john taft, michael reagan and margaret hoover.d your president think of the paralysis in washington? what would he have done about it? >> he put together the tax break of 1981, he called tip o'neill to the white house and had dinner. he went back to the staff and said i'm going to support ronald reagan. and at 40 blue dog democrats would have voted with my father, but he carried the water. what did the president promise you? what did he say? >> he never talked about taxes all night long. i talked about the greatness and goodness of the people. i'm having a glass of wine with the president and telling irish stories. bring people together in washington. you really do. that is not happening. the paralysis, the problem is everywhere. not just one party or the other party. really everywhere. no one is asking haefr reid. why you haven't had a budge net four years. nobody holding his feet to the fire like they are holding republican's feet to the fire? the media also has to be equal opportunity and say i'm going to go after republicans o

always there. >>> back now with my presidents day panel with john taft, michael reagan, and margaretmichael, what do you think your father would have made of the paralysis in washington over the last couple years and what would he have done about it? >> you know, when he put together the tax break of 1981, he call ed tip o'neal in the white house and had dinner. tip o'neal went back the next day to his staff and said i'm going to support ronald reagan and carry the tax relief bill to the congress. he had 40 democrats in the congress to vote for my father, but he the to carry the water. when they asked to tip, what did the president promise you, what did he say? he didn't talk about taxes all night long. he talked about the greatness and goodness of people. before i know it, i'm having a glass of wine with the president and telling irish stories. you need to bring together the people in washington. the paralysis is everywhere. it's not just one party or the other party. it's everywhere. nobody is asking harry reid why he hasn't had a budget in four years. nobody is holding his feet to

his son, michael reagan is here, a political chairman of the reagan group.g because ronald reagan believed in, i don't know if you want to call it amnesty or what do you want to call it, but in accommodating illegal immigrants in this country and yet, he did not wind up believing that he went about it the right way. tell us more. >> well, you know, part of that also, if you look at simpson, they weren't happy with the end result either because as usual, you take a good piece of legislation and throw it to the house of representatives with the senate and they add things onto it that undermine what that bill was supposed to do. and you know, what my father was concerned about, later on, is that the second half of that bill never took place. the closer to the building, the building of the fence, that didn't happen until my good friend congressman duncan hunter, congressman from san diego started putting a wall up in the 1980's and 1990's. so, ronald reagan didn't get all of what he wanted in the bill just like with taxes 3 for 1. never got the 3 for the 1. and

. >> megyn: joining me now, political consultant michael reagan, chairman of the reagan group. watch to you on this ash wednesday. wow, it seemed to me when i listened to those two men last night that marco rubio and the republican party are not ceding any ground when it comes to the middle voters? >> and they shouldn't. you look at the president of the united states. the fact of the matter is all he did was layout more government, more government, more government. that has not helped the middle class. just ask those people who got the paycheck since january 1st how much more they're being paid this year than last year and they'll all say i'm getting less money this year than i got last year. this president talks about helping the middle class. the only class helped is sitting in front of him last night in the congress of the united states. >> it's interesting to see the pundits and their take how the messages came out last night and "the washington post," described president obama's plan as one of economic fairness, shared sacrifice, and aggressive government. now, that the pre

. >> there are parts of the dream act that ronald reagan wouldn't support. >> michael reaggan weighs in . i amuma. live from the nation's capitol right now. >> we begin the hour with the latest on the drama that continues to play out in alabama. it is it a hostage situation for a five year old little boy who needs medical attention and crying for his parents. he was taken off of the school bus on tuesday. we'll go to ana who is standing by. elizabeth who is standing by with the latest on the situation, elizabeth? uma, we hope to learn new details. but we learned of the confirmed identify of the murderer and man who kidnapped the little boy. jimmy lee dyces is the man involve would. we are just blocks away from his property. i am here with ricky stockings. he has a seb site . ricky was on the scene before the authorities got there. we have paragraphs. you said children running down the street over your shoulder. can you tell me about it >> in front of the church the bus droach up to pick up the kids a replacement bus and the one that you see in the church is it not where it took place

with more on this, michael reagan, founder of the rating group. welcome back to the show.at to have you here. i need to get you to comment on to harry reid. this weekend talking about more taxes. he says, the american people are on his side. here he is. >> the american people don't believe in this bustier things. we believe that he rich should contribute. we believe we should fill those tax loopholes, get rid of them, i should say, and t that is whee we need to go. gerri: do you agree? >> no, i don't. john kennedy did not agree. ronald reagan did not agree. they did not agree back in the 1920's. it is never worked in the history of this country raising taxes to bring in more revenue. by the way, the revenue is projected for this year, over two and half trillion dollars. that's more than we took in last year, more than we took in in 2007 and 2008. it is always and has always been a spending problem in washington d.c. look at what is going on in california. wall street loves what california is doing, but remember, the people who voted to raise taxes in california made it ret

michael reagan. what do you think your dad would think of this president's address? >> i think he would have thought the marco rubio address was absolutely on target, and i will tell you, it absolutely was. he would be so proud of marco rubio. he would look to the president's address and sell more of the same. i tweeted, let's put people to work by joining the atlantic with the pacific oceans and having one giant bucket brigade. let's put people to work that way. the president of the united states needs to understand, he can do nothing until the economy is fixed. my father understood this, as you well know, neil. he could not deal with russia in the issues of what was going on in the soviet bloc until the fix the economy of the added states of america which, by the way, was growing at 7 percent, i think, at this time in his second administration. unless we fix the economy your first we're not going to be able to do anything. neil: well, your father has recognized that -- maybe he went too far, accepted and solid revenue hikes. you argue that your dad police will lead

president must have in lining talk show hosts rush limbaugh, oliver north, j gordon liddy and michael reagan others take to the air with basically the same format detail a problem, blame the government or a group and invite invective from like-minded people. >> sean: i only have 20 seconds now that this guy loved liberals, i guess justified by their logic to blame them for what he did. >> and the left has blame whitey or blame righty and now the blame righty mob has remained silence since this manifesto heaped praise on these people and come back to blow up in their faces and nothing to say about it. >> sean: michelle, always good to be with us. >> you bet. >> sean: and called a liberal mainstre mainstream, marco rubio taking a drink of water. and how dare he. we'll look at the ridiculous things lobbed at the senator and scott brown makes his first appearance as a fox news contributor on hannity and log on to our special companion site hannity and share your thoughts on the media and the california ♪ [ male announcer ] start with a groundbreaking car. good. then invent an entirely new way to

. >> michael reagan talks about reid's idea on raising more taxes. >> i'm sure there's a lot to say on. thank you very much. >> a great segue. does the government need more tax rev -- revenue to cut the deficit? no doubt, says president obama. the judge calls it theft. he's here next. >> as we do every day at this time of day. let's take a look at the 10-and 30-year treasuries as we head to break. we'll be right back. ♪ this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ >> this is requester fox business brief. stocks under pressure as of dow closed above 14,000 friday, a weaker than expected factory orders report drags down the market. the government says it orders rows 1.8% in december versus a forecast of 2.2%. we'll look out for numbers of yum brands after the close today. the parent company of taco bell, kfc, and pizza hut is expec

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but nobody got it just the opposite all over stone was trying to send up the excesses of the reagan era michael douglas's portrayal helped inspire a whole generation of slicked back hair doos in double breasted suits adopting the greed is good ethos and pursuing the american dream as it had come to be defined now delivers obscene well for a very few poverty and misery down on many and serving as a homicidal force for others because people do in fact die for the. lack of access to healthcare in the richest country in the world that's the us of a human consumption is in fact accelerating the instruction of our planet people do in fact die in wars waged based on lies that profit the precious view over five million children globally each year do not reach their fifth birthday because they die of starvation all of this is not because the system that puts man on the moon or can squeeze an entire library onto a computer chip the size of a thumbnail has failed to find a way to solve these problems rather our system without apology places corporate greed. and greed take back the popular phrase is not go