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I thought that was a great line from david letterman. >> letterman, we love you. back to politics here at home and the battle over the budget. president obama makes a rare trip to capitol hill this afternoon to meet with republicans in the house. yesterday the gop released its plan to balance the budget in ten years and do it without tax increases. the president addressed that budget plan when he sat down for an exclusive interview with abcs george stephanopoulos. >> my goal is not to chase a ...

House this about balancing the budget. >> my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people back to work, and if we do that were going to be bringing in more revenue. if we control spending and weve got a smart entitlement package, then potentially what you have is balance. but its not balance on the backs of the poor, the elderly, students who need student loans, families who have got disabled kids. thats not the right way ...

From letterman. from david letterman. >> letterman, we love you. back to politics here at home and the battle over the budget. president obama makes a rare trip to capitol hill this afternoon to meet with republicans in the house. yesterday the gop released its plan to balance the budget in ten years and do it without tax increases. the president addressed that budget plan when he sat down for an exclusive interview with abcs george stephanopoulos. >> my goal is not to chase a balanced budget ...

By $975 billion. including billions from defense and health care. in all democrats claim the plan would save the country $4.2 trillion over the next decade. yesterday, house republicans released their blueprint which they say would balance the budget by 2023 by making major cuts to spending and overhauling programs like medicaid and medicare. but to president obama, balancing the budget alone not his top priority. >> paul ryan is challenging you to come forward with a budget that also reaches ba...

>> treating this fake charade like a budget. >> unrealistic. >> uncompromising. >> la la land fantasy. >> like fiction for rand than it is a budget. tonight, president obama had the audacity to suggest that washingtons holy grail, a balanced budget, is not actually the holiest thing you can pursue in government. >> paul ryan today put forward his budget. >> right. >> and says he is challenging you to come forward with a budget that reaches balance. are you going to do that? >> no. my goal is n...

>> uncompromising. >> la la land fantasy. >> like fiction for rand than it is a budget. tonight, president obama had the audacity to suggest that washingtons holy grail, a balanced budget, is not actually the holiest thing you can pursue in government. >> paul ryan today put forward his budget. >> right. >> and says he is challenging you to come forward with a budget that reaches balance. are you going to do that? >> no. my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. m...