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Have never been higher. they've never been higher for white students, black students, hispanic students or asian students. grad rauation rates are at thei highest point. i even looked at international test scores and found that we're actually doing quite as well. >> okay. there's a few things to dissect about that. one is, there's in equity issue. but actually, you know, i grew up in the bronx. and my mom worked in education in the bronx. i've been around big cities my whole life. and i know what big-city education is. i've worked in schools as a tutor. a lot of those schools are really strugg...

That's their ace in the hole strategy. >> that's a dangerous game though. you do not know what the world markets are going to do. they're watching this in tokyo, in hong kong, they're going these americans can't get their act together. let's get back to the equity issue. i sometimes think -- remember the british -- the raj days of the indian army all fighting for british rule, but it was the indian army fighting for british rule. is that the republican party? is that who they are? they're not 2%. the republican party is not 2%, but yet half the country almost, 47%, are still out there fighting...

That's their ace in the hole strategy. >> that's a dangerous game though. you do not know what the world markets are going to do. they're watching this in tokyo, in hong kong, they're going these maens can't get their act together. let's get back to the equity issue. i sometimes think -- remember the british -- the raj days of the indian army all fighting for british rule but it was the indian army fighting for british rule. is that the republican party? is that who they are? they're not 2%. the republican party is not 2% but yet half the country almost, 47%, are still out there fighting for t...

Into today's "reclaiming your career," if you're thinking about asking your boss for a raise, you'd need to show him or her why you deserve it. holly is the author of, get a life, not a job. she joins us from new york with three ways to do that. paula, first you say there are markers that you need to be aware of to determine whether, in fact, you as an employee actually deserve a raise. >> right. well, we all think we deserve one, right? >> of course. >> we'll probably get one, though, if all three markers are in place. we want to make sure there's an equity issue. perhaps you're making less t...

About any companies' tax returns. i understand that their claim has been that the story was very misleading because they had some huge losses. but i think the president's made clear he's the one arguing we need to broaden the base to get the corporate rate down to make companies more competitive. but to equalize the disparities across companies. some companies in the u.s. are paying 35%. you got some companies paying very little. depends if you have debt. it depends whether you have overseas operations. all of this -- these kind of exemptions and deductions, they don't make sense. doesn't make...