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Always popular higher tax rates on the wealthy. we heard suggestions about possible changes to mortgage interest deductions or getting rid of those or limiting those. minimum payments and retirement ages for social security could see changes as well. should we do means testing for social security? and it could also mean new limit or changes for charitable contributions. maybe you wont be able to take those anymore depend opening what happens coming up in 2013. joining me now a former adviser to ...

Network this morning, and i was very pleased with the fact that he says he will respond to his constituents rather than to grover norquist. thats the kind of attitude that we need going into this. and i think that you will find from democrats that we want to take a look at things that we can do to medicare and medicaid and means testing, although we do means test medicare now, i think we ought to expand means testing and i really believe that we can take a hard look at the way we compute the con...

Saying that he would cap the deductions? this week? in a local interview? >> no, no, no. he has said what we will do is deal with the deductions that are there that when taken have reduced the capacity of the government to get revenue. and we will compensate for our reduction in the rate of 20% particularly for the middle class by addressing those deductions. in some case removing them, and in some cases means testing them. means -- one form of means testing is to put a cap on it. >> governor, h...

Look, this is, again, i said it in the summer, and ill repeat it. this is the "seinfeld" campaign. its about nothing right now. and youd hope that this debates coming up in two weeks or a week -- >> a week from wednesday. >> a week from wednesday will change that. and look, you know, these interviews, they sit down, you know, while the interviewer is not scripted necessarily in terms of where they want to go with their questions. the candidates are. and theyre not going to open up any new doors....

There is no love lost there. >> kimberly: what did he take away? >> bob: i never heard, when the ceos run the lousy companys get the golden parachutes. >> kimberly: shay should be fired, too. >> greg: but that is private sector. this is killing the city, cities go bankrupt because of the selfishness. i love the fact that rahm emanuel might be growing up, now ther is spent eating its tail. >> bob: what is selfish about it? >> greg: what is the raise? 60% raise when people are out of work. they tu...

There is no love lost there. >> kimberly: what did he take away? >> bob: i never heard, when the ceos run the lousy companys get the golden parachutes. >> kimberly: shay should be fired, too. >> greg: but that is private sector. this is killing the city, cities go bankrupt because of the selfishness. i love the fact that rahm emanuel might be growing up, now ther is spent eating its tail. >> bob: what is selfish about it? >> greg: what is the raise? 60% raise when people are out of work. they tu...

Faces, this fiscal problem. you can argue about which is better or which works best but theres not a single alternative from the other side. there is silence about what to do about it. not silence actually, they just attack us, about the entitlements. there is no message about tax reform. my budget, for instance, i have taken some of the presidents ideas. i think wealthy senior citizens should pay a little bit more for their medicare benefits. >> wow. >> so in my budget, i have integrated the pr...

Situation where theres too much polarization to get anything done. >> how confident are you that changes can be made and implemented and that we can be more productive in our political world? >> the two questions raised in that segment just before we came on is social security and medicare. i think both are solvable. theyre two to three bamroom details away from being sustainable programs. it would require means testing, people born after a certain time would get this benefit, et cetera, et cete...

Nothing. there are bipartisan plans out there. on medicare, there was certainly one in the clinton administration. he had a panel that proposed something very much like the premium support plan that paul ryan and the republicans in the house proposed. and then there is a social security plan. its not one we know, but speaker gingrich and president clinton agreed on reform plan in 198 # which would have done what everybody knows has to be done. raise edge of eligibility and do some means testing....

A family member who somebody is serving overseas. 2012, you have a co-pay of $12. in 2013, it will be $26 and topping out in 2017 for now at $34. >> so this is first ever enrollment fees. there havent been enrollment fees for these retirees in the past. so if youre paying, for example, if youre a colonel, and youre paying $500, youre going to be paying $2,000. theres also means testing. theyre saying, ok, those who are getting less in retirement will pay less. those who are getting more in retir...