your point it will hit everybody. you can just google and put in your own information, kids, house, whatever income. you can figure out exactly where you re going to get hit. let s hope we get a deal form the president is supposed to outline something you addressed, and also the a.m.t., which is quite possibly the most confusing aspect. both of my parents, by the way, are accountants, and i m confused by it, and i work for cnbc. it s a confusing thing. go to the calculator. you should be a prodigy on this stuff, brian. yeah, like the outdated computer service. that s the closest analogy i can bring. there are so many american that is do live paycheck to paycheck that have this cash accounted for biweekly, monthly, and we have the milk cliff? if congress doesn t pass a farm bill an american staple could become a luxury? where milk is now, it should
romney, where i suspect it is. greta: you say 8 to 9% undecided now. 4 years ago, 8 yearst about the number at this time? that unusually high, low? it is lower than normal. but not a lot. it is not always the same approximate 8%. some temporarily make a decision for one and fall back into the undecided category. you know, an interesting way to watch it is by looking at the electoral college map. if people want to get a map, go to rove.com and sign up. i send out a weekly escblaft will include that e-blast and will include that. we will put it out biweekly until the convention. and then we will swishr switch to weekly. the red states are romney, the pink states are leaning romney, the yellow states are up for grab, light-blue states are
romney, where i suspect it is. greta: you say 8 to 9% undecided now. 4 years ago, 8 years ago, 12 years ago, is that about the number at this time? that unusually high, low? it is lower than normal. but not a lot. it is not always the same approximate 8%. some temporarily make a decision for one and fall back into the undecided category. you know, an interesting way to watch it is by looking at the electoral college map. if people want to get a map, go to rove.com and sign up. i send out a weekly escblaft will include that e-blast and will include that. we will put it out biweekly until the convention. and then we will swishr switch to weekly. the red states are romney, the pink states are leaning romney, the yellow states are up for grab, light-blue states are
are looking for. let s break it down for month, biweekly, weekly, when people get the paychecks because that s when you have to take charge and make it happen, even the daily stuff, not getting the extra, you know, bring your lunch to work, these types of things. two quick issues. the first is that we sit down and enroll 401(k) participants all the time. we first get, i can t afford t. you look at latte or what they spend for lunch and you are going, look being you can save $5, $10 a day. it s really not that difficult. it s a lifestyle change. issue number 2; get the moneytain out ever your paycheck buffer spend t. we are all human. if we get the dollar, we re going to find a way to get rid of it, whatever the case may be. get your employer to take that money out of your paycheck, it s a pre-tax basis. or you can have your savings account set up to go from your
thinking about when several thousands palestinians and their supporters decided to converge on israel, there is a a movement in this part of the world that will force the israeli-palestinian issue to the forefront whether the president decides to wade into it deeply, diplomatically, or not. richard engle in cairo. thank you. we want to look at how the speech could affect us here at home in our biweekly soundoff segment where we look at hue communities across the u.s. are affected by the headlines. msnbc contributor melissa harris-perry joins me in the studio. a princeton professor and columnist for the nation and a very welcome guest in the studio. thanks. i want to get straight to it because folks at home might dismiss this as another type of policy speech and not understand the weight that needs to go with this. why do people at home need to pay attention to this and figure out what the obama administration s policies for the region are? it s something. this moment fo