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Cut your way to prosperity. both revenues and spendings need to be a part of the solution, then perhaps well get the ball further down the field. the republicans are saying they are willing to look at cuts with defense spending which has been one of their legacy positions, if you will. it remaybes to be seen what the democrats are willing to give up one of their babies entitlement spending, medicare changes, well have to see. this is going to be an interesting fight with the deadline looming in ...

Paul ryan did. i know dana has a ton more information about the details of that. so it doesnt seem that theyre getting any closer to a real kn negotiation on entitlement reform this year. in terms of entitlement reform, now the two sides are just locked down and more polarized than ever. >> lets look at some of the details. because you have the presidents outline today. he calls it a framework. you also have the ryan budget. thats the house republican budget. he appointed this commission. he did...

Trillion. it is that signature capital. >> i get it. we know the problem. no one wants to deal with it. insurance monopolies bankrupting america. the democrats want to print money, the republicans want to not cover more people. >> lower costs, increase coverage. >> you have to deal with the elephant in the room, a system from 42 -- >> we do need to have entitlement reform in terms of medicare and medicaid. i think one of the mistakes is they are trying to do too much, long-term care, medicare ch...

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Deliver this fessage -- message today, were not playing that game. im not going to say whats in, im not going to say whats out. i want this commission to be free to do its work. >> reporter: free to do its work. everything is on the table. that means medicare changes, social security changes, medicaid, it could mean more revenues, it would keen a value added tax, sort of a variation on a national sales tax, all those options are on the table, there are 18 members of the commission, gregg, 14 do ...