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. >> alan grayson, the former congressman there, elizabeth warren am paining there and people from all walks of life joining this protest movement. people aren't complaining so much anymore that they don't understand the message of occupy wall street. sorry occupy wall street doesn't need a manifesto. it's clear as a bell. wall street broke the economy badly. we're suffering from it. wall street never got held responsible for it. they're using their power and money to stop us from fixing the mess. they broke the economy and then ate the political system. not only do we have a broken economy, we do not have a way to fix the broken economy. ron suskind, a pulitzer prize winning journalist wrote a pot boiler of a book about how the obama white house did and did not deal with the explosion of wall street. what i want to know from ron suskind is after all of that reporting on how this white house works, what it does well and what it doesn't, after all that reporting on who the president talks to and who helps him get done what he wants and
. >> alan grayson, the former congressman there, elizabeth warren am paining there and people from all walks of life joining this protest movement. people aren't complaining so much anymore that they don't understand the message of occupy wall street. sorry occupy wall street doesn't need a manifesto. it's clear as a bell. wall street broke the economy badly. we're suffering from it. wall street never got held responsible for it. they're using their power and money to stop us from fixing...
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. >> alan grayson, the former congressman there, elizabeth warren am paining there and people from all walks of life joining this protest movement. people aren't complaining so much anymore that they don't understand the message of occupy wall street. sorry occupy wall street doesn't need a manifesto. it's clear as a bell. wall street broke the economy
. >> alan grayson, the former congressman there, elizabeth warren am paining there and people from all walks of life joining this protest movement. people aren't complaining so much anymore that they don't understand the message of occupy wall street. sorry occupy wall street doesn't need a manifesto. it's clear as a bell. wall street broke the economy
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warren buffett's secretary shouldn't be paying a higher tax rate than warren buffett. in the united states of america, a nurse or a teacher, a construction worker, making $50,000 shouldn't pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million. that's not fair. it's not right. it's got to change. we have a chance to change it. maybe some people in congress would rather wait until the election to settle our differences and i promise you i will be ready for that election. i will be ready for that debate. i am happy to have a debate before the american people because i believe that the american people understand that we're in this together. >> so it's a handful of billionaires that the karl rove group says they're going to tap to raise a quarter billion dollars to run against president obama this election cycle. and congressional republicans on the one side. it is president obama and congressional democrats on the other side along with the people in the country who say they agree with them. 73% of the country saying they agree with the obama proposal, for example, to n
warren buffett's secretary shouldn't be paying a higher tax rate than warren buffett. in the united states of america, a nurse or a teacher, a construction worker, making $50,000 shouldn't pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million. that's not fair. it's not right. it's got to change. we have a chance to change it. maybe some people in congress would rather wait until the election to settle our differences and i promise you i will be ready for that election. i will be ready for...
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i was proud of being an ally of warren of getting that done. i want derivative regulation to be tough and change in the policy whereby the banks and other financial institutions made loans and sold the whole loan and didn't have to retain any of it. those are being fought about. i would become the allies. the demonstrations are a good thing conducted properly, but that has to lead to political participation or won't have an effect. as you know, i've been very active in gay rights. i have the 25th anniversary of my coming out coming up. there was a big gay rights demonstration a couple years ago on columbus day when congress was out of session. i thought it was frankly a waste of effort. i said, you should instead be going to people in their own districts. people said, no, we're going to go to the mall and put pressure on congress. i said, all they put pressure on was the grass. they didn't follow it up. those are good ways to mobilize people. but if there is no follow-up in the kind of political action that the tea party engages in, it will dis
i was proud of being an ally of warren of getting that done. i want derivative regulation to be tough and change in the policy whereby the banks and other financial institutions made loans and sold the whole loan and didn't have to retain any of it. those are being fought about. i would become the allies. the demonstrations are a good thing conducted properly, but that has to lead to political participation or won't have an effect. as you know, i've been very active in gay rights. i have the...
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for the koch brothers who inherited the company from dad, the koch brothers are richer than warren buffett now. a combined fortune of $50 billion. as they have become richer and richer and richer, they have also fired thousands of koch industries employees. now, remember, koch industries is private. profits do not go to people who buy stock in the company on the stock exchange. the profits go to the brothers, to charles and david. and the brothers have done great recently. and as they have done great, as they have done greater and greater and greater in the last few years, they have been firing american workers by the thousands. but now they are mad at me, at this show, which is exciting for all of us here, i will not life. -- lie. the koch brothers have always used their enormous inherited fortune to dabble in politics. in 1980, david koch ran for president on the libertarian ticket. >> the party can afford to go it alone financially because its vice presidential candidate, industrialist david koch, is loaded. and under campaign law, he can spend as much as he wants. >> when you are the r
for the koch brothers who inherited the company from dad, the koch brothers are richer than warren buffett now. a combined fortune of $50 billion. as they have become richer and richer and richer, they have also fired thousands of koch industries employees. now, remember, koch industries is private. profits do not go to people who buy stock in the company on the stock exchange. the profits go to the brothers, to charles and david. and the brothers have done great recently. and as they have done...
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they don't, first of all as elizabeth warren said, they don't cotton to the idea they wouldn't be rich if they didn't have this great country that provides the roads and schools and all the other things that allow them to be rich. this idea, they never understand it's a fluke mostly. that what you do is something that made you rich. yes, if you throw a baseball 100 miles an hour or even what i do, i mean, i'm not humble about some things. i'm very humble about the fact that telling jokes is something that gets you a lot of money. that is a complete fluke. and so is owning pizza parlors. yes, herman cain was good at business. great. he became very rich from it. what about teachers and cops and firemen? you know those people we always say are our heroes. they're such heroes that we pay them like crap. they do what they do very well. it doesn't happen to be something that is ever going to make you rich. this idea that if you're not rich, blame yourself, oh, really bugs me. but i tried to hide it. >> bill maher, can you hold on one second and come right back with us in just a moment? >> no
they don't, first of all as elizabeth warren said, they don't cotton to the idea they wouldn't be rich if they didn't have this great country that provides the roads and schools and all the other things that allow them to be rich. this idea, they never understand it's a fluke mostly. that what you do is something that made you rich. yes, if you throw a baseball 100 miles an hour or even what i do, i mean, i'm not humble about some things. i'm very humble about the fact that telling jokes is...
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is amazing to me still that guys as rich as the koch brothers, the two of them have more money than warren buffett. it's amazing to me still the crusading conservative billionaire activist brothers who have more money than god and yet they don't spend any of that money, they don't get off their wallet and hire people to pretend to be wisconsin families that like scott walker. instead they buy them online cheap. frankly it might be nice if they hired real people in wisconsin to impersonate people who like scott walker. since scott walker has been governor of wisconsin, the unemployment rate has gone up from 7.4% to 7.9%. all the more reason why the koch brothers have to fund a campaign called it's working to describe how awesome scott walker has been for that state. the real people of wisconsin were really not happy with scott walker and republicans in that state stripping away their union rights. particularly because wisconsin is where a lot of america's union rights were born because people fought for their rights. then wisconsin republicans elected in 2010 got rid of them. people were no
is amazing to me still that guys as rich as the koch brothers, the two of them have more money than warren buffett. it's amazing to me still the crusading conservative billionaire activist brothers who have more money than god and yet they don't spend any of that money, they don't get off their wallet and hire people to pretend to be wisconsin families that like scott walker. instead they buy them online cheap. frankly it might be nice if they hired real people in wisconsin to impersonate...
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i was very proud to be an alife elizabeth warren to get that done. i want derivative regulation to be tough. i want there to be a change in the policy whereby the banks and other financial institutions make loans and then sold the whole loan and didn't have to retain any of it. all those are now being fought about. so i would welcome the allies. but the demonstrations -- and i don't -- the demonstrations are a good thing, conducted properly, but that has to lead to political participation or it won't have an effect. look, as you know, i've been very active in gay rights. i have the 25th anniversary of my coming out coming up. and there was a big gay rights demonstration a couple years ago around columbus day when washington congress was out of session. and i thought it was frankly a waste of effort. and i said you should instead be going it people in their own districts. and people said no, we're going to go to the mall and put pressure on congress. i said, all they put pressure on was the grass. because they didn't follow it up. those are good ways
i was very proud to be an alife elizabeth warren to get that done. i want derivative regulation to be tough. i want there to be a change in the policy whereby the banks and other financial institutions make loans and then sold the whole loan and didn't have to retain any of it. all those are now being fought about. so i would welcome the allies. but the demonstrations -- and i don't -- the demonstrations are a good thing, conducted properly, but that has to lead to political participation or it...