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>> today mr. romney went after the president aggressively for the way in which his health care plan takes money from medicare. several hundred billions of dollars and accused the president of the united states of raiding medicare. listen. >> did you know that he has taken $716 billion out of the medicare trust fund? he has raided that trust fund. you know what he did with it? he has used it to pay for obama care. it is a risky, unproven, federal government of health care. if i am president of th...

Now, the gop cares about medicare. under ryans plan, medicare would turn into a voucher program. it would raise the age where you -- eligible to 67. and seniors would pay $6400 more. i mean, i dont understand how that demonstrates that they want to save and care about medicare. >> well, it is just -- i think dishonesty for them to say what they are saying. the fact is that the ryan plan would take money from medicare and give it to enable larger, ever larger tax breaks for really wealthy individ...

Hit. whether or not that makes this likely to go into effect or not is a more open question. >> i asked you questions like this before and you held back. if you are 60 years old right now, whats the smart move? going with ryan, romney or obama? >> i dont tell people how to vote. >> no, in terms of policy. >> people have to make judgment calls on where they think federal dollars should go. medicares on the same path spending wise under obama and ryan. it will grow gdp plus 0.5%. obama tries to ma...

Probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romneys middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. before paul ryan, there was newt gingrich. in 1995, then house speaker newt gingrich wanted to voucherize medicare. he wanted to privatize it. as the l.a. times reported it then, gingrich predicted congress would undertake a major reform of medicare. one alte...

I bet there was a ton in the bill he hated wish he had the ability to amend it n the house you dont have that choice. as somebody from wisconsin, you know what he is guilty of? guilty of loving his state and understanding the entrepreneurs battling away in his state and willing to stand up and advocate for them. when he is vice president of the united states he will stand up and advocate for entrepreneurs across america as we compete on the world stage. jon: debbie, should we expect president ob...

Districts, in colorado and pennsylvania and a couple of other states. by three to one, people do not think that medicare should be a voucher program. three to one. even in conservative -- these are swing districts. in some cases, where our candidate or congressional candidate is down. so, you know, hes articulate, hes attractive, im sure he says what he thinks, which is always an attracti ivive idea, the problem is what he thinks is way outside the american mainstream in terms of the social comp...

That they are destroying medicare as it is currently constituted. what they intend to do is convert medicare over a period of years into a voucher program. so what theyre going to say to a 70-year-old senior who is dealing with cancer or heart disease, here is a check for $8,000. go out, get the best private insurance policy you can, and lots of luck. now, you tell me, ed, if somebody is dealing with cancer or heart disease or a serious illness, what $8,000 is going to do. everybody knows what i...

They also failed to mention that paul ryans own budget keeps the $700 billion cut in place, in addition to slashing benefits through a voucher program. when it comes to social security, ryan isnt giving specifics. yet ryan wanted to privatize the program along with the bush administration back in 2005. ryans plan saves the biggest budget cut in medicaid. okay? now, he wants to cut federal medicaid spending by over $700 billion in the next ten years. that means cutting funds for the poor, the eld...

From the guy himself. >> no, im with you, karen. >> with the simpson bowles commission, he led the house republicans to vote against the simpson bowles recommendation. >> what i love about this is we got three more months to talk about it. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> stay with us. weve got much more ahead including a congressman who unlike paul ryan, is willing to talk about the nations drought. >> ryans budget replaces medicare with a voucher program and i believe social security becomes a...

It came from cutting subsidies to insurance companies that were overcharging the seniors. they also failed to mention that paul ryans own budget keeps the $700 billion cut in place, in addition to slashing benefits through a voucher program. when it comes to social security, ryan isnt giving specifics. yet ryan wanted to privatize the program along with the bush administration back in 2005. ryans plan saves the biggest budget cut in medicaid. okay? now, he wants to cut federal medicaid spending ...