powers. i m jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. warren buffett s secretary shouldn t pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett. there s no justification for it. it is wrong that in the united states of america, a teacher, a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000, should pay higher tax rate than somebody pullingn 50 million dollars. a very busy week for the media began with the president pitching his latest tax plan, citing what is now referred to as the buffett rule. so, let s start there. the media theme, judy, seems to be that the, you know, it s time to soak the rich and ask them to pay more money, but the rich do pay an awful lot of taxes. right, it s true. it was very interesting, the disconnect between the media and the people. the american people seem to like this speech, but boy, the media certainly didn t and some of the most stallwart liberal columnists deserted the president on this and said, you know, hey, wait a minute, this is not what we wa
powers. i m jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. warren buffett s secretary shouldn t pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett. there s no justification for it. it is wrong that in the united states of america, a teacher, a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000, should pay higher tax rate than somebody pulling in 50 million dollars. a very busy week for the media began with the president pitching his latest tax plan, citing what is now referred to as the buffett rule. so, let s start there. the media theme, judy, seems to be that the, you know, it s time to soak the rich and ask them to pay more money, but the rich do pay an awful lot of taxes. right, it s true. it was very interesting, the disconnect between the media and the people. the american people seem to like this speech, but boy, the media certainly didn t and some of the most stallwart liberal columnists deserted the president on this and said, you know, hey, wait a minute, this is not what we
political class. is this american theater. a book comes out tales of dysfunctional white house. republican candidates square off on stage. who won the media vote? my next-door neighbor s two dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than this current (laughter) on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnists cal thomas. jim pinkerton, the young american conservative magazine and daily beast, kirsten powers. i m jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. warren buffett s secretary shouldn t pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett. there s no justification for it. it is wrong that in the united states of america, a teacher, a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000, should pay higher tax rate than somebody pulling in 50 million dollars. a very busy week for the media began with the president pitching his latest tax plan, citing what is now referred to as the buffett rule. so, let s start there. the media theme, judy,
a moment of truth that the united nations. palestinian president bachmann abbas has submitted an application for full u.n. membership in the first bid toward statehood. abbas received applause both at the un and at home, but the united states says it will veto the measure. shortly after the submission, is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke to the assembly saying peace with the palestinians could not be achieved through un resolutions, but through direct negotiations. this was the moment many palestinians had been waiting for. their president, mahmoud abbas, met the u.n. secretary-general, ban ki-moon, and handed over the formal application for membership to the un. people in the west bank celebrated as they watched the events in new york. there was little sign of the violence that many had predicted. after delivering the application, a boss spoke to the un general assembly. abbas spoke to the un general assembly. he received a standing ovation. he said that
the commission charged with understanding its rates. we will talk about all of that and more this morning. we would take their question from day one of phil and delete these s meeting, where what cobia and lehman brothers testimony was heard and the question was the concept of bailout. there are a lot of candidates on the campaign trail who believe the public s appetite for bailouts are gone and it will be a campaign issue for some candidates. we want to pick up the theme as it is being discussed. that is, whether or not you think there should still be companies who are big too big to fail. here are the call numbers. a good thursday morning to you. the topic this morning is really being drawn, as i said from the open, the inquiry commission yesterday. one of the panelists who testified about lehman brothers is reported by the reporters watching it today as getting a sympathetic ear from of the commission, suggesting that if the government had helped him, his company, as the