economy. we know that when they did this in 2011, it produced the month with the lowest job growth. it meant that our credit rating got downgraded. so while republicans have spent the last couple of years saying we need more certainty in the economy, what they have done is put more uncertainty in the economy. that will hurt the economy. and in order to get their right wing tea party folks to even do that, to even extend the debt court of appealing to may 19th, they had to promise them that they were going to slash spending. and the only way to make the math work, i mean, paul ryan wants to talk about the math, the only way to make the math work in the way they approached the budget is to rescind and violate all the promises we made to our seniors, devastate medicaid, transfer rising health care costs on to seniors in medicare, cut investments in education that are important for our kids, all, by the way, all while protecting the tax breaks and loopholes for folks at the
uncertainty hanging over the economy. we know that when they did this in 2011, it produced the month with the lowest job growth. it meant that our credit rating got downgraded. so while republicans have spent the last couple of years saying we need more certainty in the economy, what they have done is put more uncertainty in the economy. that will hurt the economy. and in order to get their right wing tea party folks to even do that, to even extend the debt court of appealing to may 19th, they had to promise them that they were going to slash spending. and the only way to make the math work, i mean, paul ryan wants to talk about the math, the only way to make the math work in the way they approached the budget is to rescind and violate all the promises we made to our seniors, devastate medicaid, transfer rising health care costs on to seniors in medicare, cut investments in education that are important for our kids, all, by the way, all while protecting the tax breaks and loopholes for
and so they ve left this huge uncertainty hanging over the economy. we know that when they did this in 2011, it produced the month with the lowest job growth. it meant that our credit rating got downgraded. so while republicans have spent the last couple of years saying we need more certainty in the economy, what they have done is put more uncertainty in the economy. that will hurt the economy. and in order to get their right wing tea party folks to even do that, to even extend the debt court of appealing to may 19th, they had to promise them that they were going to slash spending. and the only way to make the math work, i mean, paul ryan wants to talk about the math, the only way to make the math work in the way they approached the budget is to rescind and violate all the promises we made to our seniors, devastate medicaid, transfer rising health care costs on to seniors in medicare, cut investments in education that are important for
to gdp by 2022 or 2023. then work the math backwards and how you get there, what can you agree on that has that math work. now, if we do that, everybody s going to be disappointed with some things. there s no doubt about that. neil: the art of a deal. yes, if we get to an agreement, america is going to be a happy country. neil: steny hoyer, you re a busy guy. we appreciate you coming here and giving a framework. thank you very much. steny hoyer. he came up with ideas and options. it s all about options.
florida, colorado, north carolina. but he has that couple that with big chunks of electoral votes like virginia, ohio. that s the only way he can make the math work to get to 1270. great break down. john, thank you so much. and we were looking at video of mitt romney arriving in new york heading to hofstra university for the town hall debate tonight. we have that video for you here at msnbc. it started as a nerve-racking experiment, town hall debates. here s a look at the young tradition that started in 1992 by the numbers. first off, a zillion. the first moderator, carol simpson said the live tv experiment was so nerve-racking that what she did because she was so concerned about what people might say, she wrote down the candidates issues on a zillion three by five note cards. 80, the number of undecided voters chosen to submit questions ahead of crowley to c.