i'm going to begin with rebecca thiess. e forgot rebecca, let me take us around her panel cepeda can tell that they are inimical to rebecca was history. bob mcintyre, with the heck are you doing on this channel? [inaudible] >> well, i have a microphone. this is so cool. i wanted to talk into a microphone. it's one of my favorite game. i know is that these things. i've been doing this since 1975 and you could argue it should blame for everything that's wrong in the world today, at least when it comes to taxes. i take no credit for religious strife. and just to say that people think man, this is always going one way and it's always begins test. that's not true. we've had over the years amazing victories and some staggering losses. are we better off than they were then? hard to say, but we certainly have done good news as well as bad and i am looking forward to this year to pushing that rock up much closer to the top of the hill before it falls back down on me again. >> you do as director for citizens for tax justice. >> that's

i'm going to begin with rebecca thiess. before i go to rebecca, i let me take us around the panel. then we will go to rebecca. what the heck are you doing on this panel? >> i have a microphone. this is so cool. i am making progress. i wanted to talk into a microphone. it is one of my favorite things. i am always at these things. i have been doing this since 1975. you can argue that i am to blame for everything wrong in the world when it comes to taxes. i take no credit for religious strife. to say that people think, oh man, this is always going one way against us, that is not true. we have had some very amazing victories in we have had some staggering losses. are we better off than we were then? hard to say. we certainly have done some good things as well as bad. i am looking forward to pushing that rock up much closer to the top of the hill before it falls back down on me again. >> you do this as the director of citizens for tax justice? you are supposed to throw that in there. >> -- >> you have been banging away at it. we'll ask you why you have not had more successes in a moment

but i want to begin -- and i'm going to begin with rebecca thiess. let me take this around our panel so we let people tell about who they are, and then we'll go to rebecca. bob mcintyre, what are you doing on this panel? >> always an excellent question. well, i have a microphone, this is so cool. i wanted to talk into a microphone. it's one of my favorite things. i'm here -- well, i'm always at these things. i've been doing this since 1975, and you could arc i'm to blame for everything that's -- argue that i'm to blame for everything that's wrong with the world today. at least when it comes to taxes. people think, oh, man, this is always going one way and it's always against us. that's not true. we've had, over the years, some very amazing victories and we've had some staggering losses. are we better off than we were then? hard to say. but we certainly have done some good things as well as bad, and i'm looking forward to this year, to pushing that rock up much much closer to the top of the hill. >> you do it on behalf of tax justice. you've been bangi

i'm going to begin with rebecca thiess. before i go to rebecca, i let me take us around the panel. then we will go to rebecca. what the heck are you doing on this panel? >> i have a microphone. this is so cool. i am making progress. i wanted to talk into a microphone. it is one of my favorite things. i am always at these things. i have been doing this since 1975. you can argue that i am to blame for everything wrong in the world when it comes to taxes. i take no credit for religious strife. to say that people think, oh man, this is always going one way against us, that is not true. we have had some very amazing victories in we have had some staggering losses. are we better off than we were then? hard to say. we certainly have done some good things as well as bad. i am looking forward to pushing that rock up much closer to the top of the hill before it falls back down on me again. >> you do this as the director of citizens for tax justice? you are supposed to throw that in there. >> -- that is my title. >> you have been banging away at it. we'll ask you why you have not had more suc

i want to begin, i'm going to begin with rebecca thiess who is going to -- before i go to rebecca letke us run our panel so we let people know a little bit about who they are. bob mcintyre, what the heck are you doing on this panel? >> i have a microphone. >> are making progress. >> i wanted to talk into a microphone, one of my favorite things. i am always at these things. i've been doing this since 1975 and you could argue i'm to blame for everything that is wrong in the world today at least when it comes to taxes. and just to say that you know people think oh, and this is always going one way and it's always against us. it's not sure. we have had over the years some very amazing victories and we have had some staggering losses. are we better off than we were then? i would say but we certainly have done some good things as well as bad, and i'm looking forward to this year to pushing that rock up closer to the top of the hill before it falls back down on me again. >> and you do this as director of citizens for tax director. >> that is my title. >> you're supposed to throw that in ther