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Names. >> wi-fi is like oxygen. we should all just have it. >> free root beer in the water fountains? >> and i -- >> i hate blatant rip-offs. i'm sorry. i'm not stupid. i'm angry. let's just move on. >> by the way, you know, we have, and this is really one of my pet peeves, our country is so far behind when it comes to broadband, and -- >> ask steve jobs. >> it is all because of the stooges on capitol hill that are trying to protect people, moneyed interests, there is no reason why -- you want to talk about transforming our economy, you're talking about wi-fi in hotel rooms. how about entire c...

Tax havens? >> well, you're being logical, arianna and you can't expect this town to get all logical at once. but going after this tax gap, and there's about $345 billion annually that's owed, but not collected. and much of it is in exactly the shelters that you're talking about. so when people talk about revenue, when people talk about raising taxes, the first thing i want to do is make sure that the government comes down with hobnail boots on these kinds of ripoffs and shelters you're talking about. we had a hearing today in the senate finance committee, chairman baucus said he was going to ...

Strategist. gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us. pat, start with you. the president is painting the gop as obstructionists. do you think that that is a successful strategy? >> no, i don't it will clearly he is trying to rally his base and he really needs to do that because the republicans are much more energized and excited about november than the democrats are. but what the president's got to do, he's got to get back in the center and win back those working class, middle class white folks who have really departed him and are upset and angry and i'm not sure going after the republic...

Rip-offs, where he will get some of those middle class folks back on his side. >> president obama using a little bit of sarcasm to counter the republican opposition. we heard some chuckles, just like we got from you. so is this a smart move? >> as pat said, this is about the base. and it is also about, you know, you get rush limbaugh out there, who says he wants the president to fail, you've got republican congressmen saying this is going to be his waterloo, you've got sean hannity and sarah palin out on the edge of the far right. there's nothing that makes our base madder than those folks. an...

California. but if you open the bar, the mini bar in the room at the hotel california, that's going to cost you. also, a lot of people like to text a lot, most of us probably have that unlimited plan. but if you don't, you probably found out the hard way just how much it's costing you big time to send texts. >> so we're going to take a look at some of the biggest rip-offs. did you think about how big of a rip-off this is? a computer science expert says texts cost just 1/3 cent each, but if you're on a pay protect plan, they could be marked up 6,500%. cnnmoney.com says that isn't the biggest ri...