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Plan that is fair. this is not just about fairness. this is also about growth, this is also about being able to make the investments we need to succeed, and it's about we as a country being willing to pay for those investments and closing our decifits. that's what this is about. now, next week, members of congress are going to have a chance to vote on what we call the buffet rule, and it's simple. if you make more money, more than $1 million a year, not if you have $1 million, but if you make more than $1 million a year, you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in taxes as mi...

A year. we've got a $1.3 trillion decifit, bill. so that means that even if we impose this tax, it will only reduce the budget decifit by a whopping .5%! it is not going to reduce the debt, it's not going to reduce the decifit. one of the points that mitt romney made in that excellent interview martha did, this is about class envy, it's not about reducing the decifit. bill: it would raise $47 billion over the next ten years, $47 billion from the government for seven days? so just more than one working week projected decifit over ten years, at $7 trillion. so why do you bank on this, then? >> w...

That is fair. this is not just about fairness. this is also about growth. this is also about making the investments that we need to succeed and it's about us as a country to be willing pay for those investments and close the deficit. next week, members of congress will have a chance to vote on what we call the buffett rule. it's simple. if you make more than $1 million a year, not if you've have $1 million, but if you make $1 million a year, you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in taxes as middle-class families do. if on the other hand you make less than $250,000 a year l...

Sunday", anchor chris wallace with rick santorum. check your local listening for times. >> energy and taxes dominating the dress today. president obama called on congress to increase the taxos millionaires. >> in the next few weeks. members of congress can show you where they will stand . they will vote on the buffet ruled. if you make more than a million a year, you should pay same percent class. if you make under $250,000 and like 98 percent of the americans family do, your taxes shouldn't go up. you are strugling with college tuitition and, and you deserve a break. >> the house speaker john...

Rebuilding schools. rebuilding our bridges, rebuilding our ports. and to pay for this we have to have a tax system that is fair. i was with warren buffet a couple days ago, he says thanks for naming a rule after me. it's a very simple principle, the buffet rule, if you make more than a million dollars a year you should not pay a lower tax rate than your secretary. we've said if you make less than $250,000 a year, which is 98% of americans, your taxes shouldn't go up. but folks like me, we can afford to do a little more. tyler can afford to do a little more. he knows -- he knows that. when we s...