story. republicans and democrats, everybody loses, if it's not okay to cut from the top, it's not okay to cut from the bottom. they all raise the deficit. let's start with you david web, what do we do here? >> i mean if you read the whole report, it basically says that it's going to raise it in the short-term, it's going to be good in the short-term, it's going to raise it in the long-term unless you offset it with either increasing taxes or spending cuts. so hey washington, cut some taxes and maybe cut some spending. that helps. >> stephanie miller, democrats aren't highlighting this this week because it breaks obama's promise. we know president obama is not going to raise taxes above $250,000 for those making that, right? >> well, you know, pete, one thing it does prove is what the president's saying is right, these bush tax cuts for the rich are largely what got us to this deficit. so they got to stop screaming about the deficits. the one thing that did come out