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$1.3 trillion at this moment. a distant third, the presidents stimulus plan, $831 billion. never thought $831 billion would look cheap. well, heres another powerful number. right now this country is paying $224 billion a year in interest on our debt and that number is mushrooming. it becomes an exponential problem. by 2020 we will be paying $544 billion in interest alone. if you want to see something really scary, lets compare that $544 billion to medicare. by 2020 in the year were pay...

number two, the cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. $1.3 trillion at this moment. a distant third, the presidents stimulus plan, $831 billion. never thought $831 billion would look cheap. well, heres another powerful number. right now this country is paying $224 billion a year in interest on our debt and that number is mushrooming. it becomes an exponential problem. by 2020 we will be paying $544 billion in interest alone. if you want to see something really scary, lets compare t...

Childhood education or fund our needs for the furlt. thats not his message right now. his message on taxes, its a fairness thing. its a message for the conservatives as well. thats why theyve been trotting out the idea that the core unfairness in the tax codes is that 46% of americans dont pay any tax. we know thats not actually true. lower income americans actually pay about 16% of their income in state and local taxes. payroll taxes. >> sales taxes. >> exactly. >> i think its important to note...

[ male announcer ] up to 5 weeks of comfortable shaves with one proglide cartridge. great things start with gillette. gregg: president george w. bush is in new york city today, making a rare public remarks about the state of the economy, and well, the tax cuts that bear his name. fox business networks david asman is there live. hi david. >> reporter: hi gregg. even though weve had the same personal tax codes in effect for more than ten years now, theyre still known as the bush tax cuts, even tho...

We elevate the nature of the debate? >> education is very costly. the report were looking at says it goes up 6% every year. you know, there is another issue about priorities. one of the funny things is we talk about tax codes and changing taxes. we look at the deductibility of mortgage interest payments. lbos, for example. yet we have no such thing for education in this country. its absurd. of course, if you dont fix the returns relative to the amount of money you put into education, youll have ...

He wouldnt pass the last one and i doubt hell pass this one. remember, that the republicans right now are the minority party in washington, though we have the majority in the house of representatives, its our responsibility to govern and we believe its imperative that we put forward a budget so that the american people know that there are adults that are standing up and trying to do the business thats necessary for this country. but, were the minority in washington because we dont have senate an...

John mccains campaign and with us eugene robinson. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. steve, let me ask you first, the to 1% would get $150,000 tax break under this ryan plan. there is no polling out there that supports that this is where the country wants to go. how are the republicans going to be able to support this plan and win in november? >> look, i agree with some of your characterizations of the plan. i think that this is a serious governing blue print for republicans. i think...

And cost 1.3 trillion in the first year alone adding to the deficit. >> i think both of those are wrong, to be honest with you. number one the only reason for changing tax codes is to change peoples behavior. we need growth. and you cant balance the budgets on the backs of the unemployed and poor. you need to create prosperity. by having a low rate flat tax, one of which was newt gingrichs. as you fannie mae i wrote jerry browns flat tax in 1992, the 13% one. all of those would create huge poste...

budget and create millions of jobs. >> president obama disagrees. >> you can bet that since its an election year, theyre already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and ill save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and then step three is to keep drilling. >> so how much can the president, for that matter congress, really control? stephen moore is an editorial writer for the "wall street journal." kris ya freeland editor of thompson reuters digital....

lot more good for the economy. >> the energy issue is enormous. an enormous flow which would drive down prices to $2.50 a gallon would help us balance the budget and create millions of jobs. >> president obama disagrees. >> you can bet that since its an election year, theyre already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and ill save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and then step three is to keep drilling. >> so how much can the president, for tha...