will supposedly be paid for by closing loopholes and eliminating wasteful deductions. but the republicans refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close. not one. and by the way, there is no way to get even close to $4.6 trillion in savings without dramatically reducing all kinds of tax breaks that go to middle class families. tax breaks for health care, tax breaks for retirement, tax breaks for homeownership. meanwhile these proposed tax breaks would come on top of more than a trillion dollars in tax giveaways for people making more than $250,000 a year. that s an average of at least $150,000 for every millionaire in this country. $150,000. let s step back for a second and look at what $150,000 pays for. a year s worth of prescription drug coverage for a seniors citizen. plus a new school computer lab, plus a year of medical care for a returning veteran, plus a medical research grant for a chronic disease, plus, a year s salary for a firefighter or a police o
rebuilding schools. rebuilding our bridges, rebuilding our ports. and to pay for this we have to have a tax system that is fair. i was with warren buffet a couple days ago, he says thanks for naming a rule after me. it s a very simple principle, the buffet rule, if you make more than a million dollars a year you should not pay a lower tax rate than your secretary. we ve said if you make less than $250,000 a year, which is 98% of americans, your taxes shouldn t go up. but folks like me, we can afford to do a little more. tyler can afford to do a little more. he knows he knows that. when we say that, this is not
passing that, the next step is to bring each individual piece forward and make them account for why they oppose provisions, why they oppose putting construction workers back on the job, rebuilding schools across the country, why they oppose putting teachers back to work, why they oppose tax cuts for small business and middle class families. will he sign the china currency bill? there s a plan to get it out of the house. if it comes to him, will he sign that? the president said he has concerns with some of the approaches he has taken, while he is sympathetic to problems we try to solve with the bill. he wants to work with congress to make sure what we do is effective and solves the problem. i take it as a no, he won t sign it as written. we ll have to see. thank you, dan. all on the line for rick perry tonight. will he be tan, rested and ready. the politico report next.
gun battle in the fight for libyan liberation. plus, war is hell. and there s been ten years of it. now a war widow needs your help. a man of god and an icon makes news on same-sex marriage. you are either for equal rights or not. the reverend joseph lowery turning 90 and taking a stand. it s all here on cnn. hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. i m don lemon. you are in the cnn newsroom. we re going to start tonight with two subjects consuming the nation for the last few days. politics and religion. more specifically, what is keeping republican voters from fully embracing mitt romney? if you believe the headlines out of the value voters summit, the annual conference for conservatives it could be his mormon religion. as candy crowley reports, many in romney s own party of doing what they can to sidestep the issue. thomas jefferson talked about the wall of separation between church and state. nobody said anything about separating church and politics, but every
gun battle in the fight for libyan liberation. plus, war is hell. and there s been ten years of it. now a war widow needs your help. a man of god and an icon makes news on same-sex marriage. you are either for equal rights or not. the reg rev joseph lowry turning 90 and taking a stand. it s all here on cnn. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. you are in the cnn newsroom. we re going to start tonight with two subjects consuming the nation for the last few days. politics and religion. more specifically, what is keeping republican voters from fully embracing mitt romney? if you believe the headlines out of the value voters summit, the annual conference for conservatives it could be his mormon religion. as candy crowley reports, many in romney s own party of doing what they can to sidestep the issue. thomas jefferson talked about the wall of separation between church and state. nobody said anything about separating church and politics, but everybody knows it s a sticky