bill: it s a federal holiday. why don t you get your off your butt and get it revoked? see how far you go? revolt. bill: of course you don t. your view sin sane. no, it s not. bill: can you celebrate christmas without being a christian. actually you can celebrate christmas without being a christian by force because you can t go to work, can t get your mail, you can t go to the bank. bill: you can t go to work. no, you can t. bill: yes you can. are you working on christmas. bill: i don t work on christmas. 99% of the country doesn t either it s a federal holiday. bill: you and your merry band of fascists. fascists. bill: can t get it revoked. i am a patriot, sir. bill: you are a fascist. taking the notion that everybody in this country is equal and the government has to treat everybody equally this is fascism. bill: banish christmas trees. did i not say banish christmas trees. bill: from the public square. that s what you do and that s what
no, you don t. bill: you have to send someone in to assess it? no you don t have to. they have calculations that substitute for someone coming into your house. bill: who? who has calculations. that s why i use the french government as an example. instead of someone coming in and counting your furniture they would simply use a number like a% of your total wealth. bill: how would they know what your total wealth is? how? the same way people know when they file taxes in the united states. no one comes in and counts your money. bill: no, no. you don t know economics. your wealth is your wealth. you don t have to put it down on your tax form. i don t put down how much my net worth on tax form. i know that. bill: how does the government know how much you are worth? how? what i m saying in the same way that with federal income tax in america you submit documents, receipts. bill: you would have to submit. i have got six love seats, two big beds, four cars, and here is w
mohammed morsi? is that what you are telling me? is he on everybody s mind. i know you are mad because i didn t say bill o reilly. don t get nasty and lash out. [ laughter ] bill: morsey is morsi is a minor figure right now. no. bill: he he is he may emerge in a major figure in a bad or good way. he could broker peace that would be good. he could try to take over egypt and rule as islamic dictator. that would be bad. i don t think he is quite there yet. it s not an absurd contention. all right? but if that is the best we can do, if mohammed morsi is the person of the year on this planet, then we are in bad shape. what about you, kristen, who do you think should be person of the year? so this may just be my republic miff showing. i think paul ryan on the list is a really good choice. bill: paul ryan, everyone? he actually wasn t he wound up not being that quote, unquote big of a deal in the presidential race. but if you think about it he
together ideas how do we solve these long-term fiscal problems that countries around the world are facing. how are you going to deal with long-term entitlements. bill: i mocked powers and now i have to mock you. all right. bill: ryan hasn t accomplished it yet. if ryan were to accomplish the things that he wants to accomplish and bring the federal budget under control and get the two parties together to get a responsible budget then he would without a doubt be person of the year he hasn t. he couldn t even carry his state. kristen, he couldn t even carry his state. i don t think he is to blame for that. bill: that s they put him on the ticket they needed a state like wisconsin. i don t think either of those men rise. now, bill clinton why would he be person of the year. he got barack obama
inspectors into people s homes to calculate what they have. off the chart unconstitutional. joining us from the studios of the huffington post, ladies and gentlemen, where the kool-aid is free. dr. marc lamont hill. so i m guessing you like this wealth tax idea. i do, actually. i think it s exciting. i think it s innovative and i think if done properly it could actually make this country even more democratic and fair than it is. that s why i m a bill jill stein supporter. bill: tell me how your vision would resolve. how would it be accomplished. one thing have to do is come up with the right threshold. we are talking about a wealth tax. as it stands right now. the wrong people are at paying taxes. wealth tax what it would allow us to do is take people who may not have a ton of income and have a substantial wealth make them pay a greater share. bill: so say you are a sire of the kennedy s, all right, and you have a trust fund that