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The shutdown was over a spending issue, not 11 times, it was about a spending issue. four times it was contraeight. two times it was contraaid, which was spending areas.

But the democrats are getting some religion on this spending issue. and i think as the government takes a smaller share of gdp, the private sector will produce more economic growth which is my real goal. >> do you think that the differences that were talking about here are really going to have an impact in how much businesses are spending? >> well, i think over a period of time the answer is yes. i mean, look, a lot of people make the argument, it may not be a perfect argument, but when the busi...

Constant communication. >> that was on a deficit fight, though. >> in a way it is leading up to the debt ceiling. >> theres no way to attach the deficit to linking this to the c.r. >> this is a spending issue right now, right? so this is the continuing resolution. its because the senate hasnt passed -- has only passed one appropriations bill of out of the last 48 on time. >> thanks in part to mr. cruz. >> okay. you can blame a single republican. but all previous republican and democratic majorit...

And my question was, why cant the federal government balance our budget like the households do in this country? his answer was, because america is not a family. if we balance too soon we get less revenues. gregg: my question why do they have to be tied together, entilement reform and taxes? dough end to do they. >> they absolutely do. we have a spending problem. it is not an issue of producing more revenue. were at record amounts of revenue in this nation. we have got to cut the spending and deb...

And liberal americans are putting all of us in danger by their inflexibility on the spending issue. republican senator tom coal berne indicates the senators could save almost 300 billion bucks a year simply by cutting out waste in duplicate programs. lets get very specific for you doubters out there. very specific. please consider these facts. am i being nice? the national institutes of health recently awarded $1.5 million to a boston hospital. to study why many lesbians are overweight and most ...

Putting all of us in danger by their inflexibility on the spending issue. republican senator tom coal berne indicates the senators could save almost 300 billion bucks a year simply by cutting out waste in duplicate programs. lets get very specific for you doubters out there. very specific. please consider these facts. am i being nice? the national institutes of health recently awarded $1.5 million to a boston hospital. to study why many lesbians are overweight and most gay men are not. the feds ...

Highest amount of income tax revenue in history. and, yet, mr. obama wants more, more money flowing to washington and no spending cuts. again, colmes and his crew continue to defend that. and, yet, there is another problem. because the right wing has demonized barack obama so much, many independent americans are tuning out. they are numb to criticism about the president. there is birth certificate and muslim stuff has actually helped barack obama. because now when there is a legitimate criticism...

Reids desk. so there were solutions at that were being offered, but to continue to talk about more tax revenue and more increases, as far as taxation, the cbo has already said were going to have 2 point trillion dollars of revenue this year and thats a pretty high extent-- bit of revenue coming in, but were still going to run 800 to 900 billion dollar deficit because of the spending issue. >> sean: and the congressman, name is drucken miller. and he makes a point when he talks about the 200 mill...

Going to happen and there is also a much greater partisan divide over the tax versus spending issue. those things combined i think make it more likely the sequester will be a real thing on march 1st. >> meanwhile you think well avert the full on freakout mode however crossroads gps is out today trying to pin the blame squarely on the president. take a look. >> these cuts here in washington known as sequestration are a bad idea. you want to see a bunch of first responders lose their jobs, teacher...

He looks forward to working with congress to get the rest of the job done. as president, he signed in to law, $2.5 trillion already in deficit reduction. 70% of that has come in spending cuts. 3% 0% in revenue. that is balance and we need to continue it. >> bret: there are lot of folks who question the $2.5 trillion and how it adds up. speaker boehner said i dont like the sequester, i dont want the sequester, but the spending issue is the biggest issue to threaten our future. when will we get se...