Obama Adviser Loses On Fox News

President Obama adviser David Plouffe was hammered with statistics regarding taxes by Fox News host Chris Wallace. Did Plouffe come back with clear facts proving Wallace wrong? Ben Mankiewicz and Michael Shure discuss.

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[rabidabbey]

Maybe it shouldn't be just about how much taxes are being paid, but how much of that money the government is wasting. You know, like on wars and other useless crap like that.

[TAz69x]

Michael Shure and Cenk should be Obama Advisors ...

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[jwash3rd]

Oh c'mon, that was just a Plouffe piece. Somebody had to say it.

[101Snipeshot]

That representation was just sad even then the reason we use percentages instead of flat fees for taxes is so the poor pay less. The problem isn't that we need to give them more the problem is that we need to issue a more straight up tax code that doesn't become it to where people can afford to buy services for finding all the loop holes get less. Thats the actual problem. Heck you could make it different percentages for different incomes, but just jacking it up as is won't be effective.

[TheCommenter01]

or we should all know by now that no one ever wins on fox news except for the people anchoring. those stuck up, tight assholes, will always win, why? because it's their show. i dont think Fox News will ever let a show air that shows their top anchors loosing a debate with an advisor or personal from the white house.

[Ilikadasauce]

It shouldn't be about raising taxes at all, but cutting spending...A LOT!!!!

[jorden250]

I wish I could just interupt someone every time they tried to talk to win a debate.

[cmbconcretefire]

@Ikjyot Lie

[Thayer79]

I'm not convinced that the administration isn't doing it on purpose. How can ANYONE with that much money and power NOT be able to have someone prepare them?

[Ikjyot]

Chris Wallace is a fraud, and has manipulated stats. The FACTS are that: There is NO household in the U.S. that does not pay any taxes at all. In fact, the lowest income bracket which is ($0 - $12,150) have a marginal tax rate of 10%. Furthermore, the mean household income is between 40-60000 dollars. The point is it is much more painful for people in the lower tax brackets to pay even 10% tax, compared to millionaires and billionaires.

[psychokillercrab]

Honestly, either Obama doesn't want to win or is cocky enough to think that he's got it in the bag. Either way, the revolution is coming to the White House door and they better recognize and change or get THE FUCK OUT!