Below 25000 and 2027488001 for all others. James, you are next from massachusetts. Hello . Caller mi actually on tv . Host you are, go ahead. Caller i had no idea. Im site i was not prepared. I am an individual who spend a lot of time in school. I have a lot of education yet i found myself making basically welfare wages. Im curious what you would say about this middle class. I have 200,000 in student loans. I make about 25,00030,000 dollars a year. I have no idea where this is going, frankly. Guest it is a very good question and something we have been tracking at the Pew Research Center for a while. Looking at the ways americans exceed themselves and rather not they see themselves as part of the middle class and to what it takes to be part of the middle class. Perhaps one of the most interesting Public Opinion results we have had is that we take a look at you asked americans, do you expect or chip in to have a better standard of living than you do now . You start to see Many Americans
He has multiple fractures in his face. And nasal cavity. His throat and his voice box are crushed. He was kicked so hard in the stomach that it sent his spleen into his spine and sliced it in two. So it was painful. The medical examiner said it was torture. This body has significant skin loss on his buttocks, abdomen, penis, hands and his face. He has one stick of gum and a tardy slip in his pocket. This was our family costs 9 11 terrorist attack by foreign invader whether you want to recognize it or whether you do not. This government continues to fail or even recognize that we have an issue. Americans are dying daily at the hands of criminals that we dont even know are here. You are officially notified today there is a problem when this happens. You cant deny it any longer. You cant ignore our families, our american families. You are elected by americans not any other country. You should be for americans. If you want to sit quietly on the sidelines, you have thrown your hat into the
Against Domestic Violence, a Nonprofit Network of Domestic Violence founded in 1990. Our third witness, mr. Michael ronnebeck, he was shot down by an undocumented immigrant. U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released grants alleged murderer who was awaiting deportation. Grant was born in iowa but resided in arizona and had two brothers and a sister. Our fourth witness, the reverend gabriel salguero. Reverend salguero and his wife are the lead copastors of the lamb church of the nazarene, new york, and also founder of the National Latino evangelical could hings. And mr. Jim steinle of pleasanton, california, the father of kate steinle, who was gunned down 20 days ago while walking on a pier in San Francisco alongside this father. Her alleged killer had seven prior felony convictions and had been deported five times. Sanchez was shielded by San Franciscos sanctuary policy which allowed for his release in march despite an i. C. E. Detainer placed on him. Six person chief j. Thomas
Deductibility of that Insurance Premium in calculating your federal income taxes. And it particularly helped low and middleincome people deduct the amount they pay for private mortgage insurance. And therefore, what does that do . That helps folks like that to buy a home. Is it home isnt homeowner ship something that is desirable in america . I think so. Well, we better pass this tax extenders bill. And ill give you another example. Excluding foreign excluding forgiven mortgage debt from income. It allows people to exclude forgiven morning debt from their income. Why am i raising this . Havent we just gone through the worst recession since the Great Depression . Didnt some people get so upside down in their mortgage with their mortgage being at this level but the value of their home dropping to this level, so that the mortgage that they owed was such greater amount than the value of their home, and so they try to work with the purchaser and the bank that has the mortgage so that, calle
Doma or this bill, and mr. Holder decided to stop making them. And that is what made me say hes abandoned his duty. Do you agree . I agree. I thought that the decision was wrong. I happen to agree with the president. I was a critical of doma. But i thought that the abandonment of the defense of doma was to the rule of law. I thought it violated a longstanding understanding with this body. You know, theres history here, as you know. Youre a student of the constitution. And you know that theres always been this tension between the congress and the Justice Department as to who can be in court defending things of this kind. The Justice Departments always insisted theyre the exclusive representative. Huh been attorney general you would not have stopped that. Absolutely. I would have defended that law. Even though you didnt agree with doma, the defense of marriage act. Theres no definition in the attorney generals position as to when they will abandon a federal law. I happen to agree with th