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
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hard decisions, something forces congress s hand. so again, what will the president accept as a consequence to force the congress s hand? again it might be more enjoyable to negotiate this with you this morning. i can t get into a great amount of detail, but i think that, one, we have to make sure that you can agree on the initial set of spending cuts. the process for the committee, it s essential we think that the debt ceiling get extended off into the future so it doesn t hurt the economy. then we want to make sure whatever enforcement mechanism is something, one, that if it were triggered, you know, you think the country could live with, but secondly, strong enough to compel folks to act. i think you ll see this has been a healthy debate. i think the country s learned a lot about our debt and deficit problems, i think there s been some education here in washington, and i think what s clear is, you know, where the president stands is where the american people stand, that if we re
and basically some tax increase increased tax reven reven revenues, getting rid of loopholes, kantor was expressing skepticism about getting it through the house, not necessarily skeptical in trying to do a big plan but on the numbers himselves. he s of course bun one of the g counting votes. the white house is trying to soothe democrats frantically pushing back that reports on social security are on the debt ceiling table. yesterday he had a hard time not tripping all over that message. watch. the president specifically said it should not be included and now you guys are acknowledging it s included. the president has said since january that he is willing and eager to have discussions about social security but not but he always he was specific to say not connected to this stuff. he has always said that it is not connected to the short and medium-term deficit problems we face as a nation. it doesn t mean he s not willing