institute and our other guest is rebecca wilkins with citizens for tax justice. hat is your take on theguest: alan is right. a lot of these provisions make it incredibly complex. to simplify the tax code and we need to stop trying to do so many things in the tax code. a lot of things to be better done in direct spending. a great example is the research and experimentation credit that everyone thinks is a fabulous idea. president obama has, in his corporate tax free-market, propose to expand that and governor romney has proposed to make it permanent. it's one area that is just ripe for abuse. when you put a special provision in the code, people do all sorts of crazy things to qualify for that special tax break and things that would never get funding as a research project, but people find a way to take a tax break. they take on the amended return. some accountants came in and said, i think you could have qualified for the research credit on this. special sauce. those kinds of things really do not belong in the tax code. host: with you go to find governor romney's ta

which means workers have to pick up the bill a new study by citizens for tax justice finds that the federal government lost more than four hundred thirty billion dollars in revenue from corporations hiding their profits overseas corporate profits stashed overseas are not subject to our nation's corporate tax rate currently more than one and a half trillion dollars at a minimum and corporate profits are stashed away overseas and looking at more than two hundred eighty corporations on the fortune five hundred that hide their profits overseas citizens for tax justice found that if these companies all brought their profits back to america and paid an average twenty seven percent corporate tax rate than the united states government would collect four hundred thirty three billion dollars in revenue every single year that's nearly half the size of our current budget deficit the simple truth is this these corporate guys aren't patriots they're corporate predators who as long as they're getting quarterly profit goals have no problem parking their money overseas all the nation

guest: citizens for tax justice with our sister organization, we do a study of corporate tax rates ande do that by going file andhe 10k's they we look at what they're reporting to shareholders and paying taxes. 280 of the fortune 500 companies ended up in our study. the one to did not were not profitable for the three-year period we were looking at. the average rate corporations were paying was only 18.5%, barely half of the statutory rate. 78 companies had at least one year in the three-year period that did not pay taxes at all and 30 companies that did not pay taxes in all three years. general electric was one of them. collectively, those 30 companies had billions in profits yet they paid no federal income tax. when romney says things like 47% of people don't pay income tax, besides the problems with that remark, there are a lot of corporations and very wealthy people not paying income tax, the irs publishes statistics on income each year and a look at the top 400 taxpayers with the highest income. six of them in 2009 did not pay any federal income tax. host: go ahead. guest: this hi

supreme court has struck down a proposal for a number of so-called private cities with their own tax and justice systems. wealthy landowners have pushed the plan, drawn opposition from human rights groups. the honduran justices ruled the establishment of private jurisdictions outside of honduran law would violate the constitution. former president jimmy carter is accusing the israeli government of abandoning any effort to reach a peace deal with the palestinians. speaking during a visit to israel and the occupied west bank, president carter said israel, with u.s. backing, has never been less publicly committed to a two-state solution. >> i think for the first time in my memory of the mideast peace process, we have reached a crisis stage. it because all the previous prime ministers of israel have been detective lee and proven the committed to a two-day solution. i was at every prime minister i have known has been a pursuer of the two-day solution. i don't know that president obama has found prime minister netanyahu is willing to go that route. >> in canada, thousands of people gathered outside th

tax break. dissenting justices says state law does not distinguish between the dances so it creates constitutional problems. the lawsuit was filed by an adult club "night moves" near albany, new york. that's an amazing buffet and it says they should be exempt from the sales tax. you know what should be considered art? this. >> i rest my case. dan, could you argue that pole dancing is just as difficult as ballet, and perhaps even more difficult than ballet and considered art? >> absolutely. ballet you go to julliard and you study and get all flexible and bendy. >> first position, second position. >> striping you have to dedicate an entire childhood to hard core abuse, drugs, physical, whatever you can, and then do it in heels? by the way, been tonight moves in albany. love theiren are decision of othelo. >> you can talk about the worst parts of a stripper lifestyle, but they will show video that makes it look great. they talk about the drug abuse, the parental abuse, but they show girls going like this and they say oh who cares about the abuse. >> i would love to meet the one carefree stripper that

supported by our tax dollars and they also as taxpayers have a particular need for tax fairness and tax justicere willing to eliminate the child tax credit. and that's somehow doesn't count as raising taxes. well, that has an enormous impact on women, especially single women, but women broadly. so let me go through some of the specifics of some of these issues, many that you know, and that we hear throughout the debates as with varying degrees of intensity depending on the particular candidates, the particular locations, whether they are national, federal, state, local. but all of these levels have impact dramatic impact on the lives of women. let me mention just a couple. the pay gap. 77 cents on the dollar is what the average woman earns today working full time compared to men. now, that has been the figure that we have tried to budge. when i first started working on these issues it was 59 cents on the dollar. so we've made some progress. one of the first people that i worked with was elly newman's wonderful husband who working for a union was bringing lawsuits to deal with the issue of equal

tax breaks. the judge gave the justice department ten days to decide whether or not to appeal. >>> this is the t-shirt giants fans are going to want to get their hands on. we'll show you where they're printing . >>> a heavy downpour added a bit of drama to the end of the giant's triumphant game seven victory. many of rain -- many of rain hit the -- plenty of rain hit the area. we're live in larks burrow standing by with what this new wave of rain could bring. >> there's finally break in the rain. you can see the roads are slick. there's still a lot of oil because the last time there was a major rain here was june and it's causing problems for the cars out here. >> reporter: fist responders are -- first responders are worried about a repeat of this morning's commute with the amount of giants fans. >> ten collisions were reported. >> reporter: causing a ground delay, at weather related power outages around the region. >> we've had a significant band of weather come in through the evening hours. caused some local flooding. >> public works crews in the east and north bay have been busy clearing drains to

tax breaks. the judge gave the justice department ten days to decide whether or not to appeal. >>> th is e t-shirt giants fans are going to want to get their hands on. we'll show you where they're printing these shirts into the wee hours of the morning. >> we'll show you how the first storm of the season is affecting the bay area. . >>> a heavy downpour added a bit of drama to the end of the giant's triumphant game seven victory. many of rain -- many of rain hit the -- plenty of rain hit the area. we're live in larks burrow standing by with what this new wave of rain could bring. >> there's finally break in the rain. you can see the roads are slick. there's still a lot of oil because the last time there was a major rain here was june and it's causing problems for the cars out here. >> reporter: fist responders are -- first responders are worried about a repeat of this morning's commute with the amount of giants fans. >> ten collisions were reported. >> reporter: causing a ground delay, at weather related power outages around the region. >> we've had a significant band of weather come in through th

tax reimbursements to foreign companies. that is in order to comply with a ruling from the european court of justice. >> the court found that foreign stockholders in germany paid too much in taxes on their dividends and ordered germany to rectify the situation. the payments are set to cost the treasury at least 3 billion euros. >> the german economics ministry has confirmed media reports that european and north african countries have begun negotiations on a mass of solar energy project in the sahara desert. >> the desert tech project would see solar energy produced in north africa and exported to europe. according to a german newspaper, a treaty could be signed by early next year. the first solar farm would be built in morocco. >> could the saharan son soon be powering european cities -- the saharan sun? it could be home to a large new solar farm with the capacity of 150 megawatts. that is just one part of europe's vision to get renewable energy from africa. german-led consortium does it take wants to provide 50% of europe's energy by 2015, using wind and solar energy -- german- led consortium desert-tech. it is hoped that c

he thinks of taxes as an instrument of justice to redistribute income and punish people for their successes's just simply not in touch with reality. and yes, dick, we could get to real serious and effective, productive growth-oriented tax reform, but we couldn't get there with this fella. he's just not in touch with reality. he doesn't understand. >> dick gephardt, let me just quote. this is interesting. from an interview that was originally blocked out but then they finally released it. from the "des moines register." this is obama telling the des moines register he thinks this fiscal cliff is going to bring on a big debate. he thinks it's going to force a debate and he thinks it's going to force a grand bargain. i want to get both of your point of view. that grand bargain will include spending cuts, health care spending cuts, and tax increases on wealthy taxpayers. that's what he told the "des moines register." is that a good idea, and do you think that's what it's going to turn out? dick gephardt, you first. >> well, you know, larry, we did this in 1990 when george bush the first was pre

tax exempt status plus. better late than never japan's justice minister admits after thirty years of silence to having ties to the country's mafia known as the accuser. and u.s. pharmacists claiming that company responsible for meningitis outbreak forced them to prepare dangerous narcotics in conditions that they deemed unsafe place and more online on our website our team. the un security council has approved a resolution that could see a military intervention in mali the west african republic wants to help deal with islamic extremists who have taken over the north of the country the nation was plunged into chaos in march after a coup toppled the president. and the islamists took advantage of the instability seeing control of the northern half the country and proclaiming independence the resolution also called for secular rebel groups in the country to sever ties with al qaeda and to enter talks to end the crisis historian gerald horne explains why it might be too late for the world community to clean up a mess that can be traced back to foreign interference in libya. there is no question that what is happeni

not see him supporting expanding the earned-income tax credits or giving more money for public schools. there is a long history of catholic social justice, and a lot of people in my book reflect that. dorothy day. he is a right wing conservative, and he can try to mask that during the campaign, just as romney is trying to do that with some of his right-wing police, but i think if they get elected, it will be a disaster -- romney is trying to do that with some of his right-wing beliefs. a saving grace if romney and ryan get elected -- the best hope for progress of politics in this country is for obama to get reelected and then to be pushed by cresson's -- by progresses. fighting for union rights, fighting on behalf of the disenfranchised, and i think that movement, as it appears today in the form of community organizing, like the alliance of californians for community empowerment, and the national people's action, if they get a second wind, in some part because the occupy wall street movement helped to change the country -- people are talking about the incredible power of wall street and the right wing of billionaires, -- right winged bi

justice for blocking theirs. attorney general eric holder is an outspoken critic against these and similar voter i.d. laws calling them the equivalent of a modern day poll taxught up with the attorney general in washington, d.c. busy time for you. >> always is. the justice department is an interesting place and a lot of issues we are constantly conare fronting. it's always busy here. >> i know why it's especially busy, everyone is debating whether or not this is discrimination, whether or not this is something we shouldn't even be talking about. >> the justice department has a unique responsibility inñ that regard. we're the enforcers of the voting rights act of 1965 and in particular section five of that act which deals with the whole question of voting and so we've been active in that regard. we file suits against certain states where we thought the practices that they sought to introduce were." inappropriate. we have precleared other states where we think the changes they have made are in fact appropriate so we have a good number of lawyers in our civil rights division who are engaged at this moment in just that subject. >> help walk me through this, bec

tax exempt status plus. better late than never japan's of justice minister admits after thirty years of silence having ties to the country's mafia known as the be a kusa. and the u.s. pharmacists claim the company responsible for this outbreak forced them to prepare dangerous narcotics in conditions they say this and more online at our website r t v dot com. by horse. by tractor. by car for the road. as a carpenter. as a stove setter. a farmer. as an assistant. as a friend. as a relative delivering post and delivering. i mean so to know his city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter the pick a. c. thank you. scott c. . thank you the. dog days of. the fridays it. makes common. to see it's so true. and live from moscow this is our t.v. glad to have you with us the u.n. security council has approved a resolution that could see a military intervention in mali the west african republic wants help to deal with islamic extremists who have taken over the north of the country the nation was plunged into chaos in march after the coup toppled the president there twenty eight rebels and islamists took adva

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tax rate on the highest earners. mr. holland who won office on campaign promises of, quote, social justice, is now battling complaints about taxes and labor laws to individuals leaving the country to avoid the policies. leaving no revenue. holland has pledged to repeal 36.5 billion dollars in tax breaks over the next five years. he wants to increase the payroll and profit levels to 46.9% in 2017. how soon before it hits 50% or more? we know money is mobile and money moves to places it is treated best. michelin for one has decided to build in the united states for the first time in 35 years rather than france though labor costs in the u.s. are also high. in france the policy is to lay off workers or modify contracts. france has the second highest labor expense after belgium. the expenses made companies reluctant to hire while there are almost 3 million people jobless. there is a protest entitled state of emergency for business warning that tax rates are threatening lasting damage to the french economy. why do we care? france wasn't always like this. there was a time france was a nanny state. how long until smart money manag

republican platforms year after year promoting anti-lynching legislation and anti-poll tax legislation and endorsing justicell but attorney thurgood marshall's victory in brown vs. board of education. the democratic platform did not. it was eisenhower and nixon who got through the 1957 and 1960 civil rights act over the ferocious maneuvering of lyndon b. johnson. but at that point, with thurgood marshall's victories in the supreme court and the republicans pushing through civil rights with dwight eisenhower sending federal troops to enforce marshall's victories down in little rock, with bill clinton's friend, orvil favis in the schoolhouse door, the democrats out of political calculation had to pretend to care about civil rights. the first civil rights legislation ever pushed by a democrat was in 1964 act yet and still far more republicans voted for it in the house and the senate. in both houses it was about 80% republican, 60% democrat. the republicans who opposed it opposed it for constitutional grounds. they had voted for every other civil rights bill. not so the democrats and they were not conservative

as taxpayers, the have a particular need for tax fairness and justice. r reductions in the tax code now, like the child tax credit. some have argued against raising any taxes. some are willing to eliminate that child tax credit. somehow that does not count as raising taxes. that has an enormous impact, especially on single women, or women broadly. let me -- excuse me -- go through some of the specifics of some of these issues. many of them are issues that you know. there are various degrees of intensity and betting on the vocations and whether the our national or state or local. all of these issues have dramatic impact on the lives of women. let me mention a couple. 77 cents on the dollar is what the average woman earns today working full time compared to men. that has been a separate figure that we have tried to budge. when it restarted working on these issues, it was 59 cents on the dollar. we have made some progress. one of the first people that i worked with was working for a union. new out and about the issue of equal pay. ut the issue of equal pay.

going protect us because there is no limit on the maximum tax rate that can be imposed on the people. so in the name of equality, social justicehare, we may -- we could just as well see tax rates on incomes over $100,000. if that happens, then you can figure out what the consequences of that would be. abandon businesses, chaos, eventually a police state and starvation. this can happen. i have seen it happen. it can happen again. it can happen here. so i want people to be aware of the potential consequences of their votes. >> right. and you're saying that these kinds of policies, socialism drives an economy into the dull drums and makes people -- >> that's absolutely correct. >> what about this conspiracy theory out there, sir, that, you know, the corporate america part of america is trying to get romney elected? what are your thoughts on that? it's a conspiracy theory and we're not seeing socialism and instead you're seeing sort of the higher end and corporations get the fair share of things under a romney presidency. >> it is sheer nonsense as far as i'm concerned. i have never spoken to romney. i've never spoken to anybody i

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justice. the president wants to regulate the economy and the tax system to provide for those who don't have very much. some conservatives call that a namistate. the truth is what the president wants is what western europe has. a giant government that redistributes income. the problem is social justice costs a lot of money. and some european countries like greece are now exploding in violence because the greek government has run out of cash. it can no longer pay the huge entitlement. so these people are angry. they want to destroy the establishment. with the usa owing more than $16 trillion, those scenes could happen here. it is conceivable. if we keep spending a trillion dollars more than we take in, we will eventually go broke. the only reason we aren't bankrupt yet is that folks overseas are still buying treasury bonds and other u.s. investments. that could stop in a hurry. president obama has not addressed the issue. his theme is, if you tax wealthy americans and corporations more then the debt will get under control. but the figures don't back that up. right now the federal government spends

here's how justice ruth bader ginsburg described the eventful spring. >> the term has been more than usually taxingsome have called it the term of the century. >> reporter: now, three months later the court is back and there are no signs of it cooling down. >> the justices are moving from the frying pan right into the fire. they are tackling some of the most difficult legal questions of the day. across the board, probably, the biggest term in at least a decade. >> reporter: cases involving the contentious issues of affirmative action, same-sex marriage, voting rights, and abortion, are all likely to come up this term, which kicks off monday. >> there are some very exciting cases already on the docket, and there's a lot more in the pipeline that the court will be making a decision on soon. >> reporter: another set of big decisions will bng even more scrutiny on the chief justice. rumors surfaced that the health care ruling he authored caused a personal rift with fellow conservative colleagues including justice antonin scalia. a claim scalia denied to cnn's piers morgan. >> no, i haven't had a fallin

with republican platforms year after year promoting anti-link legislation, antipole tax legislation, endorsing justicemarshals but attorney thurgood marshall, victory in brown versus board of education. the democratic platform did not. it was eisenhower and nixon who got throughout 1957 and 1960's civil rights act over the ferocious maneuvering of lyndon b. johnson, but at that point, with thurgood marshall's victories in the supreme court and the republicans pushing through civil rights with dwight eisenhower sending federal troops to enforce marshall's victories down in little rock, um, with bill clinton's friend, orville fava, standing in the coolhouse door, that the point, the dem -- schoolhouse door, at that point, the democrats had to pretend to compare civil rights. the first civil rights legislation ever pushed by a democrat was the 1964 act, yet and still far more republicans voted for it in the house and the senate in both houses. it was about 80% republican. 60% democrat. the republicans that opposed it, opposed it for a constitutional grounds. they oppose it for every other civil rights bi

tax breaks. those breaks total about $341 million. the federal government and the county object to the plan. the judge gave the justice department ten days to decide whether or not to appeal. >> wet weather can be found in baseball games. it will cause people to call off their own plans and get ready for the next storm. >> a live look tonight. it will be crowded for game 7 less than an hour away and it has been pouring over the ballpark but the cloud versus been clearing. we'll take a look at the weather and what you can expect in just a moment h>> live from the ktvu weather center we are tracking very active weather in the valley at this hour giving you a look there at some video taken in the past half hour or so. funnel clouds re

keep the department of justice to close the dispensary for marijuana which is considered the largest in the u.s. they pay about a million toll lores a year -- dollars a year in taxes. >>> the department of transportation is expected to bring them close to a billion dollars today. ray la hood, senator finestein and die and pelosi -- dianne pelosi, they say voters have to approve the subway station plan. >>> now let's go to sal to check in on traffic, sal? >>> traffic continues to look good around the bay area, it is nice and early and let's go out and take a look at some of these pictures. it still looks good driving in from vallejo all you the way to the east shore freeway. also the morning commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza, no major problems getting into the city and if you are driving on the freeway, high ward freeway, -- hayward freeway, things are looking good as you drive towards the airport, let's go to steve. >>> now low was sitting there. it started to work its way up the coast but picked up enough moisture. reported los gatos, prune dale, coming right off the center and this came over us as that low moves into southern california. underneath

the chief justice had a majority to basically find the act constitutional under the government cost taxing powers. many were surprised, many expected the court to rule health care unconstitutional. so i think to most of us it was gratifying position, but at the same time, there were elements that more recent, particularly, language in the opinion that essentially said this chief justice, along with a majority, would have found the act unconstitutional under the commerce clause. why that is important is because so much of the foundation of progressive reform in this country, going back to the new deal, is based on the commerce clause. so there are ominous signs for the future, and we have no idea what will happen, but obviously, this was a very smart move by the chief justice. he essentially took an issue of the supreme court out of the election. as many have said, he preserved his judicial legacy on that court. >> let's turn to that case, that the supreme court heard in its last session. early this year, upholding the affordable care act. the president addressed the nation shortly after. s

for the purposes of a social security and tax law, i do not know how any judge or justice could considert constitutional. host: jess bravin? guest: most of the of marriage come from state law. the states have always have the primary authority with things like inheritance and visitation rights for parents in divorce. states have defined what marriage means. the issue that is before the court is whether federal employees are entitled to marriage benefits in same-sex marriages that are authorized by the states. it happens the obama administration agrees with chuck because they have determined that they cannot send the provision of the law and they have stopped defending it in court. when the government will not defend a federal law, they notify the houses of congress in case they want to step in. they stepped in to defend the defense of marriage act. a lawyer has been representing the house of representatives in these doma cases. host: here's a question via twitter. guest:ell, the qualifications for being on the supreme court are essentially zero. it doesn't say you have to be a lawyer. the

justice department. they claim there is no voter fraud america. the clinical want to poll taxes. eric holder himself said that. they are suing any state that they can sing their voter i.d. lot is unconstitutional even and has been up held by the supreme court. so where are we with the lyrical the justice department? a complete stall. well, this is no accident. the president of the united states got his start with these issues. his first major political challenge chicago for barack obama was with a group called project vote, a voter registration effort that registered 135,000 people and illinois in '91 and '92. project vote was allied with and an affiliate of the acorn. how many of you have ever heard of acorn? the most notoriously corrupt the registration effort ever in american history. it 2008 it's estimated their registered 1 million people. we will still debating whether a majority of those for fraudulent or not. as you know, because of some videos that came out recently regarding, shall we say, the other scandals they ultimately dissolved and had to declare bankruptcy. many

tax fraud conviction.. and says while he will not run for prime minister next year... he will return to politics, to reform the justiceberlusconi, who still faces charges of having sex with an underage girl, and trying to cover it up, claims he is a victim of a dictatorship of judges. a florida teen was just trying to show his athletic prowess. instead, a car stunt goes terribly wrong and he's seriously injured. we warn you, the video may be difficult to watch. police say, 19 year old bladimir barreto was trying to jump over the moving car. he wanted to impress college football recruiters by trying this. his brother was behind the wheel...while another brother taped the action. bladmir was flown to the hospital with broken bones and head injuries. the driver is facing charges for driving without a license and reckless driving. >> the chill in the air... jim ramsey is next with busy in here. yeah. progressive mobile is... [ "everybody have fun tonight" plays ] really catching on! people can do it all! get a quote, buy and manage your policy! -[ music stops ] -it's great! well, what's with the... -[ music resumes ] -mus

suspects it's getting less of tax evasion they're good enough to the list it would be great if he could be a little difference is a good thing the sentiment of the justice that the now i would hate to see these in the scene. would be some subset of this meeting better than the other we all face enough so maybe the least to be used would not be as old or fine no several of them might think could be a food stamp good enough times for the good of the us this is a good political thread and this. late in the program will tell you how the crisis is pushing some to find by. people who rob banks go to prison banks who rob people get paid bonuses that has to stop. appalled by the economic woes and here is what binds one british businessman find his own way to support the local community will bring you his star and much more to happen. horses and bayonets big bird these are the words of internet legend from the two thousand and twelve presidential debates when a candidate says something dog or i did to so much fun to make silly pictures like these on the internet whole he but the problem is that the person who wins the bait is the one who makes the best argument

burning natural gases, lower taxes on dividend, educate the masses on money, clean up the skies, rebuild our infrastructure and reappoint bernanke to give liberty, justice and higher stock prices for all. that's a platform i could vote for, if only obama or romney would embrace it. lawrence in texas, lawrence? >> caller: jim, how are you doing? i have a question for you today regarding rpm. the earning report came out today. long or short in the stock? >> short that, you have to short that plentiful dividend. i never recommend that idea. you don't want to do that, boss. i was going to recommend this and then i felt that the upside was very, very limited. good numbers. i should have done it. i really did kick myself at this one. i thought if i recommended it, the stock would go up too much. ron in louisiana. ron? >> caller: jim. i've got to thank you. you're the best. i've been investing for 55 years and didn't make money until the last five. guess why? jim cramer. >> thank you. thank you. >> caller: thank you. jim, my question to you is will tim geithner's message to aig affect the long-term outlook? and if so, up or down? >> i would not worry about tim