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Senate, wont be signed by the president. where is the credible plan they can present as a real alternative that has a chance of passing. we havent seen that either. shannon: you mentioned that five republicans voted against the plan. >> yeah. shannon: rand paul said he didnt think it was strong enough. >> susan collins, rand paul from the other side of the spectrum. shannon: for the most part republicans have been standing behind the ryan plan its been sort of a test case -- >> they knew it wasn...

Were in the position of waiting for the biden commission to look at obamas proposal and the republican task proposal and come forward to us with a plan that we can move through the committee. but i think the lines are clear. what we saw in the republican past budget is that the republicans in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and pay for subsidies to oil company, theyve madrasas tick cuts and changes to basic programs that americans rely on like medicare. and you saw an over...

Who they believe the attorney general is committed to bring the people in federal court even though he had the major reversal on the part of the 9/11 case. jon: is it the feeling on the part of the senator this is is test case for the administration? >> a test case is one way to look at it. based on conversations i had this morning there seems to be a difference in interpretation on the military commissions act, on the justice departments side. they believe it only applies to al qaeda and taliba...

Ahead and have to use that healthcare plan which is doing nothing short of driving healthcare premiums higher. alisyn: this is from consumer watchdog. this shows -- you will remember massachusetts was the model for the national healthcare reform plan. and this says in massachusetts, a family plan, the premium for healthcare for a family plan has -- is up to 19.8%. nationally its up 14.5%. so in massachusetts it has risen higher than the national. this seems like the story of whats to come nation...

Panhandling. you want a job dishwashing and he said, no i make much more money out there. but you go into the corporate welfare, indian segment was astonishing. i had no idea there was massively successful indians that have been ruined by the government. but there you have it. >> john: this woman that just sat here that imagined the trust for the indians, she says this is the treaty. who are you to criticize it, ho we indians want these handouts? >> they have done so much for them. you have the ...

Panhandling. you want a job dishwashing and he said, no i make much more money out there. but you go into the corporate welfare, indian segment was astonishing. i had no idea there was massively successful indians that have been ruined by the government. but there you have it. >> john: this woman that just sat here that imagined the trust for the indians, she says this is the treaty. who are you to criticize it, ho we indians want these handouts? >> they have done so much for them. you have the ...

Panhandling all of the time. the owner said you want a job dish washing? he said no i make much more money out here. that was basically what you showed. then you go into the corporate welfare. the indian segment was astonishing. i had no idea there were all of these massively successful indians who hadnt been ruined by the government. >> this woman who sat here who used to manage the trust for the indians doesnt bat an eye. she says this is the treaty and who are you tro criticize it and speak f...

Sat here that imagined the trust for the indians, she says this is the treaty. who are you to criticize it, ho we indians want these handouts? >> they have done so much for them. you have the multimillionaire indians and live in fabulous homes. there is your test case. there is your control group. >> john: i would think so. yet the mail suggests they are unmoved. once you are getting a check and once involved in the handout system, nothing must change. >> you can never take things away from peop...

>> john: this woman that just sat here that imagined the trust for the indians, she says this is the treaty. who are you to criticize it, ho we indians want these handouts? >> they have done so much for them. you have the multimillionaire indians and live in fabulous homes. there is your test case. there is your control group. >> john: i would think so. yet the mail suggests they are unmoved. once you are getting a check and once involved in the handout system, nothing must change. >> you can ne...

Can this test case set a growing trend for privatizing? joining us now is the president of citizens against government waste, tom, good morning to you. >> good morning, dave. >> dave: explain exactly how this works, they did not privatize the police, fire or public schools. what did they privatize and how is it working out for them? >> everything from, as you said, trash, pickup to maintenance at the park. services that as ronald reagan used to say you can find in the yellow book. his theory was...