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Cuts for discussion. these are painful cuts, sacrificial. i would ask, have you dont that same exercise? what have you dont with your staff? have you come up with cuts? >> it is interesting, -- >> yes or no? >> let me answer your question. recently, i voted a bill that added 850 billion. so ill raisia, 850 billion dollars that i -- so ill raise ya, 850 billion dollars that i said i wouldnt go along with. next week are you going to add 1.2 trillion to the debt by voting to repeal health care? is ...

C.b.o. director wrote just days after health care was passed and i quote, "the c.b.o. estimates of the net savings resulting from the legislation have roughly equal chance of turning out to be too high or too low." in other words the director is saying himself, we are not really sure how it will play out. >>guest: but the way the c.b.o. works is it issues an authorityive opinion when the congress is about to consider a bill. it issues this when the health care bill was voted on and they said in ...