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Take care of all of us. >> i have two for you. i like that lens. you are talking about i like you challenging the notion of calling it entitlements. what should we call it instead? >> i think we should call it investment. take social security. one third of all americans rely 90% of the pay they get to pay for food and pay their rent and pay for their heating bill is paid for by social security. for over 50% of americans, social security is paying close to 50% of their cost of living. we have to ...

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Peoples cynicism about washington generally. this is not one of those situations where theres an equivalence. ive got some of the most liberal democrats in congress who are prepared to make significant changes to into it entitlements -- into it entitlements that go against their political interests and who said they were willing to do it. and we couldnt get a republican to stand up and say well raise some revenue or even to suggest that we wont give more tax cuts to people who dont need them. an...

See this downward spiral in the economy? >> well, certainly washington isnt helping right now. youre right weve had gridlock in washington now for over a yore where almost nothing got down. one ever the untold stories is that we just completed the budget. that got overshadowed by this tax debate. but you know what, they didnt -- after all the fracas this year they didnt actually cut any spending. all the programs survived. there were very few program terminations. the entitlement programs were n...

The threshold to 51 votes so it wouldnt be 60 and they could all vote against it and let the democrats pass it. >> yeah. >> by the way, when i first came to work on the hill the democratic leadership would pass spending limits. iron-clad spending limit of $285 billion and then pass two amendments exempting it entitlements and any appropriation that went higher so games are being played. what about campaign financing. youve got a big pac out there like everybody else with all this money coming $3...