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Credit which is better. this report -- >> i don't like that, i don't like the earned income tax credit. >> it helps people certainly. >> you were just talking about relieving suffering. >> i'm not going to be opposed to did for that reason. i don't want to get rid of it for that reason, we never should have had it, it's a wage subsidy for corporations. that's why the republicans aren't in favor of it, because it helps the corporate. >> there's two arguments here. two things to do, you can raise the minimum wage or say, you pay me $8 an hour, the government is going to pay them another 1 opinio...

It's a frictionless approach. did you get republican help in your state to raise it in your state? do you see republicans supporting that nationally? >> if there was any republican support, it was slight. they were against an increase in the earned income tax credit. that's who they are, that's what they are, it's a matter of national policy. at least while this president is president. some of the republicans who argue against the minimum wage increase today, voted for one in congress when george bush was president. there is this gap between what they're willing to do to help america with a pr...

The reviews of ryan ace report from experts have been mixed. the center on budget and policy priorities found the report misleading with research which it uses to portray the safety net in a negative light. they went and talked to some of the experts whose work ryan cites. she was surprised when she read the paper, it seemed to arbitrarily chop off data from two of the most successful years barbara's wolf said ryan's report studying the effect of housing assistance on labor outcomes. the report has been corrected to reflect that mistake. here's the thing. there are millions of americans in pov...

Want to see a 3% unemployment rate basically. >> i want to see 1%. >> push it as far until -- >> the other thing i want you to say. i think it's in bob's comment. to me, my feeling is like yes, some of this stuff is in the report, some of it is not. the political collision you are heading, let's be honest, it doesn't -- there may be people in it, who genuinely care about poverty. as a coalition, it places no priority in this, there is no traction in it. >> criticize republicans for that, this report, i think in a lot of ways points them in the right direction. republicans have been saying abou...

And the great irony, chris, is that our ranking member for the democrats is elijah cummings out of maryland. and mr. cummings started off, you know, when lois lerner first came to testify in congress, and when it was russell george who showed up last year with his detailed report about unfair targeting of certain political groups, mr. cummings was outraged and he expressed his outrage vow sieverously, and he was ready to reign down hellfire on whoever was doing this at the irs. >> that's an excellent point, a lot of people, we on this network, i remember doing the show that night, the initial ...