Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121223:21:20:00
We'll see 2 million people lose unemployment benefits, taxes will increase by $2,000 for the average family and growth will slow by half a percent. is there anything congress or the administration can do to mitigate the impact until a deal is reached in the new year? >> well, when we could g back, we can always pass tax reform that is, you know, retroactive and the rates don't go knee effect immediately so we can do something and i think we'll work on it immediately. would i hope with the lame ducks that are there they can support speaker boehner. a lot of good guys are leading because the cla...