to this and this reflects part of the point that mary made, you can go after the rich under the current tax, but you can t begin to finance the government we have. so ultimately you ve got to find new ways to get the revenue. is this energy tax actually going to be a live prospect in the next couple of years? oh, they re going to try it and i think we all owe dick durbin a degree of thanks for what they want to do. mary says you can go after everybody who is rich, you can t get it, you have to go up through the middle class. the problem for democrats they vowed they re not going to raise income taxes on the middle class. instead what you have to do, you have to go off a product essential to everyone s life, everyone uses energy, tax energy, gas, oil and heating for your home. this would be a huge hit for the economy. could do it under the guise of an environmental tax, but it s the quickest and easiest for
that s really going to help them. tax energy. i encourage that. maybe even a btu tax, like you guys did in 1994, democrats. higher taxes, bigger spending, more debt, democrats. 2010. they re sounding about as smart as republicans during the bush era. not smart at all. politico s mike allen. thank you, i think. what came out of secretary clinton s weights he saying? he said, watch out for stealth conservatives. kagan, you never know. it s a bumper sticker. it is. rumbling. secretary of state clinton s peegt with afghan president hamid, karzai, how did it go? you re watching morning joe live from los angeles brewed by starbucks. frank, instead of scratching your way to retirement,