class families and businesses should suffer just because washington couldn t come together. a taxation system that s progressive is beneficial to everyone. that system benefits the very rich. it hammers the poor. this is not a complicated concept. the debt ceiling crisis is brought on by its own country. ka zik stan is kiflized. women can now travel on the inside of the bus. we have a girl on the show. this is beginning to feel like one of darrell issa s committees. i think tupac s lyrics were nor insightful. it s like lipstick on a pig. let s get right to our panel now. i m joined by steve kornacki, my colleague, ven vogel is the chief investigative reporter at politico and the great goldie taylor is an msnbc contributor. welcome to all of you. steve, i want to talk about this piece in the new republic. it s called why the gop is and