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>> well talk to devin ability that. let me get back to appropriations. i spoke to the ceo and chairman of boeing. he spoke about the lion aircraft and defense spending. i want to see what you agree with this? listen to this. >> we see the defense budget being sustained. if youlike back a few years when we were there the middle we were in a stronger budget position now. we look to the u.s. defense budget to remain strong. we see growth around the world. a third of our defense backlog is outside o...

Up. joining me, justin reuben and ezra klein. ezra, i want to start with you on something. justin was in the room with the president today, i am going to torture him in a second to get what the president said. we have whats being treated as breaking news tonight by some of the newspapers that the presidents tax revenue target in going forward is 1.6 trillion. it is something he said before when he said his opening position negotiating this is his past budget position. but what is the emphasis no...

The year in january all the income tax rates will go back up to the clinton tax rates. so if republicans in the house succeed in preventing anything from happening this time something will actually happen and everyones tax rates will go up. joining me justin reuben and ezra klein. ezra, i want to start with you on something. justin was in the room with the president today, i am going to torture him in a second to get what the president said. we have whats being treated as breaking news tonight b...

Could use on the campaign trail amid all the democratic attacks. simplicity is a favorite, whether or not he gets enough pizzazz behind him, thats a question only mitt romney can answer. bill: there is another one, paul ryan of wisconsin. his budget position. does it help or hurt his chances? would you believe? >> that is really the question. whether or not the ball ryan budget would become a distraction or he would be able to make the event for the presidential candidate. ryan has not done a gr...

Disaster. it doesnt even help the budget position. the economy shrinks, tax revenue goes down. long-term employment undercuts the economys long-run productive capacity, which means lower tex revenue in the future. pretty much a slam-dunk. cutting spending, austerity, a lose/lose policy even on the debt front. >> give me an economy that is not in a depression, it is a very different story. i was actually a deficit hawk when george bush was trying to -- ran through tax cuts that were unfunded. ran...

From the start, for example, that the stimulus package should have been much bigger to take on the crisis that we were facing. you were right about that. >> right. >> i think some people have labeled you, people on the right have labeled you as someone who is not at all interested in trying to deal with the deficit ordeal with government overspending in any form where it might occur but more than anything else, what you are talking about, before you get into any specifics of what you might cut a...

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