Keith and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich evaluate President Obama's latest argument in the fight to extend payroll tax cuts as the year-end deadline to extend the cuts approaches. Reich points out the hypocrisy inherent in the Republican opposition to the extension: “They don't want to raise taxes on rich, but acknowledge that may require raising taxes on everyone else.”
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