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there could be this trajectory in our lifetime where women have the upper hand, reversing things. but this particular article takes the staff and sort of jer jerrymanders them. i think it s important to note that this was written by the women s council which is a conservative organization, heavy republican, has been called anti-f anti-feminist. it s clearly not coming from the perspective of, let s say, planned parent hood. do you believe it s true? w we know half the students in graduate programs are women, half the people in college are women. it s very important to zero in on equal work. equal pay for equal work. but wouldn t we think as things have changed, if we re taking an average of all working women, those at the older men probably have a bigger gap and
albatross. i remember you saying once, wouldn t you rather have a little shack that s paid for rather than this albatross, and people have come around to that idea. the old american dream convinced you that you weren t successful if you weren t aspiring to own a house. the old american dream was really more, more, more, better, better, better, bigger, bigger, bigger. it wasn t enough to own a $200,000 home, you had to own a a $500,000 home. now the new american dream is where you have integrity, honor, security. the new american dream is where you can sleep at night because you know what s yours can never be taken away from you again. you know from talking to people all the time that there is no greater joy than hearing from a person who has paid off debt. it s lib rating, but it s a feeling a lot of americans have
and you broaden the base and get rid of the loophole. that s not what president obama is talking about. he s talking about raising the tax rates which is another way to say he wants to raise taxes. if you look at the official statistics, you know these numbers, the top 1% already pay 40% of the income tax. the bottom two or 3% pay more than the bottom 97%. it s a highly progressive system. one last statistic for your viewers to think about. i ran the numbers it week. if we took every single penny aly from people that make over $100,000, like you and me, that still wouldn t raise enough money to balance the budget. so taxing the rich isn t going to get it done. jeanne is sitting here with me. what do you think? i agree with stephen moore that you can t tax the rich to balance the budget and rely on
saying it once, wouldn t you rather have a little shack that s yours and paid for and people have come around to that idea. the old american dream did force you into the idea that you weren t successful if you wnt aspiring to own a house. the old american dream really was more, more, more, bigger, bigger bigger, wasn t enough to have a 2,000 square foot home, you needed a 5,000 square foot home. wasn t enough for one car, you had to have three cars. now the new american dream is a dream really where you have integrity, honesty and security. the new american dream is you can sleep at night because you know what s yours can never be taken away from you again. you know from the people you talked to all the time, there s no greater joy than hearing from a person who has paid off debt. who s free of debt. it s very liberating but an experience a lot of americans haven t yet had. i always said debt is bondage, you will never have