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Billionaire Tom Perkins compares progressives to Nazis

Name: Billionaire Tom Perkins compares progressives to Nazis
Uploaded: 2014-01-27T09:42:15-0500
Duration: 3 min 17 s
Description: Tom Perkins, the billionaire and Silicon Valley pioneer, is defending comments he made in a Wall Street Journal letter, where he compared progressives criticizing the rich to Nazis. CBS News contributor Mellody Hobson talks about the controversy with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts.

Tom Perkins, the billionaire and Silicon Valley pioneer, is defending comments he made in a Wall Street Journal letter, where he compared progressives criticizing the rich to Nazis. CBS News contributor Mellody Hobson talks about the controversy with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts.