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They elected republicans. not me, chris, the american people. >> fiscal austeritausterity. >> cutting spending elsewhere which im for and for cutting taxes and letting families keep more of their hard-earned money. thats what we campaigned on. those were certainly central issues in the campaign. why shouldnt we, now that were in office, make those things happen in public policy. after all, i think thats what youre supposed to do, keep your word with the voters that elected you. >> keep your word...

Arent. they have huge entitlement programs including social security which is under funded by 10% next decade. following decade is underfunded by 20%. they face issues that you dont in the state. >> yes, they have a couple tools. they can print money. they can borrow it in huge quantities. most of us are required to balance our budget. im not saying the states should have those abilities. i think those can be misused, but in the entitlement area, think you have to address your entitlement reform...

Obama and people of his political persuasion would like to take more money from the american people. and they want to do that so they can continue to grow government. but the answer for america is not to grow government. it is to shrink government. weve been going over the last 20, 30, 40 years, government keeps growing at a faster rate relative to inflation. weve got to stop the extraordinary spending in this country. thats why i put out a plan that reduces government spending, i cut -- i cut p...

Billion in cuts in medicare and, now, two ways that have been proposed, to save that money, which would be to make doctors foot some of the bill, that is already off the table and they said, not the doctors, well fix that for them and will not take any medicare money from them and then, the states would have to pay for medicare and that would be part of the way to get to the 500 billion in cost savings, and, they say, no, we dont want to hurt the states, either and well fix it for them as well a...