and rebecca williams discusss the tax system and your facebook calls, comments and tweet on washington journal. live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up, the "the communicators" with minnesota senator al franken on the propos proposed comcast-time warner merg merger. and then "the up side of down" and michael lewis on his most recent book called "flash boys" and later" fragile by the design" >>> c-span created 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable provider or satellite provider. >> a few week ago on the comm e communicatcommun -- "the communicators" -- we had david cohen to talk about the proposed merger between comcast-time warner. he is on the privacy and technology and the law committee. yesterday at the hearing held by the committee you said that a merger between comcast-time warner would result in fewer choices, higher prices and even worse service. how do you come to that conclusion? >> well, because that has been the case when there is cons consolidation of media and telecommunication media. that is what is happening here. comcast is the bigg

andguests, rebecca wilkins william mcbride. to both of you, thank you for joining us. one of the reasons we wanted to come on was a question pull -- posed by gallup. the question is, he said, do you regard the income tax you have to pay this year as fair? yes, 41% say no. guest: fairness is in the eye of the beholder. it is not well defined. good true, you have got a survey there that indicates most people do not think it is very fair. i think they are right. depending on the various definitions of fairness. general principle of fairness is that everyone is treated equally under the law. our tax code does not do that and has not done that in a long time. 100 years or more. does note tax itself treat people equally. it taxes income. it taxes people for generating income. it does depend on your income. guest: most people are not upset with the amount of taxes they pay, but they're upset when ge or mitt romney has a lower tax rate than they have. our tax system is not very fair in our view because we believe it ought to be more progressive than wealthier people should hav

and rebecca williams discusss the tax system and your facebook calls, comments and tweet on washingtonjournal. live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up, the "the communicators" with minnesota senator al franken on the propos proposed comcast-time warner merg merger. and then "the up side of down" and michael lewis on his most recent book called "flash boys" and later" fragile by the design" >>> c-span created 35 years

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rebecca wilkins and william mcbride discuss the fairness and equity of the u.s. tax system. what needs to be done to reform it? your phone calls, facebook comments, and we. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the politics of food and dietary choice. you can see her remarks from george washington university live at 2:30 p.m. here on c-span. >> edison was a plant scientist as well as interested in other sciences. he knew that it did not freeze in fort myers. a lot of the interest that he had here in this area was aced on his love of plants. 1920's, the united states was relying on foreign rubber. we were heading into war. the decided that the plant material and the process should be done in this country. they were traveling all over the world and collecting plants. they had hundreds of people all over this country collecting plant. they were sending it back here to fort myers, to his laboratory, to find the source of plant materials that could produce robert efficiently. laboratory was put here because of that reason. they could grow the plants on-site and in duty preliminary research

rebecca wilkins and william mcbride discuss the fairness and equity of the u.s. tax system.what needs to be done to reform it? your phone calls, facebook comments, and we. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the politics of food and dietary choice. you can see her remarks

rebecca traister as well as rita williams ewing. thank you very much. of course, that is all for this evening on "all in with chris." i'm joy reid in for chris hayes who's doing exactly what he should be doing at home with his baby. i'll be back on msnbc tomorrow and every weekday at 2:00 p.m. eastern with "the reid report." "the rachel maddow" starts right now, good evening, rachel. >> good evening, joy. thank you, man. great to see you there. great to see you. >> thank you. >>> thanks to you at home for staying with us the next hour. in 2004, the academy award for best documentary went to a film called "the fog of war." >> was there a rule that said you shouldn't bomb, shouldn't kill, shouldn't burn to death civilians in the night? >> said if we lost the war, we all would have been prosecuted as war criminals. i think he's right. he, and i'd say i, we're behaving as war criminals. >> robert mcnamara. served in the air force during world war ii. robert mcnamara reflects on war and morality and his own complicity as a human being and as a u.s. policymak

rebecca traister as well as rita williams ewing. thank you very much.l for this evening on "all in with chris." i'm joy reid in for chris hayes who's doing exactly what he should be doing at home with his baby. i'll be back on msnbc tomorrow and every weekday at 2:00 p.m. eastern with "the reid report." "the rachel maddow" starts right now, good evening, rachel. >> good evening, joy. thank you, man. great to see you there. great to see you. >> thank you. >>> thanks to you at home for staying with us the next hour. in 2004, the academy award for best documentary went to a film called "the fog of war." >> was there a rule that said you shouldn't bomb, shouldn't kill, shouldn't burn to death civilians in the night? >> said if we lost the war, we all would have been prosecuted as war criminals. i think he's right. he, and i'd say i, we're behaving as war criminals. >> robert

will look at congressional efforts to fix the tax code and will hear from rebecca wilkens of citizens for tax justice and william mcbride of the tax foundation about the fairness and equity of the u.s. tax system and what might need to be done to reform it. plus your phone calls, facebook comments, to reach all on washington journal live tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. last month the acting director of the white house office of national drug control policy testified on the president's 2015 budget request. michael botticelli also discussed his office's efforts to deal with drug abuse and trafficking in the u.s. the hearing was held by a house appropriations subcommittee. it ran an hour 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee will come to order. today we will hear from the chief of police, the chief also accompanied by an assistant chief denim valerie -- malloy, excuse me. and we would like to congratulate him on his appointment. you bet. thank you. chief, we applaud the fact that apartment has come pleated the long-awaited and overdue radio modernization process. on behalf of th

you were just hearing from william mcbride, the tax foundation, and you were also hearing from rebecca wilkins, citizens for tax justice, their senior counsel. joe from new york, independent line. caller: good morning. and you hear me? i would just like to tell bill and rebekah there is a basic principle that says the consumer ultimately pays all taxes. talking about not the consumer. in new york state among we worked beyond the fourth of july to get our independence pat taxes.about 60% of our that includes the jurisdictions of federal, state, and local. it includes the county. the school district. the city. and other special districts. that covers the income tax system, a property tax system, a sales tax system. all of new york state. i think you people, both of you, have not mentioned that the consumer ultimately pays all taxes. and your example of the mother going down and buying milk and paying a sales tax of $.10 or whatever you said it was -- that is only part of it because the store pays property taxes and the owner of the distribution products, the tracking system, they pay tax

you were just hearing from william mcbride, the tax foundation, and you were also hearing from rebecca wilkins, citizens for tax justice, their senior counsel. joe from new york, independent line. caller: good morning. and you hear me? i would just like to tell bill and rebekah there is a basic principle that says the consumer ultimately pays all taxes. talking about not the consumer. in new york state among we worked beyond the fourth of july to get our independence pat taxes.about 60% of our that includes the jurisdictions of federal, state, and local. it includes the county. the school district. the city. and other special districts. that covers the income tax system, a property tax system, a sales tax system. all of new york state. i think you people, both of you, have not mentioned that the consumer ultimately pays all taxes. and your example of the mother going down and buying milk and paying a sales tax of $.10 or whatever you said it was -- that is only part of it because the store pays property taxes and the owner of the distribution products, the tracking system, they pay tax