always popular higher tax rates on the wealthy. we heard suggestions about possible changes to mortgage interest deductions or getting rid of those or limiting those. minimum payments and retirement ages for social security could see changes as well. should we do means testing for social security? and it could also mean new limit or changes for charitable contributions. maybe you won t be able to take those anymore depend opening what happens coming up in 2013. joining me now a former adviser to the new jersey governor. and the ceo and founder of john thomas financial. what they are talking about is we don t have a deal, we are trying to reach a deal. we are about to see huge tax hikes and defense cuts and a bunch of other tax and popular
decade and the reason is in this country, in america, prosperity has never come from the top down. we don t need more top down economics. what we need is some middle class economics. some bottom up economics. so is this economic theory the best way to get america back on track? here to shed some light on this is the c.e.o. of john thomas financial. that s thomas belesis up early with us this morning. nice to see you. nice to see you as well. the u.s. needs bottom up economics. not top down to be successful. what do you say? you know, i think it s even more evident that the president is out of touch with how america works. whether it s bottom up, top down, the bottom line is you have to promote pro growth policies and the president has been doing the opposite. you know, the president s notion of bigger government is the answer to solve all problems is incorrect. look what s going on in greece, italy and spain. these were pro government and bigger government type policies that ha
romney has a better chance. he he does have a better chance. i think it s becoming more evident after this wisconsin win that he has a highers chance of beating obama come this november. of course, the results in wisconsin still showed the badger state prefers president obama at this point it. i think by about a 7 point margin. thomas, the ceo of john thomas financial always good to see. you thank you very much. always good to see you. iconic hollywood producer travels all the way to speak at high school graduation to find out he has been banned. why? because he is a conservative. then it seems many children today are repeating racey song lyrics and wanting to be lick their favorite stars. can parents slow them down? some expert advice next. (bell rings)
sarkozy to become france s first socialist leader since 1995 and a sink hole forcing a florida family out of their home. it allowed rather, it swallowed up their barbecue grill and their shed is teetering on the edge. good news is home owners insurance covering this whole mess. now, stand by, camera two. take two, gretch and brian. all right. steve, 22 minutes after the hour. from camper to capitalist. our next guest went from occupy wall street to an occupation. she actually has a job now on wall street. well, now she owns her own business as a result of that job. tracy postert joins us with her story. i remember your story six months ago or so. you were one of the people down in zuccotti park in manhattan and you had a sign that says i have a resume and i want a job and what happened? i met wayne calfman who works at john thomas financial and he asked me one question would you consider a job on wall street? and i said yes. and things went from there. you went there, you w