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I like the presidents idea. its all based on obamacare. if the thing is repealed and you give 12 months notice, what happens in this country. thats 20 million people who need insurance. they say 20 million people wont have insurance. thats baloney. insurance companies will step in, they will offer basic care, catastrophic care, whatever you want. jesse: the original idea behind obama care they promised to reduce costs and the costs went up. its boeing us to say people are going to lose insurance...

I like the presidents idea. its all based on obamacare. if the thing is repealed and you give 12 months notice, what happens in this country. thats 20 million people who need insurance. they say 20 million people wont have insurance. thats baloney. insurance companies will step in, they will offer basic care, catastrophic care, whatever you want. jesse: the original idea behind obama care they promised to reduce costs and the costs went up. its boeing us to say people are going to lose insurance...

The country on welfare. people dont like to hear that, but medicaid is a welfare program and why shouldnt the democrats talk about expanding and growing the economy and driving down costs of premiums which the government cant do, thats just basic economics, it has to go back to a consumer competition-driven model, drive down the prices, get the economy going so people can afford their own care. they dont want to be on welfare. >> hold on everybody. well take a break. stick around. last year, he ...

>> really being disingenuous on what those are all about, he said it would help. you cant take him seriously, this is not a constructive guy. you are not going to get the perfect here. this is a major step in the right direction. it would be the biggest reform of a welfare program since the 1996 welfare act. >> the house bill would also repeal the individual and employer mandates, that is something people really hated when obamacare past. you will take our health care and if you do not sign up, ...

Government defining medicare. you got your definitions yang? >> no. look at your paycheck. you pay for medicare. you pay for medicare your entire life. same way social security. >> medicare is welfare program. we cant keep xaexpanding it an why is 1 in 20 americans so poor they cant afford their own health insurance? >> i think its a reasonable question. >> i want to ask you. sifting through this bill and this continues to strike me. this idea that we would give a retroactive capital gains tax, ...

Different views, here is what he says about that. >> were no longer going to measure compassion by the number of programs or number of people on the programs, but by the number of people we help get off the programs. david: thats an interesting approach. >> i think hes right. its a sea change from obama, you know, the government community garden and world of government living. i think hes right. with this food stamp usage online, im not opposed to it, i want to help the poor, they cannot drive t...

Medicaid, which is basically a welfare program, health insurance for poor people, now for the working poor under obamacare is a thing about making changes to medicaid. there is huge political exposure there. that is a program that is very popular and its favorable viewed by most americans. thats a danger zone. >> martha: heres the big problem is i see it. social security and medicare are not up for any form of reform. i think if you ask most people, does it make sense to do testing, does it make...

Disability insurance program. that does not mean that parental leave is unemployment and it does not mean that parental unit is disability. it is a welfare program for the long term disabled. it is not what most people consider to be social security. >> reporter: will any of those individuals who currently receive ssdi receive less? >> there are people who are getting ssdi who should not be getting it. report back those people who should be getting it? >> oh, no. people who are really disabled. ...

Rates. thats what were going to talk about tomorrow, the specific corporate rate, some of the individual tax rates and so forth along with principals the administration will push. >> you are a deficit hawk. isnt that going to explode the deficit? >> no. there will be growth on the other side. thats what this entire thing is keyed to do. we backfilled our tax plan. we didnt start off with rates, impact on particular segments. what we said was we need economic growth. we need people to go back to ...

We didnt start off with impact on particular segments. what we said was we need economic growth. we need people to go back to work. we need people in better paying jobs and more jobs, more ability to move between jobs. we need more upward mobility in the country again. and thats what this tax bill is designed to. if it does lead to deficits, as a conservative, that bothers me a little bit. but we also look at deficits through sort of a different lens. theres a difference between a deficit that c...