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They made, 100 billion dollars. it is important that your credibility is not lost, especially early on. when they came back to us and said they want to have a less amount, we said you cant do that. you made this pledge. you said this is what we are going after. the american people the same as senator thune said, theres a spending problem here. you just said everyone comes up and says they are going to do this and that and never do. i think now is the time that we do make that change, because you...

They made, 100 billion dollars. it is important that your credibility is not lost, especially early on. when they came back to us and said they want to have a less amount, we said you cant do that. you made this pledge. you said this is what we are going after. the american people the same as senator thune said, theres a spending problem here. you just said everyone comes up and says they are going to do this and that and never do. i think now is the time that we do make that change, because you...

You dont have to raise tax rates to do that, you have to grow the economy. this isnt a tax problem. this is a spending problem. thats the case. >> its interesting when they roll out the budget. its what they want to bring to the surface. this is what were highlighting in this package as we see the wheelbarrow go out and the budget released. this was buried in there. you do not want at this point with our economy struggling the way it is, to lead with, were increasing taxes on the rich. we just d...

Go look at where we spend our money. you can see the proportion. you got medicare, medicaid, social security and defense not its not just entitlements. if youre claiming -- listen forget whether we have a spending problem or not. if you claim we have a spending problem and you want to solve it dont come to me and tell me youre going to do some nickel -- am i wrong? >> i think you are absolutely right, but i would also blame the american people who are watching this show because there was actuall...

The top 2% expire. wouldnt small businesses that file as individuals be really hurt by that result not guilty guilty -- resulting in lost jobs at a time when unemployment is very high? >> i appreciate that, gregg. i just think that we have such a tremendous deficit in this country and i think that both a spending problem and its a tax problem, unfortunately. what weve been debating for the last few months in this country was whether to let the tax rate -- the tax cut expire for the very, very hi...

Im not interested. >> listen, i dont have enough time for it, doug, but again, i remain where i stand. if you cut a small amount of money and take it away from people for food, youre not solving the spending problem any more than somebody who wants to go after a high-speed rail program, until you break the banks, the trade, and drive money into this country, you are certainly not a patriot andç chances are you are something worse than that. tomorrow on the show, were live in d.c., speaking of ...

Continue to subsidize multimillion dollar tax trade and health care scams. its stunning, almost as stunning as the democrats refusal to deal with the same problems. i get a little worked up. i apologize. lets bring in our panel. jane hampshire, founder of the blog firedog lake, and doug haye, a former rnc communications director. doug, i wont make you carry the entire water nor than i would jane the lefts water, but i am interested in your perspective on what the heck the republicans are thinkin...

>> yeah. george w. bush arguing in 2001 because we had a budget surplus, we should have tax cuts. now that america has a budget deficit, republicans say, its also time for tax cuts. >> obviously, you think the deficit is a major problem, dont you? >> i do. >> was the tax deal, in your opinion, worth the $900 billion added to the deficit? was it worth it? >> washington does not have a revenue problem, washington has a spending problem. i think its worth it. it will create jobs and help the econom...

Deficit, republicans say, its also time for tax cuts. >> obviously, you think the deficit is a major problem, dont you? >> i do. >> was the tax deal, in your opinion, worth the $900 billion added to the deficit? was it worth it? >> washington does not have a revenue problem, washington has a spending problem. i think its worth it. it will create jobs and help the economy. >> if you want tax cuts, then x happening in the world is a reason for tax cuts. if the opposite of x happens in the world, t...

>> yeah. george w. bush arguing in 2001 because we had a budget surplus, we should have tax cuts. now that america has a budget deficit, republicans say, its also time for tax cuts. >> obviously, you think the deficit is a major problem, dont you? >> i do. >> was the tax deal, in your opinion, worth the $900 billion added to the deficit? was it worth it? >> washington does not have a revenue problem, washington has a spending problem. i think its worth it. it will create jobs and help the econom...