Defense Spendsing News Today

The s&p 500. the recent rise is the tail end of a nine year-old bull market. not all americans own stocks. but almost everyone drives a car. this is the economy indicator that matters. gas prices are near a four year high. you can blame a volatile energy crisis. blame higher prices for oil. for the higher price at the pump. thats really largely due to the oil sanctions on iran. those went into effect yesterday. and iran is the worlds fourth largest producer of oil. this number doesnt get enough ...

Yesterday was a 20% capital during that period. keep in mind, i hear what youre saying, you think this isnt a compromise, but theres a lot of us who never expected to come to washington to vote to raise the debt ceiling. for us a $2.4 trillion increase is a compromise. we wanted 18% caps, we didnt get it, we took 20% instead. theres compromises we have already made. in exchange we give the many dr were willing to trade a short-term fleck, for a long-term fix. which is the balanced budget amendme...

Defense spendsing. its not a very popular thing for a republican to do. i like defense, its important to me. we only got 65 democrats and only 70 republicans. im willing to put everything on the table to be serious about spending reductions. >> what do we do about the big entitlements that go through the roof as people get older and older. you cant limit the number of people turning 65 by law. how do you deal with the cost increase? >> lets start by being honest with ourselves. i think the presi...