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Reporter just two days before he meets with congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. In his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than 250,000 a year. And by the way, that means every american, including the wealthiest americans get a tax cut. It means that 98 of all americans, and 97 of all Small Businesses wont see their taxes go up a single dime. The senate has already passed a law like this. Democrats in the house are ready to pass a law like this and i hope republicans in the house come on board too...

Congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. In his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than 250,000 a year. And by the way, that means every american, including the wealthiest americans get a tax cut. It means that 98 of all americans, and 97 of all Small Businesses wont see their taxes go up a single dime. The senate has already passed a law like this. Democrats in the house are ready to pass a law like this and i hope republicans in the house come on board too. Reporter republicans said again they would...

Cuts for people who dont need them. That hard line came during a White House Press conference just as a negotiations with Republican Leaders get underway to avoid the fiscal cliff. As darren gersh reports from washington, even before republicans and democrats sit down to talk on friday, both sides are laying down markers. Reporter just two days before he meets with congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. In his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than 250,000 a year. And by the way, that means every a...

Fascism. Ohio, democratic caller. Our last caller. Say imi would like to looking at their ratings and they are low because congress is slow because it is impractical nowadays. When the Founding Fathers made america, they were not thinking about population as large as it is now. Basically, there are way too many viewpoints for congress to laws or denyo pass others. We have the technology now where we can actually direct democracy. People have ipads in the internet. If we just voted online or Something Like that, dont have the infrastructure all laid out, but i feel like that to be a much more e...

It it remains to be seen whether they are going to be safety case or performance standards or what kind of regulators they are going to be. Norway is another great example. Colombia has a terrific regulator. Those are other countries that have done this well. And on the fund, i think its pretty much only norway that has done this with the kind of political independence, fiscal independence that mexico has done. I think its worth spending a moments talk about the regulator. Thats the key element right now i think in this. The question a the lot of us have is we have a very small, underfunded co...