about things that historically haven't actually created an argument and that is that shared responsibility. fair share. pay your fair share of taxes. that's not class warfare. that's what we've stood for for a very, very long time in this country, that if you make more, you pay more. there's nothing class nature about that and unfortunately, they're focused on the wrong things. people want to go back to work. they want to focus on job creation. on investments and infrastructure. and not on the kinds of sideline arguments that you hear a few minutes ago. >> let's talk more about that because this new push from the president comes as he is asking congress to act on his american jobs bill. we've seen a really lukewarm reception to this plan in our own party, especially those in congress. in your estimation, why aren't more democrats out there