side and inside the congress congresswoman jan schakowsky thanks so much for the great work you're doing good luck with this bill they'd like you for being our program there we'll see if republicans jump on board i'm kind of skeptical here since the plan violates one of the main party platforms for tenants that rich people don't have to sacrifice like the rest of us to get our nation's budget back you know i mean they've been doing that since right it's like a chapter title for my book rebuilding the american dream we need to roll back the reagan tax cuts. when we come back as promised a full breakdown of what's happening in egypt and right now and the consequences for the united states. it's twenty four seven live streaming news tells what to tell you about the ongoing financial heart unlimited free high quality videos for download. and stories you may never find. the political. posts aren't done much to stand. as the deaths toll soars in the last friday's nine point zero earthquake and tsunami in japan fifty japanese nuclear plant workers are quite literally putting their lives on the

paying taxes as well senator you've proposed legislation to tax millionaires and congresswoman jan schakowsky broke the news of her proposed tax for millionaires sitting right here next to me on this show a few weeks ago do you think either of your proposals years in the senate has in the house will gather steam as more and more average working people realize how badly they're being screwed well i can tell you this there was a wall street n.b.c. poll couple of weeks ago and this is what the polls. what do you think the best way is to move toward deficit reduction eighty one percent of the people thought that a surtax on families earning a million dollars a year or more was a good idea eighty one percent then they said people what do you think is the worst way to go toward deficit reduction and people say don't cut social security so the american people believe in the concept of shared sacrifice they think when the wealthiest people today are doing phenomenally well their taxes have gone down they should contribute so the american people are already there and i think the more they learn about

jan, if you'd share with us, i know you have a project under way. perhaps you will share with us. ms. schakowsky: first, let me thank you for focusing not only tonight but so many days on the floor of the house about jobs, since the new majority has done nothing, absolutely nothing to create jobs for the american people since they've been in charge and instead want to gut federal programs in a way economists say will eliminate jobs and slow our economic recovery and put hardship on the american people. yes, i do want to say, first of all, that democrats have a plan and we know what it takes to make investments by building strong infrastructure and what our plan is called, and i want to thank our leader, the whip, steny hoyer, for giving us the -- summarizing it in the best way possible and that's make it in america. and i know you'll talk about that. we mean both making stock here, which we ought to do, and i think americans everywhere and certainly in my district, they start nodding as soon as i say we need to make it in america and everybody, regardless of party, regardless of income starts to