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They can make the proper consumer decisions, and the political decisions that they might want to make a democracy to lead us into a safe future for our children. >> and so this needs to be front and center in the political debates in the midterms and 2020. great to see you. thank you for being here. >> thank you so much. >> and quick break here, and one of the first editors with the new editor of "van fi fair" and also a e reminder before break, coming up tonight on cnn, a anthony bourdain's impact. was tony a journalist? he said no, but his friend and report says yes. a special "parts unknown...

they bear the name of his predecessor. president obama is seizing the bush tax cutted and calling for them to be extend, but not for everyone. the president wants to let them expire for the wealthiest americans. that puts him at odds with congressional republicans, as well as his rival mitt romney and sets the stage for a very heated battle with less than four months to go before the election. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is covering this for us. first of all, why is the president doing this today? >> reporter: well, wolf, this is certainly part of his narrative that ...

I've been surprised there haven't been protests earlier. the way our democracy obviously -- our democracy obviously needs a stimulus to make our leaders in washington hear the pain that so many americans and particularly our youth are now feeling. >> professor, you did a "van fi fair" piece earlier this year which was titled "of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%." how did our government come to this? >> that is one of the points i make in that article. that this government of the 1%, for the 1%, by the 1% perpetuates itself. it passes rules, allowed the banks to get deregulated. it restricts our d...