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a penalty, not a tax. >> the law is clear. its called a penalty. >> the massive so-called tax increase theyre talking about is the freeloader penalty. >> people who can buy health insurance should take responsibility to do so. >> im saying it was set up as a penalty for people who choose not to buy insurance. >> its a penalty. >> whatever you call it a mandate or a tax, its a penalty. >> in case you missed it, its a penalty and not a tax. thats whats being said, right? as for the repub...

Concerned about it. the proposal calls for an $8 billion community jobs trading program. the jobs program will be paid for by a tax increase on millionaires, which is a political one-two. take money from the rich. whats the problem with that? the problem is we let tens of trillions of debt from systems that are transferring risk to our government from private enterprises and no one is doing anything to stop it. they are looking to either reduce spending and/or tax people to poor money into a buc...

>> of course, i loved it. >> joes spiritual home. you see this afghanistan news -- >> time now to look at the morning papers. well get to that. from the "wall street journal," drug maker pfizer has recalled about 1 million packs of birth control pills that were not packed correctly raising the risk of unplanned pregnancies. in question are packs of loval 28 and the generic version. >> thats not good. the parade of papers. top executives at american airlines have outlined what they expect emp...

The race for the republican nomination. with that comes the inevitable attacks. cains 999 economic plan came under fire. his proposal calls for a 9% business flat tax, 9% personal income flat tax and 9% sales tax. >> when you take the 999 plan and you turn it upside down, i think the devils in the details. >> i dont need 999. >> thought it was the price of a pizza when i first heard about it. >> they want to pass what they think they can get passed rather than what we need which is a bold soluti...

That says were a member of congress. were here to try and fix this countrys problems. >> reporter: his plan would cut nearly $6 trillion. >> for too long, washington has not been honest with the american people. >> reporter: the house gop proposal calls for a complete transformation of what had been politically untouchable programs, entitlements, for medicare, health care for seniors, no longer would the government pay hospital bills directly. anyone 55 years and older now would not be affected....

President attended and had a discussion with them, they have a number of proposals out there but they cant get them anywhere. >> thats right. the presidents proposal calls for cutting medicare by $500 billion, raising tax another $500 billion, forcing the states and a huge unfunded mandate upon them. for people who have insurance, theyre premiums will go up ifss passed. so many people said get rid of it. get real healthcare reform that brings down cost of care. >> when you hear from folks like n...

Also. we are committed to working with state and local leaders who help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> it should be noted that during his nearly 7-minute speech the president did not once mention the word gun. he said he and his administration will take steps to tackle the issue of mental health but the policy suggests otherwise. the budget proposal does call for $13 billion in mental health but that same proposal calls for massive cuts to medicaid which e...

Double freeze plan to de-escalate tensions on the korean peninsula. that proposal calls for north korea to stop its banned nuclear weapons tests and ballistic missile tests. at the same time, the u.s. would stop its large-scale joint military exercises with south korea. washington hasnt seemed to be willing really to accept this so far. so we dont know how far this proposal coming from moscow and beijing is really going to go. the interesting point is that all three of these major powers came to...

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The g.o.p. blueprint is being posted this evening. separate components from house ways and means and energy and commerce working in conjunction, and g.o.p. leaders say its time to deliver. >> americans need relief. they deserve a new direction. thats why we are taking action to repeal and replace obamacare with health care solutions that can actually work for the american people. >> hhs secretary tom price and budget director mick mulvaney are expected to have dinner with president trump to revi...