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
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opportunity to serve. i think the potential is virtually unlimited in terms of the future of this nation and what we can accomplish and what we can achieve. by the same token, i m very concerned about some of the problems i see out there today. i think this long-term debt problem is enormously important. i sense also that it is important that we not, a we try to deal with the deficit problems, lose sight of our nation s security. i happen to think that s our number one responsibility as a government and obligation, and i worry that with this rush to get the deficit problem resolved works i is very important that s correct we will end up in a situation where the defense department , in effect, bears the burden rather than the domestic side of the house. and i think that would be unfortunate. its up to us, our general are rags to pass it on to them in as good a shape as it was passed on to us. we aren t doing that, are we?
concerned about the problems we see today. this long term debt problem is important. i sense also that it is important that we not as we try to deal with those deficit problems, lose sight of the importance of maintaining our nation s security. i think that is our number one obligation and responsibility as a government. i worry in this rush to get our deficit problem solved, which is very important that we will end up in a situation where the defense department in effect bears the burden rather than the domestic side of the house. i think that would be unfortunate. but i think the next generation will have opportunities to do things we haven t even dreamed of yet. i think in part, it is up to us, our generation to pass on the nation to them in as good a shape as it was passed on to us. sean: we are not doing it are we? we haven t done it yet.
right around the corner, i thought it would be worth doing. shouldn t have to do it but if that was the price we have to pay to get democrat support, i was willing to do it. unfortunately the democrats said no, that number doesn t begin with a t, it s not a trillion dollars so they were never really very interested. you mentioned repeatedly the democrats wanted a trillion dollars tax height. they said it would come from the people who could most afford it, the highest earners in the country. it was a sticking point. i want to take a look at a poll that came out friday. this is asking people out there how they would feel about trying to solve the deficit problems through raising taxes. this is tax increases for higher earning earners. 67% of the people said they would take it. so why is it not an option for republicans? well, if you actually explained a little bit about the levels of taxes that are coming, the fact that an awful lot of the small business owners, the job creators in am