we have not proposed a tax hike for the wealthy that would take effect in the middle of a recession. even the proposals that have come out of congress which, by the way, were different than the proposals i put forward, still wouldn t kick in until after the recession was over. so he s absolutely right. the last thing you want to do is to raise taxs in the middle of a recession because that would just suck up take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further home. well, that s right there. that last part, gretch, where he said the last thing you want to do is raise taxs in the middle of a recession. that s what he s talking about doing in real life. the thing is in his mind, he s not raising taxes for 98% of the american public because those are the people making $250,000 as a couple or less. in his mind, he s raising taxes on only 2% of the american public. and the way in which they re spinning that is to say that if you give those tax breaks to the wealthy, t
economy. okay? let s move i would be interested to see today my guess is in the latest nbc/ wall street journal that peter heart did not find most people had this florida guy on their mind. talk about the economy. sure. this debate about the extension of the so-called bush tax cuts or the tax rates. want to play for you a clip of what president obama said about the idea of raising taxes in an int interview with me a year ago. we have not proposed a tax hike for the wealthy that would take effect in the middle of a recession. even the proposals that have come out of congress which, by the way, different than the proposals i put forward still wouldn t kick in until after the recession was over. he is absolutely right. the last thing to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession because that would just suck up take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole.
me here. what do you say? well, first of all, bill, thanks for inviting me to speak with you about such a light-hearted, easy black and white. bill: this is a tough one. but it happened and we have to deal with it. it is a tough one. you are right. that s why i chose to come on. it s not just about the situation in denver. it s not just about that sacred heart school or church. it s not just about a question of homosexual marriage. it is a question, in my opinion, about a religious institution being able to preserve its identity on fundamental issues. that s what the real story here is. bill: the catholic church believes that homosexual conduct is immoral. but the children don t participate in any of that. so you are punishing the children out in this facility, this catholic facility. i don t want to see children punished and i will submit to you that jesus wouldn t punish the children either. right. i wouldn t either. you know what? jesus would embrace these children. bi
well, first of all, bill, thanks for inviting me to speak with you about such a light-hearted, easy black and white. bill: this is a tough one. but it happened and we have to deal with it. it is a tough one. you are right. that s why i chose to come on. it s not just about the situation in denver. it s not just about that sacred heart school or church. it s not just about a question of homosexual marriage. it is a question, in my opinion, about a religious institution being able to preserve its identity on fundamental issues. that s what the real story here is. bill: the catholic church believes that homosexual conduct is immoral. but the children don t participate in any of that. so you are punishing the children out in this facility, this catholic facility. i don t want to see children punished and i will submit to you that jesus wouldn t punish the children either. right. i wouldn t either. you know what? jesus would embrace these children. bill: that s right. wouldn t
numbers to come. only few relatively have signed up so far. p so many are not able to get the information they need, not able to sign onto the site. we know since the coverage wouldn t kick in until january 1st, a lot will wait until the end to pay the first premium. they see their options and sign up when they want to. pr game as big as anything. chris, bring you in. jay carney asked what happened to the immigration reform push. we saw the president talking about it today at the white house. bipartisan reform, is that basically done until 2014? peter, i would say this, immigration reform bill as passed by the senate, i find a hard time believing could possibly make it through the house. john boehner advocated a piecemeal test. certain pieces of it that can make it through. again, in his heart of hearts being put on this political strategist hat, i think john boehner recognizes and has said