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Come on, man. this isnt about me. its about the major problem. heres the deal, say whatever you want, but unless were willing to address this, were in financial quicksand. here are the numbers in the coming fiscal year. the government will lay out a $3.8 trillion, about 70% of that for mandatory spending programs, mainly social security, medicare, medicaid, and interest on the federal debt. this basic math. the congressional budget office predicts each year over the next 25 years our government ...

Spandex thing. all right, dagen, what do you make of that? >> i think at least howard dean is telling the truth and could have shown more energy in that interview that he gave. but it flies in the face of what you hear from the white house and the president that somehow the rich can foot the bill, with lyhigher taxes for all of this and what weve been talking about in the show. if you want big government youll figure out a way to pay for it and almost half of america has paid no federal income t...

>> this sounds like a barbed question. >> this is an obvious question. politicians need to tell americans the truth about medicare and medicaid. you do understand that not only are people going to have to pay more for their medicare, wealthier americans, but all beneficiaries are going to be getting less in 10 15 years from now and medical providers are going to be getting paid less. >> the question is, can we -- >> do you understand that? >> i understand -- >> no no, no. thats basic math. >> jo...