shop for republican votes. speaker boehner should say, i m bringing the bill to the floor for a vote. and i am urging republicans to do it. these are people who deserve to have their tax cut continued. in this economic time we can t raise taxes on them, period. get the issue off the table. would you let me talk about how this fight may occur in the next couple of weeks. if you were speaking would you agree to separate vote, everyone behind $250,000 to get their tax cut separate vote, separate vote now. your thoughts, alex, is that a point of letting the regular people off the hook here? yeah, i guess i would probably do a separate vote. i think at the end of the day the republicans wantç to make e biggest they need to make the biggest deal possible. we know this is a messages war, right? it s telling boehner went out with this message. not to the white house. he and president obama are
here s the question right now, govern governor. it seems that s a face saver because they say taxes deferred or delayed are taxes avoided. if they say we ll get to defending the rich later. we ll let their taxes go up in january. it seems that s a face-saver even if they say we ll get to it later. well, i think what happens, chris, though is think about the issue of leverage by the way, no oneç is thinking about what right for the country. let s think about the issue of political leverage. oh, you and i are. that s right. and alex, too. what about me? and alex. i said you too, alex. president obama has all the leverage because he knows if it goes over the fiscal cliff, tax cuts expires and he ll never let the top 2% get that tax cut reinstated. if they do what you suggested, vote the tax cut, continue it for the 98%, then the leverage switches to them come the time of the debt limit. they might be able to make a deal where they save some of it so it doesn t go up to 39%
battling the air war right now. this is all about rejoiner to what i call the president s tour of 2012. the president making an announcement at business round table, meeting with ceos who voted for romney, showing he s bipartisan. john boehner now making the fairness argument? it s a shocking turn of events but a testament to the fact that the republicans know optics are not in their favor. here s where it looks like it s heading. republicans float i think a face-saver in the new york times. quote f no deal can be struck to avoter the bush era tax cuts and onset of deep across the board spending cuts gop leadership could foresee taking up and passing legislation this month to extend the tax cuts for the middle class and then resume the bitter fight over spending and taxes as the nation approaches the next hard deadline and statutory barring. that s the debt ceiling coming up later this year, early part of next year.
here s a scary trend. a growing list of pro-romney ceos trying to scare their employees by essentially saying if obama wins the election, you should fear for your jobs. let s take a look at some of them. david siegel, the ceo of a florida real estate firm and infamous owner of the largest home in the country. he told employees, quote, if any new taxes are levied on me or my company, as our current president plans, i will have no choice but to reduce the size of the company. and in an e-mail to employees with the subject line, will the u.s. presidential election directly impact your future jobs at asg? ceo arthur allen wrote, quote f we fail as a nation to make the right choice on november 6th and we lose our independence as a company, i don t want to hear any complaints regarding the fallout that will cost will most likely come. is this fear mongering cross the line?
and housing starts jumped 15% last month, much more than expected. and that is it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back over to hardball. welcome back to hardball. here s a scary trend. a growing list of pro-romney ceos trying to scare their employees by essentially saying if obama wins the election, you should fear for your jobs. let s take a look at some of them. david seigal, the ceo of a florida real estate firm and infamous owner of the largest home in the country. he told employees, quote, if any new taxes are levied on me or my company, as our current president plans, i will have no choice but to reduce the size of the company. and in an e-mail to employees with the subject line, will the u.s. presidential election directly impact your future jobs at asg? ceo arthur allen wrote, quote f we fail as a nation to make the