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Exhibit a against mitt romney. >> it sounds so great. doesn't sound like it will get through. >> dr. sachs, the front page of the papers, obama seeks new taxes on rich. that's the headline coming out. what do you make of the budget? >> i think it is a smart budget. as a matter of fact politically and definitely smarter than the alternatives that the republicans are offering. there is absolutely no way to get the government's most core business done without some tax revenues. and if the republicans say nothing on that, even for the rich, i think they've cornered themselves politically in way th...

Looking up. he pointed in particular to the 222,000 jobs in the private sector that were added in the month of february. that's 12 consecutive months, the economy adding 1.5 million jobs over that period. they say that things are looking up. white house officials will acknowledge that there is still a long way to go before they make up for that 8 million jobs lost during the recession. so they acknowledge that. but they argue that the policies they put in place are really helping out. they point in particular to the december tax deal. it lowered payroll taxes, kept the bush era tax rates for p...