nature of it, a lot of people think, they re political activists, it is not but they may well be political activists, but if you stand by the content of the film, it shouldn t really matter, right, if it is laid out in a way that seems factual and credible, then i would think people would be proud to put their names on it. well, yeah, i know. one of the things, we called you earlier, we saw the movie coming out, we saw articles, we were intrigued because it stands in opposition by design to some of the other movies that have been out there that take a very different political perspective. we called you for a copy of it and you sent back an interesting e-mail and we appreciate your being here, but the e-mail said, don t have my glasses on, but it said i did, however, provide you with video clips, but before that, you said i m not releasing screeners of my film to any film critics or network stations that generally promote a liberal view. correct. do you kind of view us as be
what kathleen asked you, is is do you want to go back to the wild west of wall street that arianna described, they re not making things, they re making things up, that s exactly right, even today in terms of mortgage foreclosures, don t we need reasoned regulation of wall street? your editorial page opposed every case i made when i said they re lying, scheming, deceiving. hold on. wait a minute. i think it is the opposite. we were the people, ten years ago, that blew the whistle on fannie mae and freddie mac. it was your friends and others who said i said, steve, wait one minute, i said aig was we passed a financial reform legislation. steve, when i said aig is a scheme and is going to bring us down, you guys defended it, you defended it today. when i said i don t understand what aig
credits? no. no. just because of the political nature of it, a lot of people think, they re political activists, it is not but they may well be political activists, but if you stand by the content of the film, it shouldn t really matter, right, if it is laid out in a way that seems factual and credible, then i would think people would be proud to put their names on it. well, yeah, i know. one of the things, we called you earlier, we saw the movie coming out, we saw articles, we were intrigued because it stands in opposition by design to some of the other movies that have been out there that take a very different political perspective. we called you for a copy of it and you sent back an interesting e-mail and we appreciate your being here, but the e-mail said, don t have my glasses on, but it said i did, however, provide you with video clips, but before that, you said i m not releasing screeners of my film to any film critics or network stations that generally promote a li
right in the middle, the average person will pay about, you know, 14% of all of his or her income in taxes. right. federal taxes. that ignores the state s. and the people at the very, very top only pay 24%. so people in the middle are paying 14%, people in the top 24%, people one notch lower, about 7.5%. that s, you know, some progressivity but not a whole lot, right? where did you this is from the brookings institute. these are numbers from the irs and all the others. okay. eliot, did you bring your charts and graphs here today? i didn t think you did. can we talk about the movie and the politics? i know you i m not an economist. there is plenty of people you can get on besides me to find out about. you can find a bah zillion people who agree. people who work hard don t want to hand over all their money to the government, who will then redistribute it to other people. but wait a minute. you re a capitalist, you degree with that, come on.
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