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Im asking where the tea party republicans? wheres fiscally responsible republicans who railed against this kind of spending in previous years? what are they saying now? >> well, if youre calling the tea party really started because they had a problem with the housing bailout and they felt that people who didnt make good decisions get bailed out by the government and then, you know, the spending part of it sort of glommed on later. i dont know. i think their interest is on other things right now ...

Within our means, i think washington will do fine. >> a lot of people think it is not a taxing problem but a spending problem so we will let them hammer that out. draining the swamp, this leaker arrested and the treasury department is accused of leaking information have to do with paul manafort and all things connected to the mueller investigation, the president and attorney general crackdown and get some leakers. >> this goes back to hillary, the private email server that we believe 5 to 6 or m...

>> shannon: a lot of people think its a taxing problem they have. its a spending problem. we will let them hammer it out. i want to ask about draining the swamp. the leaker arrested from inside the treasury department. she is apparently accused of leaking all kind of information to deal with manafort and gates and all things connected to the mueller investigation. both the president and the attorney general promised to crack down and get leakers. >> sean: listen, this goes back to hillary. this ...

Question do to reduce spending f. there are things that dont reduce benefits that reduce spending. we have to address that. >> were really going to go with the mitch mcconnell argument, lets cut corporate tax in half and go after entitlements. thats the answer? >> this is like the slow pitch over the plate. you could see this coming for the past two years. they come up with a massive tax cut that goes to the upper 1% of the american peep and argue the only way to solve it is medicare, medicaid a...

>> but you had trillion and a half dollar deficits and a weak recovery. what weve always said to trump is get the economy moving at a faster pace. if you can get that growth rate up from less than 2% under obama to 3% or 4 %, youre going to gt a lot of tax revenue. cbo projecting tax revenues will be stronger than expected. >> why do they think there will be a trillion-dollar deficit? >> its a spending problem. >> its a republican majority in the house. >> i know. >> a republican majority in the...

His budget was so large, some of the employees that weigh paying out some of the senior executives were making salaries of 170,000. part-time employees, neil, were making 100,000. employee compensation overall was $1.1 billion. so, the local government has a spending problem. so, in order for them to kind of get that under control, to evenly deal with the homeless issue, they have to look at that employee spending at first. i mean, we are just looking at employee here. transportation costs. gove...

Our international competitiveness will erode and our children will become the first generation in american history that is poorer than the previous generation. >> bret: that was 2011. still true today? >> it is. the cbo report, not reported by very many is that tax revenues in america actually grew after tax reform. so, its the spending that grew faster. so, my point is that we dont have a revenue problem. we have a spending problem. and thats where we need to focus our efforts. im convinced we ...

Culture in this white house where administration officials feel they can use the white house as a free platinum card paid for by the taxpayers. and that comes from a culture created by trump where he views personal gain as the highest form of public service. >> i think you put it so perfectly, and add to that the fact that scott pruitt was trying to do to the epa what donald trump is trying to do to the doj, but he may get in more trouble for it. i want to read from this other reporting that the...

If you look at the variety of scandals like tom price and ben carson and ryan zinke, et cetera, you realize theres a culture in this white house where administration officials feel they can use the white house as a free platinum card paid for by the taxpayers. and that comes from a culture created by trump where he views personal gain as the highest form of public service. >> i think you put it so perfectly, and add to that, the fact that scott pruitt was trying to do to the epa that donald trum...

You think things will take care of themselves, let your lawn go for a month or two. we have a spending problem that is so over-the-top. 23 -- $20 trillion climbing. in order to have sustainable programs, we have to do away with programs that allow people to make -- the 51 vote is all we need. my native vetoes would help. eric: desantis said we are not going down to 51. its ruled unconstitutional in 1998. >> how about if we say when it comes to military command thats a separate spending bill alto...