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Agenda. now separately the white house will -- one sen erd around repairing and expanding infrastructure. the other boosting government social programs. while those negotiations are still ongoing the president wants americans to be patient with a post pandemic economic recovery. >> president biden: you cant reboot a global economy like flipping on a light switch. there will be ups and jobs and economic report. and supply issues and back to a steady and stable growth. >> bill: republicans are arg...

Proposal is a statement of values. but republicans say its a nonstarting for them and especially when it comes to the price tag you mentioned, to fund a number of democratic priorities. its a massive budget document. there are so many things you can look at. when you break it down, you can see significant more spending in places like the commerce and education and transportation department. this as the white house continues to double down on infrastructure as well as boosting government spending...

>> tucker: by that standard they are just getting started? >> right. and actually, taking this seriously, bernie sanders is an old, crazy guy, but he was a romance for the young, and the problem for me with these people is not that they are -- one of the things that makes politics dysfunctional, particularly in washington, is that everyone is mired in 1930s social programs that are actually irrelevant to every social indicator of the early 21st century. who are the people likely to be most attac...

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Clear. . in paul ryans america, we cut the budget deficit with massive reductions and spending, achieved primarily by slashing social programs. under ryans plan, american was the most money would see a reduction in reduction in their taxes and those with the least money would see a reduction in the benefits they depend on to survive. that means pulling the medicare rug out from under future beneficiaries and cutting food subsidies for families, reducing pell grants for students who cant afford t...

And vowed nod to raise taxes to hell take an ax to social programs, dismantling part of the welfare program to save $1.2 billion. also getting rid of home care for elderly and disabled. that would save $2 billion. also the healthy familys program which provides healthcare for nearly a million children is in danger. a lot of the programs received federal dollars so they have federal strings and requirements to the governor cant cut them back, he has to eliminate them entirely. thats the tough tal...

The reality is this is very tough to do, and thats one of the biggest problems. you say cut defense spending. people dont want you to cut defense spending. social programs? no way. social taxes? no. and when it comes to retirement, the chairman of the ways and means committee used to tell a story of a discussion over cutting social security or medicare or medicaid, and he said that a senior citizen in his district climbed up on the hood of his car and screamed at him, dont cut my social security...