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And its pretty clear. i guess the question for me is how much of this will be debated on the presidential campaign trail or are we going to have romney come fine his remarks to private fundraisers and the president only talk about raising taxes on the rich? >> bret: charles? >> you ask how can this continue in this way, well, obama succeeded in doing nothing in this way for his entire first term. it is absolutely striking that the secretary of treasury speaking as a member of the minority opposi...

Patchwork. you have s.n.a.p., section 8, tanf, all of these. one thing i worry about is the issue of poverty traps. people who are working poor maybe a family with an income arounds 25 $25,000, they approa 100% because they pay taxes on the income and lose benefits as they get wealthy. a critical factor. talked about it last week having this discussion. >> that when you, one of the ways tanf reform, welfare reform, get rid of the cliffs. if someone gets a raise or a better job, the actual gross ...

Reform law. they did so because they want more americans to know the prize and success that come from hard work. the law passed the house require 40 hours of work each week. >> the first stage of welfare reform brought unprecedented success. millions of americans now knows the rewards of work. welfare mothers have found their long lost self-e seem. >> we want to stop the dependency the government has created with all these entitlement program. we want to give people the opportunity and dignity t...

And success that come from hard work. the law passed the house require 40 hours of work each week. >> the first stage of welfare reform brought unprecedented success. millions of americans now knows the rewards of work. welfare mothers have found their long lost self-e seem. >> we want to stop the dependency the government has created with all these entitlement program. we want to give people the opportunity and dignity to work. >> in welfare reform we reached the conclusion that giving people m...

Troops in afghanistan. theyve done nothing, made no tough choices on medicare, no tough choices on medicaid. yes, they took $500 billion out of medicare to start a new entitlement program called the affordable care act. no tough choices. and, of course, that defines republican leadership for eight years under george w. bush. >> yeah. which also puts the republicans -- >> which is why were racing toward a cliff right now. coming up, well continue this. republican senator pat toomey of pennsylva...

Think he did the wrong thing here too. sort of a double-whammy. almost all of the conservatives but some of the liberals together make for a pretty big number. jon: i mentioned this when the law was passed they didnt, i think for obvious reasons, bring in some of the most far-reaching consequences of this law. theyre not scheduled to take effect until after the next presidential election. it was almost as if mr. obama didnt want voters to be affected by the law until after they had had a chance ...

Well be talking about that shortly. the last time paul ryan released a budget proposal, this was receipt action -- >> we have to low of spending but if its -- theres nothing wrong with tacking the top. >> we do tax the top. the future comes from entitlement programs. >> hey. >> what is this entitlement program? i paid into it for 50 years, my unemployment, my social security and medicare. >> ryans latest budget blueprint provoked the sharpest attack from the president to date. were awaiting a li...

The supreme court, thats a political, thats a posture. interesting to me that he said if you take out the requirement that all individuals buy health insurance or be enrolled in a government program, if you take that out, that the law is dead. because the stuff he talked about at the beginning could have passed with bipartisan support. there were plenty of republicans that were in support of it. but the concept of a new entitlement program for middle class americans, subsidized health insurance ...

Are one of the greatest killers of people in this country get them high, you cant tell they are high behind the wheel of a car or in the workplace. everyone is being jeopardized. >> bill: marijuana is so pervasive. why you are battling it because you cant win. you might as well take the tax money. >> i say that poll is wrong on its face because you really think that taxing people who buy medical marijuana is going to solve it? >> bill: buy it at 7-eleven its not going to make a dent on that. >> ...

Are one of the greatest killers of people in this country get them high, you cant tell they are high behind the wheel of a car or in the workplace. everyone is being jeopardized. >> bill: marijuana is so pervasive. why you are battling it because you cant win. you might as well take the tax money. >> i say that poll is wrong on its face because you really think that taxing people who buy medical marijuana is going to solve it? >> bill: buy it at 7-eleven its not going to make a dent on that. >> ...