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Easter Bunny:
West Wing Week!
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Narrator:
Welcome to the West Wing Week,
your guide to everything that's
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happening at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue.
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This week, the President
hosted a Forum on Women and the
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Economy; welcomed the
President of Brazil;
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traveled to Florida and urged
the Senate to pass the Buffett
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Rule; and took part in the great
annual White House tradition --
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the Easter Egg Roll.
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That's April 6th to April 12th
or "You're Proof of Change."
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The President:
-- this incredible collection
of accomplished women;
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you're proof of change.
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Narrator:
On Friday, April 6th, the
President walked over to the
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EEOB to attend the White House
Forum on Women and the Economy.
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He highlighted ways his
administration has worked to
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ensure women's economic security
and to create jobs for women all
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across America.
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The President:
When any of our citizens can't
fulfill the potential that they
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have because of factors that
have nothing to do with talent,
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or character or work ethic,
that diminishes us all.
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It holds all of us back.
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So closing this pay gap,
ending pay discrimination,
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is about far more
than simple fairness.
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Narrator:
On Monday, the First Family
kicked off the 134th Annual
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Easter Egg Roll on the South
Lawn of the White House
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featuring sports,
storytelling, and, of course,
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Easter egg rolling.
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(whistle blowing)
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(cheering and applause)
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♪♪(music playing)♪♪
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Parent:
You've got it -- keep going!
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Child:
Yay!
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The President:
Okay.
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"Where the Wild Things Are."
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This, it's the wild rumpus!
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Wild things roared
their terrible roars.
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Children:
(roaring)
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The President:
And gnashed their
terrible teeth --
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ya ya ya ya ya ya.
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And rolled their terrible eyes.
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Roll your eyes.
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♪♪(music playing)♪♪
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(cheering and applause)
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Narrator:
In the afternoon, the President
hosted President Dilma Rousseff
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of Brazil for meetings at the
White House as part of the
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leaders' ongoing dialogue
regarding the growing
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partnership between the
United States and Brazil.
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On Tuesday, the President
traveled to Florida Atlantic
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University in Boca
Raton, Florida,
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to speak on the economy.
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And made the case
for the Buffett Rule,
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a simple principle in fairness
that ensures that millionaires
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pay at least the same
effective tax rate as middle
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class families.
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The President:
You might have heard of this,
but Warren Buffett is paying a
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lower tax rate
than his secretary.
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Now, that's wrong.
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That's not fair.
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Audience Members:
No!
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The President:
And so we've got to choose which
direction we want this country
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to go in.
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Do we want to keep giving those
tax breaks to folks like me who
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don't need 'em?
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Or give 'em to Warren Buffett;
he definitely doesn't need 'em.
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Or Bill Gates, he's already
said, "I don't need 'em."
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Or do we want to keep investing
in those things that keep our
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economy growing
and keep us secure?
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That's the choice.
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(cheering and applause)
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Narrator:
On Wednesday, the President
delivered a statement on the
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Buffett Rule in the EEOB,
standing with a group of
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millionaires and their
secretaries to urge the Senate
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to pass a law that ensures
millionaires don't pay a lower
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tax rate than their secretaries.
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It might surprise you to hear
which former President fought
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for the same kind
of tax fairness.
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The President:
-- gave another speech where
he said it was crazy --
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that's a quote -- that certain
tax loopholes make it possible
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for multi-millionaires to pay
nothing while a bus driver was
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paying 10% of his salary.
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That wild-eyed,
socialist, tax-hiking,
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class warrior was Ronald Reagan.
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Narrator:
Later, the President joined a
conference call from the Oval
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Office and spoke with thousands
of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
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volunteers to thank them for
their service and welcome the
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new CEO of the Corporation for
National and Community Service,
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Wendy Spencer.
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On Thursday, the President
continued to make the case for
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the Buffett Rule in interviews
with four local television
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anchors from Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Columbus, Ohio; Reno, Nevada;
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and St. Louis, Missouri, sending
an appeal to the Senators from
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those states to support the
proposal when it comes to the
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floor of the Senate on Monday.
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The President:
Great to be here at the
home of the fighting owls!
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Narrator:
To find out more information
on any of these topics or to see
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complete videos of these
events, go to WhiteHouse.gov.
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And thanks again for checking
out your West Wing Week.
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Student:
It's a burrowing owl.
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The President:
It's a burrowing owl?
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Student:
It's very small.
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The President:
It's a native to Florida?
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Student:
Yes.
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The President:
Are there a lot of them?
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Do you see them quite a bit?
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Student:
Yes.
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The President:
I am an owl.
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Student:
Fighting owls.
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Student:
Fighting owls.
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The President:
Fighting owls.
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Student:
Who calls the owls (inaudible)?
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The President:
Owls.
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Go owls!
