class levels, but recognize that the anti-wealthy populist rhetoric is mostly political expediency, distracts from the serious issue the country faces creating jobs and closing long-term budget deficits. the anti-rich backlash is growing. a pew poll shows 76% of americans see conflict up from 47% in 2009. pandering ...