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Unknown, and of course, the other obvious point is that the youeuropeans are only able to do that because in fact the us army lives in germany and actually picks up their defense tab. you cant do it -- theres nobody to bail out america the way germanys bailing out europe. >> john boehner was on the program the other night. he said hey, i wasnt consulted about this latest offer. i wish i was. this talk about republican conservatives, tea party members that were purged from certain committees beca...

Some statistics. i think though kind of illustrate really what the problem is with medicare and social security, if you go back to 1940, the number of years of life expectancy beyond retirement for men and women was about 14 years. you retire at 65. start, you could in those days start receiving benefits at 65. you would live about 14 more years. these days youre living to 85. so the payouts go on way beyond what the program was originally designed for. also, in 1945 you had about 41.9, almost 4...

By the way, it was 17,000 in terms of capping deductions and then it went to 25 and all of thats -- again, its a symbol of a group that has no clue how to make this math add up and you cant make it add up. there are not enough offsets to pay for the $5 trillion cut full stop. >> dana, whats the politics of this? you throw out a plan, you back it up with 1.3 trillion, which has you 3.5, 3.8 really trillion off. what are the politics of that? are they trying to throw out something to make it look ...

There. by the way, romneys budget more extreme than ryans. ryan is looking for $5.3 trillion in cuts. romney is up to around $7 trillion and he doesnt cut medicare, so thats now around $8 trillion. thats all coming -- what does the government do thats not senior, defense or taxes -- its low-income programs. >> what is the truth about the tax cuts? >> the tax cuts in ryans budget are more -- again, are on the other side, more extreme than in romneys budget. they do -- as i remember, they go down ...

Debating suggested obama wasnt telling the truth. this is not a one-way street. lets not act as if one campaign is doing it. word liar was not actually used. no way problem any can make the math add up if he was going to be revenue neutral. in one sentence he said he would not lower taxes on the upper income americans and rather not raise taxes on upper income americans but he would lower the tax rate from 35, 40 to 35% or to 25%. how can both be true? you cant say im lowering tax without loweri...

We saw last night on msnbc they played the tape. >> theres tape to prove he wasnt accurate. >> 40 mentions of terrorism in that debate, and he said president obama hasnt signed a single free-trade agreement, when, in fact, he signed three. joe biden wont let him get away with it. going back to domestic policy for a section, congressman ryan said we dont have enough time to make the math add up. i think what the vice president will do is what the president should have done to governor romney and ...

Upset. the lead singer of lmfao in the box seats cheering her on. the two apparently are good friends. the u.s. open mens final between andy murray and novak djokovic is set for this afternoon. what a summer for serena williams. she won wimbledon. she won the gold medal in wimbledon and now a u.s. open title. coming up at the top of the hour, mitt romney on "meet want loopholes for wealthy americans to help balance the budget, but does the math add up, and whats he going to close exactly? well...

Own that i think is what makes this issue so resonant. you have on the one hand the fact he picked a nominee for the vp slot that would essentially eliminate his taxes. i mean, paul ryan has recommended no capital gains. >> szeroing it out. >> thats where he gets the vast majority of his money. actually, his rate would be 0.82% if he went with the paul ryan budget. thats pretty shocking. then you also just have what romneys own plan is, which is to cut the tax rates from millionaires and billion...

the watch dog groups citizens against government waste. what are those dirty spots? something about them is endearing but not endearing about lawmakers. we got the numbers for fiscal year 2012 so we brought some of these friends along from the farm. probably better than a lot of things they usually eat. the good news first, pork is down. since the big push to ban ear marks we have seen a big improvement on capitol hill. some good news. earmark spending down 80% from two years ago. that...

the pig -- i mean, they will eat anything, wont they? they are sort of cute but theyre pigs and the watch dog group citizens against government waste, sorry, i mean, what are those little spirit i spots? something is en dearing but it is not about lawmakers. we brought some of these little friends along from the farm. better than a lot of things they usually eat, isnt it? the good news first. pork is down. since the big push by lawmakers to ban earmarks and appropriations bills we have...