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>> go ahead quentin. >> how is cutting the tax burden by 50% since 1985 improve things in wisconsin? thats an interesting question too. the governor could become a better negotiator. in california governor brown is cutting things. when people protest he says, okay what have you got? he doesnt say high hands are tied the way governor walker does. union sending letters out to people saying we have to cut, we have to make negotiations, we have to make con sessions -- concessions, get ready for that...

You cant be in favor of that. >> im saying in 2014 the economy is better -- >> david: quickly, quentin, answer. >> when the economy is healthier you tax at a higher rate you pay for what youre doing. please dont complain about deficits if you dont know how you are going to pay for things. >> david: we have run out of time. democrats and republicans still skittish on fixing social security. [ technician ] are you busy? management just sent over these new technical manuals. they need you to transl...

Taxpayer money. >> i dont think quentin is a fan of these high speed rails. theyve only been successful in france and japan. >> china is building some great ones. it is the future. does it pay? i dont know. for years weve complained about how much broadband we need in this country thats something we can focus on. >> [ talking over each other ] >> what are the ironies the president was speaking in wisconsin a couple weeks ago about how we need government to spend more on broadband speaking at a u...

More like three trillion. if you look in illinois, now a state that just decided it is going to go deeper into who can. if the -- into hock. if the people arent going to buy the bonds that the states want to sell, like illinois they are not going to be able to fun themselves. well have to bail them out again. >> if the states do the right things, the feds dont have to come and bail them out. it looks like wisconsin and other states want to do the right thing. >> they have to tart somewhere. you ...

Complaining about wisconsin where they cut corporate taxes and did union deals they couldnt pay for and how terrible that was. heres the president talking about a raise that doesnt kick in until 2014, by the way, to pay for the deficit spending hes doing now. thats not a bad idea that is paying for what you are doing. >> david: dennis, you dont always get what you think you are going to get when you raise taxes. sometimes you pull people out of the economy as a result of higher taxes. >> when yo...

Benefits, they are not going to be spending either. they are going to be out on the seat -- on the streets that is not going to be good for people who have been out for work for weeks and months who have nothing to cover their basic needs with. >> im usually for any tax cut, because i want to starve the beast what do you think? >> it takes an employer to create an employee. here weve added one more barrier to the class of people called employers to create employees. this is tragic, even neil ack...

Thing. some of these states like california, new york, wisconsin to a lesser extent they are in such trouble because of the concessions they made to unions over many years, it is going to take several years to get out of it. even if you start today. >> one thing we should add about wisconsin the governor doesnt want to take anything away from things already made hes talking about promises in the future. what about like in california you have to cut into existing contracts? >> yeah. i give credit...