Let me show you hoe ridiculous you are. the president is proposing a jobs plan funded by the wealthiest 0.2% of these taxpayers. that s about seven inches of a football field. american taxpayers are this whole field, and your party is concerned about seven inches of it. that s about half the length of an actual football. you accuse this president of class warfare? when i wake up every single morning, what i m thinking about is how to create an america, in which you have opportunity in which anybody can make it if they try, no matter what they look like, no matter where they come from, no matter what race, creed or faith. we are going to make the dream that all americans share real once again, and that starts
Early days. russell simmons is here with me now. he s not only been there from the beginning, but he s gotten others there, including me. many of the people expanding are because of the russell simmons. it s a pleasure to be on your show. thank you. tell me why you got involved. they had the right message and went to the right place, wall street. the corporate bribery for politicians is so strong in this country that it is creating a class war fare that s killing our middle class the statements
What does he have in common can the governor walker of wisconsin and kasich of ohio. he has the same vision in terms of how he speaking, what he wants to do in terms of balancing the budget, i mean, he wants to go out and create this strange sort of class warfare in which he pits as if the two of them are in a tug of war over every tax dollar. so that s very similar. what s different is some reason why he s doing better politically is he does not have one-party rule in new jersey. he s not been able to pursue the most extreme parts on the
welcome to politics nation. i m al sharpton. tonight s lead president obama has been going after republicans, and he s already knocked that smile off their faces. today all the buzz is about how he s proudly calling himself a warrior for the working class and fighting for jobs on main street, not wall street. republicans in congress, they call this class war fare. you know what? if asking a millionaire to pay the same tax rate as a plumber make me a class warrior, a warrior for the working class, i will accept that. i will wear that charge as a badge of honor. the only warfare i have seen is the battle that s been waged against middle-class families in this country for a decade now. bloomberg news asks the
Millionaires as charity. because of that, president obama has put buffett s name on the new minimum tax rate for millionaires. republicans are already saying that mr. obama is trying to raise revenues the wrong way. what it does is it adds further instability to the system, more uncertainty and it punishes job creation and those people who create jobs. class war fare, chris, may make for really good politics but makes for rotten economics. the chairman of the house budget committee thinks raising taxes on the rich is a bad idea but he knows that it is not a into you idea because president obama has been pushing for them for a long time including at his big address to the joint session of congress earlier this month. right now warren buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. an outrage he has asked us to fix. we need a tax code where everyone gets a fair shake. so warren buffett has really