President Obama participated in a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters yesterday. The event was streamed live online, with Obama taking questions from the live crowd and from Facebook users via the site.
(TIME.com: In Silicon Valley, President Obama Gets the Facebook Pokey Pokey)
The president outlined his plans to reduce debt, saying that government spending needed to be cut—and saying to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, “People like me and, frankly, you, Mark, paying a little more in taxes.” Zuckerberg’s response: “I’m cool with that.”
Obama also fielded questions on challenges facing the residential real estate market, job creation, immigration issues, innovation, health care and more.
Watch the two-part video here: Part One | Part Two
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