being not honest, let s say. you know? it makes me angry. and i believe he s just this whole% versus 99% because it s pitting americans against each other. there is made of statistics. i can say 10% of the country makes more than 80%. and 99% of the top earners of the country make more than the bottom 1%. i can makeup figures all day long. the problem is that with the economy is that people aren t paying their fair shares of taxes. i said they re not paying their taxes. i meant their not paying their fair shire. i m paying 35% income taxes. you can look it up. pell saying i d be glad to pay 30 rs. i said so would i. that reduce my taxes 5%.
frankly thanks to his policies places in syria because of george bush s policies. that s fine. blaming syria on george bush. rise has happened because of what happened in iraq. you can t further dissend that and castigate barack obama in egypt didn t turn out as we as americans would like it. am i happy about the muslim brotherhood, of course not. laura: do you think the arab spring has brought any kind of stability to the middle east. that s not what i said. i said democracy. there is a big difference between democratic elections an stability. i agree with you, there is no stability but you guys talked about bringing democracy to the middle east. if you subscribe to that theory in iraq why wouldn t you subscribe to that theory in egypt. when you talk about that theory. supported the iraq war and thought it was great. laura: john, do you think china or the united states today is growing in influence and strength? who is growing more?
then? so if the president sees people really suffering out there. in the old rust belt and people who are working two jobs or under employed, or just given up work looking for work at all that he is not really concerned with that because he wants to re-make everything in some new european image so the people be damned? this is not about europe. this is really about the world. and i think when most people look at obama and they think of the 1% and 99%. they think obama is only talking in america. whereas i think obama is applying a global standard. let s remember that even middle class americans. even poor americans are rich by world standards. and that s why i think obama isn t particularly concerned if money is redistributed away from them and toward people in rio de janeiro and mumbai. we appreciate it and up next, two democrats will respond and weigh in on the biden issue. and then some key swing states say they are no better off than they were four years ago. is that giving mit
not honest, let s say. it makes me angry, because i believe that he s this whole 1% versus the 99%, it s pitting americans against each other, and there is you know, it s made-up statistics. i can say to you, 10% of the country makes more than 80%. or did you know, bill, that 99% of the top earners in this country make more than the bottom 1%, and that bottom 1% is pissed. i mean, i can make up figures all day long. it s irrelevant. the problem is that the problem with the economy isn t because people aren t paying their fair share of taxes. i said they re not paying their taxes. what i meant was they re not paying their fair share. i m paying 35% income taxes. you can look it up. so when you have other people saying, hey, i d be glad to pay 30%, so would i. that would reduce my taxes 5%. all right. the reaction to you you live
victory. if the expectation is this president is going to be bringing peace and tranquility to the middle east. that is a wild expectation that no president has ever had in the history of our country. laura: i certainly don t think we should be jumping into every nation. i agree with you on that. i m there. the question is are we better off as americans, putting aside the fact that the navy seals took out out usama bin laden, upon the order of the president, took a little while to get that decision made, but he made it and he made the right call, setting aside that and the use of the bush tactics, using the drones to strike terrorists, most people do not think that america and you can chime in on this is better off in the world. or that their personal wealth about three and a half years. bottom line is you guys were fully in support and endorsement of george bush going in going to spread democracy to the middle east. exactly what he said in iraq.