Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130414:14:10:00
And welfare, if we cut those, the budget deficit is closed and then i show them that chart you just showed and they're completely shocked. >> it feels like that isn't irrelevant. when we talk about tax policy, we're talking about politics. on the one hand, there's a question of if people had a different feeling about paying their taxes, it actually impacts the policy makers who after all have to run for reelection. is this why we wend up with this impulse towards you never raise taxes in an election year? >> that's why it's really, really hard to get rid of certain things like deductions and c...