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>> i am undocumented but i dream one day we will be treated as one people. >> because we are all one people. >> one people. >> we work hard. >> were sure. >> yet many of us dont have healthcare. can i get health insurance. >> now the country has spoken saying everyone should have affordable health care. >> does that mean everyone, everyone. >> eric: so folks that arent supposed to be here want folks that are to pay for the healthcare? >> this entitlement issue on steroids. we have medicare and m...

The country wants to move. that they want to save medicare so they will look to the republican plan. the other two items in the plan is not mentioned is overall tax reform where we close the loopholes and lower the rate so individuals could get more money, instead of on the democrat side, they close loopholes to keep wasting money in government. the other item is we do energy reform where we become energy independent, creates jobs in america but also lowers the price of gasoline and lowers the p...

To this debate about the budget. from where you sit as a governor, here you have this tension right now between the parties, and the president, i thought, really sort of clarifying his position this week saying we dont have a debt crisis, we are not in a hurry to balance this budget. lets focus on the economy first. >> i think we need to do both. in our states when i ran i talked about both the economic and fiscal crisis we faced and we acted on it. most governors, democrat or republican, not on...

Governor, here you have this tension right now between the parties, and the president, i thought, really sort of clarifying his position this week saying we dont have a debt crisis, we are not in a hurry to balance this budget. lets focus on the economy first. >> i think we need to do both. in our states when i ran i talked about both the economic and fiscal crisis we faced and we acted on it. most governors, democrat or republican, not only because we have balanced budgets in all but once state...

No ratio of spending cuts to revenue increases republicans will accept. democrats will not cut or reform entitlements on their own. so there is no grand bargain to be had. >> its the problem overall. one of the frustrations in washington is the fact you have on one hand the entitlement issue and you said democrats arent going to move the direction without more tax revenue. on the other hand, you have republicans saying hey, if were going to have tax reform we should reform it, get rid of the loo...

Take something, take a popular position, taxes. it seems to me that your party has made it very hard for the president, theyve dug in on taxes. their position is they have already given at the office, in other words, they gave the 1%, thats it. by the way, heres mitch mcconnell talking on that one. here he is. >> there is no revenue solution to that, i would say to you. it has to be done by making the eligibility for entitlements fit the demographics of america today and tomorrow. the only way t...

>> just to give you a chance to take something, take a popular position, taxes. it seems to me that your party has made it very hard for the president, theyve dug in on taxes. their position is they have already given at the office, in other words, they gave the 1%, thats it. by the way, heres mitch mcconnell talking on that one. here he is. >> there is no revenue solution to that, i would say to you. it has to be done by making the eligibility for entitlements fit the demographics of america to...

The american people will find appealing. how do we get back on track after having lost the popular vote in 5 out of the last 6 elections. when you keep focused on the past the way that ted cruz is doing, it keeps you from moving forward. its just bad politics. >> just to give you a chance to take something, take a popular position, taxes. it seems to me that your party has made it very hard for the president, theyve dug in on taxes. their position is they have already given -- they gave the 1%. ...

Around and make those cuts in the places where they feel they can. i think in the long-term, certainly. we want tax reform. hr 1 is all about tax reform that dave camps been working on and his committee. and those will close those loopholes, make it more fair. weve got to do that, and i want to join with that and also the entitlement issue. i havent seen a real effort from the administration to say lets preserve this for future generations. >> i want to go back to the issue of long-term. if tax ...

When social security was passed back in the 30s, i think the average american lived to be about 61. this year the average male, 79. the average female, 81. we need to adjust these programs for the future so that theyll still be there. the trustees of medicare and social security say that medicare is going to tank in 10 years. the question is, are we going to preserve these programs for future beneficiaries? the president should be leading, not being dragged to the table by republicans who want t...