matter of common sense if you don t have the ability to shoot off 30 rounds without reloading that just possibly you could reduce the loss of life. adam lanza would not have been able to kill as many people as he did i don t buy your argument for a minute. not a single republican lawmaker has come out in favor of an assault weapons ban. even gop strategist frank luntz thinks the nra is out of touch. most americans would protect the second american rights and yet agree with the idea that not every human being should own a gun. not every gun should be available at any time, at gun shows you should not be able to buy something right there without any kind of check whatsoever. the webster shooter was a convicted felon, so the gun-show
schultz. the president cuts his vacation short to come back to washington, d.c., meanwhile, house republicans are literally phoning it in, this is the ed show, and as ed would say, let s get to work. this is something within our capacity to solve. it doesn t take that much work, we just have to do the right thing. six days away from the fiscal cliff and there are real consequences to millions of americans if no deal is cut. congressman elijah cummings and ryan grim of the huffington post are here with the latest. a tea party giant stages a coupe with his own office. the details on dick armey s hostile takeover. the nra is catching heat from all directions. i don t think the nra is listening, i don t think they understand. georgetown university law professor, david cole on the growing drumbeat against the nra. six days until the price of milk shoots up to $8 a gallon. why house republicans are take
you re always there for me. shh! i ll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love with progressive s claims service. glass of milk as he made his way across the u.s. this christmas. if congress doesn t act by december 31st, many americans may not be able to afford his favorite beverage next year. if he renews support for agriculture programs, the country s milk prices could double to as much as $8 a gallon. that s because the government will be forced to revert to a 1949 dairy price subsidy that requires the agriculture department to buy milk at inflated prices. vincent smith from montana state university told the new york times that similar to the
that price or a much higher price than it s paying now, under the 1949 law when cows were milked by hand instead of machines. it will have to sell that milk at a loss. yeah, and selling at a loss is going to do tremendous damage to that industry. what would the real world impact of a price hike like this be. if milk went up that much, you would see a huge change in the dietary habits of americans, including children. they would be drinking water and soda. remember we have all these sugary drinks that people are letting their children have. and you would see this big shift away from milk toward those kinds of drinks. the real underlying story here, i think the important one is about how we are seeing the way the republicans are likely to behave for the next two years, i think this is going to turn out to be an extraordinarily difficult and weird and unusual period in american history.
yesterday, in leaving washington, and we ll end up adopting it, why should we put the markets in such turmoil and the people in such misunderstanding and lack of confidence. why don t we act now? the real tragedy is that the people who would be immediately affected by going over the fiscal cliff are those in the weakest position to defend themselves. let s take a look at the so-called fiscal cliff. the bush tax cuts will expire. everyone, even republicans know if we go over the cliff, the bush tax cuts will be restored for at least 98% of americans. payroll taxes will go back to normal in 2013. the payroll tax cut was always intended to be a temporary measure. the alternative minimum tax would hit middle class americans. year after year, this has been fixed by lawmakers and like everything else notice fiscal cliff, it can be done retroactively. the harshest effects of spending cuts could be modified in the first month or two of 2013. in fact, the defense department, the irs and other