after all you ve done to build and protect the middle class. they make the argument you re responsible for the problems. the republican strategy has been economic obstruction and middle class destruction. president obama is right to call them out on it. i find it interesting he goes to the union and speaks like this in such a frank manner because there s a lot of union people who just don t vote democrat. in fact, there s a pretty healthy percentage of them. all this talk about how the unions are in the back pockets of the democrats, if they vote their own economic interest, a lot of them will make the turn in november. that s what the obama administration is counting on. let s turn to howard fineman. great to have you with us tonight. hi, ed. how does this play in states like ohio and pennsylvania? first of all, let me say as far as the union workers, in the previous segment you were talking about barack obama as commander in chief, that plays there. as far as the economy is c
exempting offshore profits from u.s. income tax. let s turn to david cay johnston. we know what the companies are doing. it s been well documented. what would this tax do that s in this ryan plan which the republicans voted on, where would this take us? it would encourage companies to do is take all their property that they haven t move and anything else they can out of country so that they earn a dollar here in the u.s. and they show it to their shareholders and may magically send it to the cayman islands and it disappears to the i.r.s. even if they are making things here in the u.s., they ll be able to move profits out of the country by having their property out of the country. secondly, if they find place that has similar rules then you
who just don t vote democrat. in fact, there s a pretty healthy percentage of them. all this talk about how the unions are in the back pockets of the democrats, if they vote their own economic interest, a lot of them will make the turn in november. that s what the obama administration is counting on. let s turn to howard fineman. great to have you with us tonight. hi, ed. how does this play in states like ohio and pennsylvania? first of all, let me say as far as the union workers, in the previous segment you were talking about barack obama as commander in chief, that plays there. as far as the economy is concerned, david, xelrod thinks there s more spots of good news around the country than people inside the beltway have yet grasped. we re about six months behind
that s not true. let rachel make her point. every greedy men would hire only women, save 25%. it s weird that you re interrupting me and let me make my point because we get along so well. let me make my point. the interruption is important because we know that women are not fairing worse than men in the economy. women aren t getting paid less for equal work. that s a difference in factual understanding of the world. given that some of us believe that women are getting paid less than men for doing the same work. there s something called the fair pay act. the stau chut of limit taxs starts before you know that discrimination is happening cutting off your recourse. you didn t know you were being discriminated, you can t go. the first law passed by the administration to remedy that court ruling. mitt romney campaign put you out as a surrogate to sure up people s feelings about this issue after they could not say whether or not mitt romney would sign that bill. you re supposed to ma
let s turn to david k. johnston johnston. we know what the companies are doing. it s been well documented. what would this tax do that s in this ryan plan which the republicans voted on, where wouldage companies to do is take all their property that they haven t move and anything else they can out of country so that they earn a dollar here in the u.s. and they show it to their shareholders and may magically send it to the cayman islands and it disappears to the i.r.s. even if they are making things here in the u.s., they ll be able to move profits out of the country by having their property out of the country. secondly, if they find place that has similar rules then you move the jobs offshore and you