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Tank findings here is what we did not know, more americans than ever before, than ever before, have in skin in the game. zero. zilch. zip. nothing. a record 152 million americans to be exact pay no income taxes at all. let me say that again, 152 million americans under this president compared to 23 million americans under president reagan. keep in mind a lot of them are kids, that is fine. even allowing for more people since then and a last the folks still paying social security and medicare taxes now, thanks to write offs and credits, and a last special breaks, half ain't paying not only thei...

The equation and i think they're regress seive. >> my only point in mentioning that and trying. >> in all seriousness, and i think that dagen is right to point out that many people do pay, fica and medicare related taxes and i take nothing away from that. but when it's gotten to the point that nearly half of us are not paying income taxes because of allowances and write-offs and we don't have to, then that mean fewer and fewer have skin in the game and that's the problem. >> it's interesting, i've soon aagree with your general point. >> wish you would have said that, your remarks-- >> poor peo...

Calendar, i don't know they can make the simpler tax code happen in a couple of weeks. they could address the write offs and expireed legislation. >>guest: i didn't think the super committee was a good idea. only 12 people are in the room and the public is not watching, the debate is not open, we did not know what they are considering. >>neil: they must talk with you. >>guest: no, no, no, they are not talking to anyone outside the room about what they are considering beyond vague concepts. i am not criticizing the people. they are working the hard and doing the best they can and they have been...

After he argued that the protesters turned this into a tent camp and the judge is to rule whether they can come back and regroup. if the judge rules they cannot, this could be dicey scene at the corner of lower manhattan, wall and broad originally but obviously it went much further beyond that so that is what we are waiting to hear. republicans are still refusing to budge on taxes to strike a debt deal. but what about closing loopholes that give wealthy celebrities a heck of a deal including rocker bon jovi to pay only $100 in taxes on his estate because he raised beans on the property. even f...

>> well, i think having a fail-safe concept is a good thing. i do not think that having a tax -- having part of the tax code go permanent and the top part not go permanent so that it's just an open season on employers, i don't like that, of course. i love having anything that will stop this obama health care plan, because i think that's the biggest thing that is hurting our economy right now. that's why people aren't hiring. and if we could do something that would cut that back, it would be great. >> well, it does sound like, then, the fact that you love one part of it, if the penalty went in ...