among us right now have not been made to pay their fair share because what the republicans are doing is essentially holding their tax breaks hostage megyn: that doesn t explain no one asks them to do anything. i still don t understand. what does that mean, marc? no one asks the rich to do anything? they haven t contributed, they haven t been asked to megyn: he s saying nobody would do the job you do, including me, he says. you know, i m not brave enough, basically. you tell me, marc, but he could be referring to no one asks the wealthy to go out and fight fires that s not what he s saying. [laughter] megyn: i don t understand julie s explanation for the differences no one asks them they re not being asked to pay their fair share is what he s getting at could i get in here, julie? i don t understand julie s explanation either, to be perfectly honest with you. obama s speech, he said to small business owners you people think you re so smart, and you work so hard, the co
capital would make him a better steward of the economy. so i think when you spend $100 million on ads, on class warfare ads and it doesn t move the needle at all, 63% of americans disagree with you, maybe it s a sign you don t understand america. megyn: julie, is this class warfare? i don t think it s class warfare, it s reality. washington is holding middle class tax breaks hostage, basically, because the top 1% isn t getting what they consider to be their fair share. i haven t seen job creation in the ten years since george bush passed his tax cuts, so i don t know where this whole theme is coming from. i will say, look, just yesterday they voted to repeal college breaks for middle class families, tax breaks for colleges, they voted to really drastically lower the earned income tax credit for families, something even ronald reagan thought was a great motivator. so i would say the republican party has moved so far to the right and is so beholden to the koch brothers and others to fu
argument on these things, as you can see. let s talk about the tax cuts that the bush administration implemented. they ll expire at the end of this year unless legislation is passed in both the house and the senate. looks like the senate is punting until after the november 2nd midterms. the house is there going to be a vote on this talking about when that vote will take place. but what we want to make sure and the clear contrast between democrats and republicans here is they re pledged to special interest today came out with preserving tax breaks for the wealthiest individuals for millionaires and billionaires. holding middle class tax breaks hostage. and adding $700 billion to the deficit. they talk out of both sides on their face. on the one hand they talk about cutting spending but they ignore and treat the tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals adding $700 billion to the deficit like it s not spending. they re equivalent. let me ask the congressman to respond to that. becaus
than to america. i mean, what s particularly glowing, wolfe is the day the patients bill of rights reform actually could go into effect and as a breast cancer sur vooifr, i can tell you that s particularly disturbing to me that, for example, someone like me is one job loss away from being dropped or denied coverage because of my preexisting condition. yet, the republicans would repeal health care reform, make sure that insurance companies put back in the driver s seat. that s part of their pledge to america. their pledge to america also includes repeeling wall street reform, putting wall street back in the driver s seat, instead of focussing on balancing our policy between consumer protection and making sure that business can thrive. they also want to pledge to america that we hold middle class tax breaks hostage so we can give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires that add $700 billion to the deficit. you run through three points. let s go through those three points. let s t
what is wrong with that debbie wassermann? well, they have made a pledge to the special interests rather than america. what is particularly galling, wolf, on september 23rd, the day that the patient bill of rights reform could go into effect, and as a breast cancer survivor, i can tell you that it is particularly disturbing to me that for example someone like me is one job loss away from being dropped or denied coverage because of my pre-existing condition, and yet the republicans would repeal health care reform and make sure that insurance companies would be back in the driver s seat, and that is part of the pledge to america. their pledge to america includes repealing wall street reform and putting them back in the driver s seat instead of focusing on balancing the policy between consumer protection and making sure that business can thrive. they want to also pledge to america that we hold middle-class tax breaks hostage and give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires that ad