that drew a lot of fire from democrats. we re told that the ryan budget, which will be out at 10:30 tomorrow morning, will include changes to medicare again. we ll call it changing medicare. protects people who have it now. but will reduce benefits in the future. and he ll push for tax reform. again, i think you re going to hear house republicans say that they think that arguments have moved toward them since last year, that there s more of a consensus for tax reform which the president has proposed, that s there s more of a consensus for changes to medicare. david brooks wrote last week that no matter who is elected to president, changes to entitlements, fixing the deficit problems will be the number one issue on the plate of the next president. mike, as you pointed out, paul ryan has done this before. the voucher program for medicare and got hammered for it. what are the risks for not just him but for the republican party for doing this?
around $900 billion over ten years. the full accounting of the bill is $2.6 trillion. that is a fair and accurate analysis of what the bill will cost according to cbo and the president sold it to the american people as a $900 billion bill. you have to take a lot of the projections with a grain of salt and two aspirin. the bottom line healthcare has a lot to do with the major deficit problems. we have to work together to curve excessive spending on healthcare. because that s crushing the american debt and deficit picture. bret: there are new projections out from the congressional budget office, cbo about the cost of the president s healthcare law. they extended out the time frame. out to 2022 from now until 2022. ten years. the cbo as opposed to march of 2010 when the estimates you heard the president say $938 billion, the new estimate is $1.62 trillion. the cost of healthcare.
lot of money and mitt romney has to respond on issues that are different than how do we solve a terrible tax code? how do we fix our deficit problems? how do we get more competitive in this country? you ll see them fighting on things like abortion and other conservative issues. i guess that is my concern here. that s a great point. we talk on this show all the time about wanting the debate america deserves on tax reform, on bank reform, on trade reform just to pick up where rob said. how much does it hurt our ability to resolve the jobs crisis in this country if we continue to have these political parties drawing us into these wedge issue based debates for power? it s a great way for them to exchange power but prevents any of us from being able to work on our collective problems. it hurts america big time, dylan. fundamentally this is 2012. rick santorum would have been an amazing candidate a hundred years ago. this is an america which quite frankly came out basically in
believe has been marginalized in most americans eyes. i don t think the woman has any credibility outside of her far left base and she continues to say they are a force. you don t see them coming back in the spring or next summer or really whipping up any kind of support in the future? i mean, there definitely will be events and they will have people come. will there be a lot of people? i think the numbers are going to be disappointed. especially in the dead of winter. more the sympathy now is with the neighbors who have had to deal with this. we have seen mayors across the country, whether it s republic, democrat or independent. mike bloomberg in new york. the costs are astronomical and you are right the business people. the tea party people took it on the chin when it was perceived they didn t want to compromise about the nation s deficit problems back in august. that movement has been very quiet the last few months. how do you see that? i think that movement is struggling rig
believe has been marginalized in most americans eyes. i don t think the woman has any credibility outside of her far left base and she continues to say they are a force. you don t see them coming back in the spring or next summer or really whipping up any kind of support in the future? i mean, there definitely will be events and they will have people come. will there be a lot of people? i think the numbers are going to be disappointed. especially in the dead of winter. more the sympathy now is with the neighbors who have had to deal with this. we have seen mayors across the country, whether it s republic, democrat or independent. mike bloomberg in new york. the costs are astronomical and you are right the business people. the tea party people took it on the chin when it was perceived they didn t want to compromise about the nation s deficit problems back in august. that movement has been very quiet the last few months. how do you see that? i think that movement is struggling rig