my economic future? and that s essentially what the president is proposing. also, the americans in the bottom 9 are more likely to spend the money, which, therefore, creates jobs by circulating it, than they are to save it. putting this all together, obviously the rich will do better when the economy does better in almost any economy that you can calculate or create. if that s the case, why don t rich republicans support whatever will actually make the economy better even if it means giving some money back to the not so rich so they can spend it and it still winds up with the rich? well, some rich republicans do but not the ones we re seeing on capitol hill. this is the triumph of ideology and the idea that tax rates are what s important. what s important is how we spend our tax dollars and whether our tax system is encouraging investment in things that produce jobs. or is it encouraging you to buy unproductive things like real estate and to move your factory
we re 50 days until the midterm elections. republicans are not merely preparing to hold the tax cuts h hostage, they re twisting themselves into knots over whether to admit they re holding them hostage. the deficit is down 8%. but yet in our fourth story still today a national magazine, newsweek, wrote a premortem for the democrats. what to do with president obama s former campaign manager david plough in just a moment. the president will be ramping up his fund-raising efforts as the midterms approach. a necessity according to the new york times. over the past six weeks the gop has outspent the democrats in advertising. republicans $20 million. that includes a fwop gop advantage in spending from outside groups like the advocacy
thought it was the right strategy to shut down the government, they should have kept their mouths shut about it. let s bring in a government shutdown veteran. former author of aftershock. good evening, sir. hi, keith. two real world implications here, one for government employees and the other for taxpayers, starting with the taxpayers, what happens to the services they rely on and pay for? well, i was there november 14th, 1995, a day that shall live in if not infamy at least stupidity. republicans suffered by closing government because, look, not only social security checks were jeopardized and unemployment insurance and medicare checks but also the cops on the beat in terms of health and safety, protection of consumers, protection of workers. all of the things that we take for granted the government has to do, even the justice department could not prosecute because there was no money. the government shut down essentially woke a lot of americans up to the fact that they need t
with 50 days until the midterm elections, republicans are not merely preparing to hold the tax cuts hostage, they re twisting themselves into knots over whether to admit they re holding those middle class tax cuts hostage. the uselessness of them is proved again for the rich. the deficit is down 8%. but yet in our fourth story still today a national magazine, newsweek, wrote another premortem for the democrats. what to do with president obama s former campaign manager david plouffe in just a moment. the president will be ramping up his fund-raising efforts as the midterms approach. evidently a necessity. according to the new york times, over the past six weeks the gop has outspent the democrats in advertising. republicans, $20 million. democrats, 13 millions. that includes a gop advantage in spending from outside groups like the advocacy group americans for prosperity.
also, the americans in the bottom 98% are much more likely to spend the money, which, therefore, creates jobs by circulating it than they are to save it. putting this all together, obviously the rich will do better when the economy does better in almost any economy that you can calculate or create. if that s the case, why don t rich republicans support whatever will actually make the economy better even if it means giving some money back to the not so rich so they can spend it and it still winds up with the rich eventually? well, some rich republicans do but not the ones we re seeing on capitol hill. this is the triumph of ideology and the idea that tax rates are what s important. what s important is how we spend our tax dollars and whether our tax system is encouraging investment in things that produce jobs, or is it encouraging you to buy unproductive things like real estate and to move your factory to china so that you can make