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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty I'm strong and getting. And now he's I'm strong and Getty. But pardon me, Madam Vice President, the question was, how are you going to pay for it?

Well, one of the things that I'm going to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it

pay their fair share in taxes

It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher

higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations but I plan on making

that fair but we're dealing with the real world. But the real world includes how are you going to get this through Congress?

You know when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I'm talking about

because their constituents know exactly what I'm talking about because their constituents know exactly

what I'm talking about their constituents are those firefighters and

teachers and nurses their constituents are middle class hardworking folks.

That was one of the few times last night that I was bothered by, because I thought the

60 minutes was more aggressive than I was expecting to them be more follow-ups, but I wish instead of accepting her BS line and

acting like well the reason that's BS is because you couldn't get it through

Congress no the reason it's BS is because it's BS.

It's BS that the rich pay more than their fair share.

And it's ridiculous to keep leaning on that

as the answer to our fiscal problems.

Also from the department of populist clap traps, she said,

billionaires and America's great corporations.

Well, wait a minute, everybody in corporations pays taxes and raising corporate taxes makes

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