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came out, a billionaire, and mark cuban said this. he says we shouldn't be trying to shift the benefits of wealth behind some curtain while some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, i don't. i find it patriotic. i think that that's an interesting that now we're starting to see different people of that top 1% or 2% come out and say what are you all talking about? what's wrong with this? and in fact cuban says, alex, it's patriotic. >> billionaires coming out of the woodwork saying take my money, please. i think that that, you know, speaks to a sense that we are sort of off the rails in terms of our tax policy and as senator boxer said, look, the top 0.1% of the country makes 10% of the gross income. there's something -- there is something off kilter there, but to your earlier point, reverend, there is backlash to what the president did on monday, and that's inevitable and a lot of people understand why he's doing it. one, the sort of political strategy. i mean, the gop has basically dug in its heels on every level to the exte

but then you have bill o'reilly that says that we'll get tax fifty percent if we are people like mark cuban coming out and saying you know tax us all or warren buffett you know the really really rich people so ready ok. this story. is a really good one see that's really really sad but might crack you ok take a look. according to charging documents the kindergarten teacher had asked children to bring pictures of their family for show and tell a crack pipe and several baggies of rocks which later tested positive for methamphetamine were what the six year old brought. i think that might be the worst show and tell story that i ever heard a good crack i actually had a crack in it too oh no he brought it back he was like three thousand dollars worth of crack grazie the imbalance. thousand dollars worth of crack lying around i mean and i could say i didn't really want to break he didn't realize it was all like half cracked half that i was really can i was you know i had to turn around and ask other people in the newsroom can this happen and then. started i thought also that this had to be the wors

most of us who have had a chance to write a big check to uncle sam, like mark cuban said the other dayally pretty exciting. >> they keep talking about how if you change the top personal income tax rate, you will hurt small business and small business creators tremendously. by moving it from 35% to 39.5%, by moving it 4 1/2 points, leaving all the deductions in place and all the ways in which business and individuals have of actually reducing their effective rate, why in the 1990s when we did that, when we had a 39.5% top tax rate, why was business booming? >> what's driving entrepreneurship are technological and management things making it easier to start a company and therefore, making entrepreneurship available to people who never would have been able to try it before. i go so far to say entrepreneurship is now a career you can pursue. that's very exciting. that means a lot more people pursuing entrepreneurship. there are more startups operating today than at any time in history. although the overall economy is grim and there are certainly employment challenges, in the startup hubs,

. >> bill: billionaire mark cuban seems to love the media spotlight.ntly played himself on what popular tv program? "two and a half men"? curb your enthusiasm. entourage. he played himself on what program? cards up, please. and the answer is, roll the tape. >> i got to tell you, really hate to lose you. you've been a tremendous asset to this company. >> you think? >> no. not really. but i like you. you did bring me up. i'd hate for you to miss out if i take this public. >> i appreciate that, mark. but i got another opportunity, i could really use the money now. >> how much money you need? >> it's small, mark. nothing you would be interested in. >> okay. maybe next time. >> bill: probably not. you both are right. "entourage." it's tied with two questions to go. very exciting. here is question number 3. >> less make it million dollars questions. >> bill: why is he interrupting me? >> i'll smack him around. >> bill: question 4, "citizen kane "featured charles foster kane. >> rosebud. >> bill: all right. kane is widely believed to be based on what real lif

billionaire mark cuban wrote on his blog -- while some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, i don't. i find it patriotic. i'm not saying the government's use of tax money is the most efficient use of our hard-earned capital. it obviously is not. in a perfect world there would be a better option. we don't live in a perfect world. we don't live in a perfect time. we live in a time where the government plays a big role in an effort to help lead us out of this great recession. that's reality. today republicans shifted their rhetoric from class warfare to trying to portray the president as a quitter at the game of government. boehner's spokesman said "divided government is difficult and at times ugly but with 9.1% unemployment and more than a year until the next election i don't think americans are going to approve of the president taking his ball and going home." joining me now is congressman jan schakowsky of illinois who served on the commission of fiscal responsibility and reform. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. >> has the president taken his ball and g

and now, thousands of cubans have marked the death of a senior political figure. >> that's right, rico. cubans paid tribute to the late defense minister, julio casas, who died over the weekend of a heart attack. he was a close associate of president raul castro and one of the island's vice presidents. his death is bound to a new focus on the fragility of the country's aging leadership. >> general casas was one of the original revolutionary fighters. his death was marked with full military honors. the day, thousands of cubans of all ages filed past his portrait in the lobby at the ministry of defense. outside, the lines stretched as far as the eye could see. julio casas ragero was a trained accountant who gave up his job in the late 1950's and headed to the mountains to join fidel castro's army fighting to overthrow the dictator battista. general casas was 75 years old, one of the younger leaders here in cuba, and his death has brought into focus the fact that there is no clear plan for a transition to a younger generation of leaders. president raul castro is 80 years old and so is his

marked with full military honors. throughout the day, thousands of cubans of all ages filed past his portrait in the lobby of the ministryof defense. outside the line stretched as far as the eye could see. julio rigero was a trained accountant who gave up his job in the late 1950's and headed to the mountains to join fidel castro's rebel army attempting to overthrow dictator bautista. he was 75 years old. he was one of the younger leaders in cuba. his death has brought into focus that there is no clear plan for a transition to a younger generation of leaders. president raul castro is 80 years old and so is his number two. if i had el castro who no longer holds any official position, is 85. he has not been seen in public since this appearance in april. congress did elect a number of younger members on to a central committee of the communist party. that's where many expect cuba's future leaders to come from. after this generation, there are many more ready to continue fighting for the revolution, this man told me. the revolution continues, this woman said. the old led by example, it will be no problem. the changeover is as

cubans who are imprisoned in the u.s. who claims to be in the u.s. monitoring terrorist groups now they're marking thirteen years of incarceration in prisons across the u.s. government heard about them it's needed because the mainstream media doesn't tie.

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