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>> again it was the mainstream media that posited the question about the missed votes and everything and could have left itself at that. later on, the governor got himself that -- governor bush got himself in trouble on fantasy football and a certain response by another governor. >> we have $90 trillion in debt. we have people out of work. we have isis in al qaeda attacking us and were talking about fantasy football? can we stop? [cheering] >> explain there, governor bush was talking about maybe...

Bit of wiggle room. there needs to be a miscellaneous category for the pop-up gifts and parties that come up. >> thats right. gift for linda, i think shes about a $25 friend. >> are you going to regift to me? >> the other thing you say is pay cash. why is that important? >> yeah. this is a holiday season its not an excuse for us to go into debt. the worst thing in the world is to be paying for christmas in march. we dont want to do that. so we want to make sure that we pull out the amount of cas...

Based on theyve been encouraging investors to buy into the market if the market carries on plunging the fear is that retail investors will then also pull in their holds and stop spending. the chinese economy is trying to reinvent itself to become a more consumer-oriented economy. that could cause an even further slow down in gdp. already its slowed to 7%. theres fears that actually the real number could be much lower than that even 5% or 6%. >> you have numbers on what the chinese government has...

Cut. >> stop spending boondoggles on -- >> solyndra. >> it should have gone to the troops. >> $50 billion drawdown on defense spending in the next ten years. $50 billion increase in food stamps. >> by the way, we have 283 ships right now. in the 70s, what did we have? >> 595. >> we cut back. >> i think that was the 80s. >> i checked. >> okay, well, fine. okay, good. >> dana, you said a good point. we dont know who our enemy is. we never will. we never do, bob. >> who do you think -- >> what do y...

Cut. >> stop spending boondoggles on -- >> solyndra. >> it should have gone to the troops. >> $50 billion drawdown on defense spending in the next ten years. $50 billion increase in food stamps. >> by the way, we have 283 ships right now. in the 70s, what did we have? >> 595. >> we cut back. >> i think that was the 80s. >> i checked. >> okay, well, fine. okay, good. >> dana, you said a good point. we dont know who our enemy is. we never will. we never do, bob. >> who do you think -- >> what do y...

More expansive government, and you have a republican president coming to office and offers you, hey, no -- medicare, you know, part d, no child left behind, youre going to work a little bit because youre getting a little bit what you want. >> the republicans from their base perspective, they were sent there to do things like stop spending, and stop obama care and things like that. so if their voters are telling them the first thing they want them to do is stop, either on spending side or program...

Around would be to use cash. mean green. >> yes. this is something that i did when i was on a really strict budget. every sunday i would go to the atm and take out what i could spend for the week and put it in my wallet. you can literally see how much you have left. you feel pain as youre spending, those last dollars, and when youre done, when your wallet is empty, stop spending. >> thats right. so easy to just swipe, swipe. thats a better idea. >> leave the credit cards at home and that way you...

You. in asking a very fair question to mr. cantor. we know there are a lot of town halls, packets, everybody is ready to go. but are they prepared it hear that kind of frustration from their own people? >> you know, i dont know. because remember, a lot of folks, particularly the ones in the house, they come from districts. particularly the freshman. they come from districts with voters who sent them to washington to stop things. repeal obama care. stop spending. cut the spending. do the sequeste...

Other national issues than it did with the government shutdown. i dont think its as toxic as republicans fear its going to. theyre going to have to deal with the media whos certainly going to spin it in that direction, but the truth is americans want the government under control, they want debt brought under control. they want the deficit under control, stop spending. jon: very quickly, look at detroit. detroit declared bankruptcy in part because it has so many mandates to fund pensions and so f...

Concerned. as you see here, just less than 30% believe theyre going to evaluate president obama with a clean fresh slate. 64% will evaluate him based on past feelings. and here, a continuation of a trend we saw throughout the first term. very similar to what ronald reagan dealt with during his eight years. personally, the public really likes president obama. 74%. but his policies, again, more people disapprove of the policies. 49%, than approve of them there, at 47%. so what about the next four ...