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how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, thats not the one were having. thanks to both of you, -- and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. hes the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reubens green room. all right, straight ahead,...

Theres a complicated but actually laid out process for discussing how we spend our money. this is pretty much what it looks like, about 19% of our budget goes to social security, 15% is spent on have, thats more than the country spends on defense, medicare, social services. thats basically the pie. there are lots of ways to have reasonable and good faith discussions about what that pie should look like. but that process is a little bit broken. >> absolutely, and adam summed it up very well, how ...

We pay a lot of other taxes. we pay sales tax. we pay gas as it goes up. the idea that the percentage is made up of weak or lazy or uncaring or automatic obama voter, either, i mean, all of that is just wrong. its just wrong. i think he realized that pretty quickly. >> if you could say one thing, though, to either president obama or to mitt romney as they wage this battle against the 47% they both fight to see who is more empathetic to that part of our country, what would you say? >> i -- i dont...

Ago. ryan will try to make the case why he and governor romney would do a better job than president obama at creating jobs for them. ryan will also note that student loan debt has surged under president obama. according to federal statistics like 36%. the obama biden campaign counters that under the ryan budget nearly 10 million students would see pell grants cut in 2014. they say president obama has doubled the funding for pell grants. paul ryan is the youngest vice presidental candidate in alm...