what specifically would you cut? how do we tweak those? for example, it s hard to say, but we need to raise the age limit for eligibility for medicare. everyone knows that. that s an idea that john boehner even said that. he s right. raise it to 70? because he backed away from it. well, he got clobbered. we shouldn t get clobbered. republicans and democrats should stand together. if they stand together and say that, then voters can t take it out on either party. at the same time we re doing that, guys like eliot and i and i don t know your situation, kathleen it s not the same, i can assure you. we shouldn t have our social security tax capped. it should go through the whole year. wait this doesn t sound so good. everybody has to hurt a little bit, right? that s the key, that s the key. absolutely. am i a democrat now? you re a blue dog, you re a blue dog. blue dog i am. this is hugely important. one other thing you ve become well known for, infras
i don t that your cuts came to $2 trillion a year, what you also do is extend the bush tax cuts for the rich which then reduces revenue by $4 trillion over the next ten years which is why all the analysts who have looked at your document say that it increases, increases, the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade which is why david frohmme, a conservative, said the pledge to america declares sorry, we don t believe this. i hate to say it, the numbers don t add up because you haven t specified a single cut. i m not talking about slowing the rate of increase. a single cut in medicare, medicaid or social security. as we all know, we ve been saying this to the public, that s where the money is. what will you do to slow the rate of increase in medicare, the single largest piece in the entitlement system? at the risk of stating the
statement. you re saying get out now. get out as soon as military i would adopt vice president biden s proposal, leave a security force there, counterintelligence, get everyone else out. has the white house spoken to you about this? you speak to the president, you tell him your views? the white house shakes their head when i speak. shake in a different direction talked about entitlements. what specifically would you cut? how do we tweak those? for xaexample, it s hard to say, but we need to raise the age limit for eligibility for medicare. everyone knows that. that s an idea that john boehner even said that. he s right. raise it to 70? because he backed away from it. well, he got clobbered. we shouldn t get clobbered. republicans and democrats should stand together. if they stand together and say that, then voters can t take it out on either party. at the same time we re doing that, guys like eliot and i and i don t know your situation, kathleen
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they re not going to make a big dent. i do know where i d start. do you have serious question, do you have a view on social security? how do we deal with the social security or medicare or medicaid prices? i have asked everyone i know if they would give up their social security or their medicare. and they have said no. so the idea that anyone thinks that they re going to cut social security or medicare is ridiculous. i m a negotiator, let s massage all that can i ask you one other hard question, of all the things you cooked, what s your favorite dish? i hate that. i take the question back. for people like me i love a perfectly roasted chicken. you can t beat it, can you? no, no. all right, one last question, in this crazy political season, is it plus or minus to be a chef? does it help you? of course it helps me. i ve had three kitchens. can supervise 36 people running around crazy like with their head cut off like i did in a