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>> >> laura: the fix is in you are saying? >> it could be. this could be an exercise in sweeping most inconvenient topic under the carpet before the election. it could be laying the predicate for a v.a.t. tax. and then i suppose there is a slide possibility that that people could negotiate and put on the path of national sanity. im not holding my breath yet. >> laura: if they were going to do that congressman ryan and entitlements and what we do about it say a recommendation is voted on and you ...

Of this country is going to be recommended at the end of all of this. now, the breakdown of the committee, 10 democrats, right? eight republicans. how many do you need to adopt a recommendation? >> well, you need 14. but the truth is, laura, two thirds of the people who are on the commission were either appointed by the president or they are of his party. so if you were actually going to design this for success, like the 9/11 commission, you would have had it split even steven. so its not -- its...

>> >> laura: the fix is in you are saying? >> it could be. this could be an exercise in sweeping most inconvenient topic under the carpet before the election. it could be laying the predicate for a v.a.t. tax. and then i suppose there is a slide possibility that that people could negotiate and put on the path of national sanity. im not holding my breath yet. >> laura: if they were going to do that congressman ryan and entitlements and what we do about it say a recommendation is voted on and you ...