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Giving him a free trigger for, you know, a cocktail, you know, in the next hour. by definition our spending problems are caused and complicit and all from our congress. so, to give them carte blanche, an automatic tax raise like free drinks for all alcoholics, god bless. >> then weve got to decide to raise the debt ceiling if you dont want to-- >> oh, another, beautiful, youre beautiful, man, lets do that. >> and the bars and alcohol, all night, thats kind of what the government-- they cant stop...

More than 2.50. he is so out of touch with the american people. the polls are clear. its like 60 percent of the american people say yes, tax increases or eliminating the bush tax cut should be a part of any fi fiscal solution to our spending problems in the country. people say thats just reasonable. >> juan you know the numbers, though. look this idea that the president laid out some of the rich arent paying the taxes they are not paying their fair shares they are paying a lower percentage than ...

Medicaid and medicare and social security. youre going to have to go after one of these programs. you cant just chisel around -- youve got to get rid of the whole thing if youre going to cut the deficit down to where you want it, right? dont you have to get rid of things, just not chisel them? >> absolutely not. i dont want chisels, i want chain saws. everyone, including the pentagon, should have to take across the board cuts to reduce the deficit we have. the tea party calls on our government t...

We look the at all the thousands of people in wisconsin in the fight over this issue because youve got to pay the bill some kind of way. >> thats right. >> harris: elizabeth macdonald, always nice to have you. >> i should note in wisconsin, it wasnt a pension shortfall, it was a medicaid shortfall that created the crisis. another spending problems there. >> harris: thank you very much. >> delighted. >> harris: ohio is one state dealing with the budget crisis. as you know, tomorrow night governor...

Television and get a yes or no answer to this will question first and then well move on. can we have a serious conversation about washingtons spending problems without dealing with medicare and social security? mr. secretary, to you first. >> no. medicare especially, we have to deal with rising health care losts and that combined with the baby baby boomers is probably the most serious underlying issue in the budget over the long-term. >> david walker? >> no. >> then why ill call it who goes firs...

Five years. even on programs i care deeply about, which will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade. >> the presidents proposal for a freeze in government spending might give the white house a nice talking point, but it is a totally inadequate solution to our nations spending problems. over the past two years, the administration increased discretionary spending by 24%. if you count the so-called stimulus package, spending is up nearly 84%. >> gregg: joining us now are ...

Management at ysu. the battle over president obamas budget dominating the weekly radio and internet addresses. mr. obama saying that hes making some difficult cuts to allow needed spending increases in education, technology, and basic infrastructure like roads and bridges. >> my budget freezes annual domestic spending for the next five years. even on programs i care deeply about, which will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade. this freeze will bring this type of s...

Basic infrastructure like roads and bridges. >> the president: my budget freezes annual domestic spending for the next five years. even on programs i care deeply about. which will reduce the deficit by more than 400 billion dollars over the next decade. this freeze will bring this type of spending to its lowest level as a share of the economy since dwight eisenhower was president. >> republicans say the presidents spending freeze doesnt take the deficit problem seriously enough. they are calling...

Against what the economists and what the leaders of the european governments want to see which is budget cuts, and coming so soon after the g 20. no one is -- its very unlikely that the people in racine will ask the president about g-20 but theres real concern about a double-dip recession and no fix, no agreement between those in europe who want to see budget, you know, deficits cut and those here still arguing, including the white house, arguing for more stimulus. >> a major philosophical divid...

Of indiana, who a lot of people talk about as a sleeper candidate for 2012, has talked in the past about survival issues for the country. so theres national security issues but issues like entitlement spending, issues like the debt, where he and others in the republican party want to bring to the floor a conversation, a real adult conversation about what to do with some of these huge spending problems and debt problems. if the tea party is a real force in republican politics, they may actually p...