their current revenue when times are good. so revenues go up and the government spends it. they have very short time horizons itch the 1/10 of 1% get capital gains in this country. they get a huge amount of dividends and rolling back the capital gains and dividend cuts so ordinary people are not paying more as a percentage of their income than rich people is absolutely the right thing to do. reporter: so the crux of the debate, is it fair that 1% of the people pay half of all taxes and half the taxpayers pay nothing? most people would say no. but is it fair that warren buffett should pay a lower tax rate thans his secretary? the majority would say no. that s the dilemma for congress as it attempts to change the tax code. gregg: two beautiful women, both missing. not much for police to go on.
certainty, above all things, right? savannah, you re right. they love certainty. they love the idea that there s going to be more money floating around in the economy, and that s why the stock market futures are up by about 88 points this morning. dow futures look like they ll open up at about 88 points. the good news here is that there are other things that they ve been looking for on wall street too. there s an extension of the payroll tax or payroll tax will be cut by about two percentage points for the next year, and that s good news in terms of what it means with money going back into the economy. also, the certainty comes in when it comes to the capital gains tax and the dividend cuts. those will be kept at 15%, and that s really important for wall street too because you probably could have seen a lot of people who were selling stock to try to get those 15% rates locked in if that was going to change next year or if approximate there was uncertainty about whether that would h