obama beats the republicans on that by 15 points. by a 16-point margin over those who would say no and by a raw majority, the country wants to pass president obama s jobs bill. the jobs bill that would be financed by, drum roll please, taxing the rich. so that the rich don t pay less than everyone else which, again, is the most popular idea in america since someone first suggested a cold drink on a hot day. it is so popular today that democrats started kicking around renaming this idea that rich people should pay should pay the same taxes as other people. democrats today started kicking around the idea of renaming that whole idea the romney rule because they think it s that good for them head into an election year. this idea has so much support that democrats are realizing they could use it to separate the vast majority of the american public who agree with this idea. from republicans in congress who don t agree with it. the top democrat in the senate, harry reid, noted today while a
hmm. want to know what the tea party wants right now? i have empirical information about what the tea party wants. this is not conjecture or my impression. i have empirical data of what the tea party wants. margin of 52% to 29%, the tea party want government action to ensure millionaires don t pay lower taxes than people who are not millionaires. known as the buffett rule or what president obama has been proposing for the last few weeks. the tea party, self-identified tea party members support that idea by a 33-point margin. want to know what republicans want right now? again, i have empirical information about this. by a margin of 66% to 17%, by a 49-point margin, republicans like tea partyers support government action to make sure millionaires don t pay lower taxes than nonmillionaires. 66% of republicans support the buffett rule idea. want to know what independents want right now? they want to raise taxes on millionaires. 65% of independents are for that. 28% oppose.
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being hired directly by the federal government. the way this works is the money goes out in the form of grants and loans to local businesses and those local businesses, employees buy the cable and dig the trenches and lay the line and connect the homes. when we do stuff in rural america, when the federal government wants something for rural america, it tends to do it through the department of agriculture, when it doesn t necessarily have anything specifically to do with agriculture. the department of agriculture is historically the part of the government tasked with dealing with america s far flung places. the idea here behind spreading broadband to america s rural areas is the same one behind the rural electrification program from the 1930s. the idea that even if it s not profitable for private industry to extend the basics of modern economic life, electric light then and internet now, even if it s never going to be profitable to some private company to extend those things to every la
it s going to build the foundation for economic growth far into the future. i think people are of course concerned about the costs. the president identified ways of which that cost can be obtained without adding to the deficit. the people are right about this. and it s always a good idea in politics, at least in my experience, to listen to the folks who vote. they want this jobs act. they want the country to get back on the right track. the president has absolutely got the right prescription. the people know it. and frankly, i think the politicians do, too. and it s time for this country to unite. it s time for this country to focus on getting folks back to work. it s time for them to focus on the important opportunities that we can create in rural america if we have access to good infrastructure. you know, if you re a farmer, you want roads improved. you want the rail system improved. that s going to get your grain to profit sooner. easier and more profitable to you. if you re a small