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Steve. >> that is true and actually we have charts that go into that in a little bit. the other thing to remember is the difference between this budget and what the republicans are talking about is a different vision for america in the sense that the republican vision of america is much lower taxes and much lower spending on everything. what obama was trying to do in part was i think stake out a different vision, which is im willing to increase taxes on the rich. go beyond the bush tax cuts, mak...

Saudi arabia, iran, venezuela. two-thirds of the government revenue from that would go to debt reduction and the opaying off the debt. one-third would go for infrastructure which would give you the act to have an infrastructure program that would actually get us back on track. and you look at places like the highways youre describing, the bridges, if you dont have some systematic investment program then youre not going to be able, i think, to compete with china and india. >> governor huntsman, w...

Saudi arabia, iran, venezuela. two-thirds of the government revenue from that would go to debt redemption and paying off the debt. one-third would go for infrastructure which would give you the act to have an infrastructure program that would actually get us back on track. and you look at places like the highways youre describing, the bridges, if you dont have some systemic investment program, then youre not going to be able, i think, to compete with china and india. >> governor huntsman, wheres...

-- and you have to make investments. so, for example, here, the northern pass project ought to be buried and should be along the states right of way which means youre using modern techniques to bring electricity from quebec to boston in a way that preserves the beauty of new hampshire. i would have an energy program designed to get us free from saudi arabia, iran, venezuela. two-thirds of the government revenue from that would go to debt reduction and the opaying off the debt. one-third would go...

this president has sanitized every defense document. everything. the word radical islam doesnt appear anywhere. why? because were fight -- were trying to fight this politically correct war and not talking about how they hate us and what we must do to stop us. >> we know you have differences with president obama, but who has the better argument between snoe santorum and huntsman? >> i would send troops back into iraq. >> now? >> i think we start talking with the iraqi individuals there,...

country is ensured. thats what the job of our commander in chief is. you make that decision. not the generals. you make that decision based on an analysis of understanding how virulent the threat of radical islam is. and you confront that threat not just militarily and importantly not just militarily. you confront it first by being honest with the american public about what this threat is. this president has sanitized every defense document. everything. theres -- the word "radical" isl...

that time frame. i think its a huge error for adviser. i worked with him in the 80s on the strategy to defeat the soviet empire. if youre worried about the iranians in iraq, develop a strategy to replace the iranians dictatorship and iraq will be fine. if you want to stop wahhabiism, get an american energy policy so no american president ever bows to a saudi king. then you can put pressure on the saudis because you have enough american energy to stop this. >> governor romney, lets -- y...

In that, it doesnt -- >> im old enough so i dont -- dwi dwight eisenhower had a national highway program, right? thats a republican, right? he even had a commission, i recall, goals for americans. can you imagine todays republicans having goals for americans? >> not really. >> like, imagine -- >> goals for wealthy americans. >> i do. >> no, no, imagine that we had an infrastructure program for america. imagine that we had like the ced in the second world war, 3,000 groups and communities, how re...

Something that isnt getting vetted by committees and by other members of congress because that process of making the compromises is something that is painful but has to be done, in my view, more in public, but i think two things. one, if we could get back -- there are 150 of us who basically are in support of a big deal. that allows all of us to have skin in the game. secondly, we should be doing a major infrastructure program. thats an area where we could legitimately rebuild our roads and brid...

This seemed like a fairway to go forward. >> i was speaking to an economist and he was remarking about the fact that the president goes to france, bangs heads together, persuades the greeks to abandon the idea of a referendum, stabilizes the euro zone and yet as economists were saying yesterday, he cannot do a single thing in the congress. >> he is trying. congress is trying. we are on the floor every day talking about the presidents jobs program. talking about the infrastructure program. the em...