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to make sure we have a safety net that cares for people that are falling from the middle class into poverty. >> 99ers receiving an unprecedented 99 weeks of jobless benefits. >> fight, fight, fight. >> but 20 straight months of job gains have many wondering when do you cut the cord? >> when do it we want it? now. >> with no easy answers for the long-term unemployed, what can and what should government do? >> sometimes it means making sure that there's a safety net. >> by the end of the summer the gaps in the safety net will be a whole lot wider, more than 100,000 americans across six...

Who really pays the bulk of taxes in this country. millionaire tax rate, super rich getting out from under paying taxes. no the salary making people. particularly in a $250,000 range, but even the millionaire taxes the average is 30%. the average tax rate they pay, the people escaping taxes make most of the income on capital gains. forbes 400 players. >> bret: we talk about the question about the stimulus effect of a temporary payroll tax cut holiday. anyway. but politically do make that argument is tougher. >> the president may to the be griffin at governing but he knows how -- great at gover...

Who really pays the bulk of taxes in this country. millionaire tax rate, super rich getting out from under paying taxes. no the salary making people. particularly in a $250,000 range, but even the millionaire taxes the average is 30%. the average tax rate they pay, the people escaping taxes make most of the income on capital gains. forbes 400 players. >> bret: we talk about the question about the stimulus effect of a temporary payroll tax cut holiday. anyway. but politically do make that argument is tougher. >> the president may to the be griffin at governing but he knows how -- great at gover...

>> let adam finish, guys. >> you agree with that, don't you. >> i'd rather it all be cast as basic signs, basic technology, as opposed to stimulus, i have no problem agreeing with you on that. >> now why we don't have much stimulus effect from the stimulus. >> dave: ben? >> by the way, the intention of the internet cost pennies, a tiny government investment and worked spectacularly from day one and we knew it would work and we knew that china would dominate solar panels for years and we kept pouring money down that rat hole. >> because the government has made stupid mistakes in the past, i've ...

Said this is one of the more exciting times he has ever seen in silicon valley. >> i think it is on fire if you're in the right part of the industry. so clearly social networking like facebook, google, the internet, cloud, mobile, those things are all going like gang busters. if you're a mobile app developer in silicon valley you can pretty much write your own ticket. >> and, dan, real quick here, the big impact on the country? >> well, that really remains to be seen. obviously a huge impact in california. when you take a look at facebook, building on 22 acres obviously is going to create a hu...