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increases are a job killer, particularly when you have over 9% unemployment. >> norm orn steen, that is disingenuous to say the least, that he realized they were a job killer, why he extended the bush era tax cuts. there's one reason only the president extended those bush era tax cuts and that's because he needed a deal to extend unemployment. this is the kind of misinformation campaign that is continuing on capitol hill. i sent out a tweet a couple of hours ago, i said, could anybody, anybody provide me with research, not opinion, but research that tax increases kill jobs. please se...
the most recent cnn o.r.c. polling says 51% of americans would hold republicans responsible if the debt ceiling is not raised. just 30% would find president obama more responsible. peter moresi joins us. i have to ask you this, you are an economist, you're a well-respected economist and we have spoken together for years. do you have any evidence of what so many conservatives are saying that if we were to increase taxes at all, at all at this point in an economic cycle, that it would actually hurt our economic recovery? >> well, increasing taxes wouldn't hurt anymore than, say, cuttin...