our greatest economic pros sparety in history occurred in the '90s when we had exactly the same -- >> we had a tax bubble. >> -- as we have right now. no, throw out the '90s. the tech bubble didn't boost the economy. we had strong economic growth with exactly the tax structures we havtoday. the problem is people don't have money because there's no wage increases. that's the macro economic problem is. you have over population liing from paycheck to paycheck. of course, the idiocy coming out of washington by default and about downgrade and about government shutdown, that doesn't help the economy any either. >> well, gary, bottom line, taxes, do they help or hurt the economy? >> well, they always hurt the economy. up, going back to the point that steve made, let's stipulate that he's right. the big difference then in the '90s the government spent a lot less as a percent of gdp. when you raise taxes you're taking it from an efficient source, the market, the consumer, and giving it, by definition, an inefficient source of spending, the government. go through their zillion programs they run

but he wants to talk about incomedies sparety between black and white and he will talk about the poor has been criticized by some in the black community nor not doing enough for the poor but we will hear from the president in a limit bit less than an hour here. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of the march on washington's 50,000 anniversary when president obama speaks from the steps of the lincoln memorial. abc7 news will carry a special report that expected some time after this broadcast and you can get updates throughout the bay or throughout the day on twitter@abcnews bay area. >> president obama was two years old when dr. king gave the speech. >> the united states is moving closer to action in syria. and the united nations is saying about military plans for the country. >> a bay area women whose goal is to change what kids are eating and recitizenning the >> the u.n. special envoy to sear suggests a chemical substance was used to kill hundreds of people but any military strategic on sear must have u.n. security council approval. israel is starting to call up reservists to p