as they used to say, don t tax me, tax the guy behind the tree which is often a rich guy you ve never met but the most powerful number i ve heard the last few days, it was in the times the other day, 86% of the american people, four out of five, believe profoundly that wall street has too much power in washington, and they believe it on both sides. yeah. you look at where the fund-raisers are held. you look at who is raising the money and contributing it, wealthy wall street people. they are smart to notice that, i think, the public. i agree, chris. you said on both sides. i think it s true. look, it s clear from the new york times poll that more people think republicans are looking out for the wealthy, but jen knows this, every democrat knows this. democrats raise lots of money from wall street just like republicans do. now that said, i think that what this poll gets at, what the cbo report gets at is this. growing chasm between the haves and have nots, and the feeling it s no
most people don t want to be taxed themselves. as they used to say, don t tax me, tax the guy behind the tree which is often a rich guy you ve never met but the most powerful number i ve heard the last couple of days. 86% of the american people, four out of five, believe profoundly that wall street has too much power in washington, and they believe it on both sides. yeah. you look at where the fund-raisers are held. you look at who isration the money and contributing it, wealthy wall street people. they are smart to notice that, i think the public. i agree, chris. you said on both sides. i think it s true. look, it s clear from the new york times poll that more people think republicans are looking out for the wealthy, but every democrat knows this. democrats raise lots of money from wall street just like republicans do. now that said, i think that what this poll gets at, what the cbo report gets at is this. growing chasm between the haves and have knots and the feeling it s not
from the activist school. here he is accusing president obama of playing class warfare preying on the emotions of fear and envy. and resentment. let s watch mr. ryan. the president has opted for divisive rhetoric and the broken politics of the past, going from town to town siting up strawmen and scapegoats and engaging ninth intellectually lazy arguments as he tries to build support for punitive tax hikes on job creators. poll just released. 65% of people believe that taxes of millionaires should be increased and 66% say the distribution of wealth and money in this country should be more even. only 25% said it was fair. you know, chris, i look at these things respect not with complete surprise because i think most people would rather tax the richest people. most people don t want to be taxed themselves. that makes common sense. as they used to say, don t tax
process. the process is difficult. using the committees, having the debate, everybody being willing to say, okay, you know, what i want is on the line, too. i mean, it hasn t been happening for years. the new york times has a funny story today. sometimes pet projects are pet tax breaks. senator mcconnell doesn t want to give up a tax break for thoroughbred race owners. funny, a senator from kentucky doesn t want that. senator kerry doesn t want small beer makers to get rid of a tax loophole. think sam adams. congressman cantor is with small beer makers. senator schumer is worried about nascar track improvements and doesn t want those tax credits gone and senator wyder is worried about toy wooden arrow makers. don t tax me. tax that guy. is that a children s book i can read? s s it makes clear the problef
election. anybody who thinks it is doesn t read a poll for a living. what was the old huey long quote? don t tax you, don t tax me, tax the man behind the tree. i think we have a divide day. isn t there something to be said for spreading the pain in the what? what am i missing? no one talks about it. clearly i understand everyone will have to give but that means everyone. joe s right. when you see a millionaire surcharge, roll back the tax cuts for millionaires. it s a fraction of what would happen if we roll back the entire bush tax cuts. over the next 20 years, a great impact. no one wants to do that. which goes back to my point on afghanistan. the only way we ll get stuff done is if republicans and democrats stand shoulder to shoulder, take the heat together. if anybody cares about this