I work for 47 different companies. Well, technically i work for one. That company, the United States postal service®, works for thousands of home businesses. Because at usps. Com®, you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. I can even drop off free boxes. I wear a lot of ts. Well, technically i wear one. The u. S. Postal service®, no business o small. Tax tra keeps rolling along but spending cuts gets derailed, im david asman in for neil cavuto, now they have the republicans number. Senate democrats push to delay automatic spending cuts, for another three months, and the same time they demand tax hikes to be in go kind of shortterm deal. Sounds like groundhog day, and john lay feel said that would drive the economy into the ground, mattie, andoirk connel oh, connel are joining us thank you. We know what the democrats want. They want more responding and higher taxes anyway they can get it. The question is what the republicans are going to do about it. So far they have been snuckerred by the guys, what do you think that the republicans will do . I think they should tell them, you got what you wanted. What are you going to do . We knew and said you will get about 40 billion attract dollars by raising taxes on upper income, rich, whatever you want to call them. We still have a deficit over 1 trillion, they said they would run on this like fdr, and andrew jackson, what times are bad, run against rich and bankers, if i was the republicans i would go on the offense say, last were we brought in 1. 2 trillion in income taxes, we still have deficits we could double income tax rates on every american and still run a deficit we have to do something with spending. I agree, but the question is how do you go on the defense . You dont go on offensive by immediately saying no, president has successfully painted them in a corner, nosayres, that is all they say, you say yes, we reform in september 2011, you came out with a report of your own how to revamp our text system, called plan for Economic Growth and deficit reduction, if that in that report, principles for tax reform, number one issue is lower tax rates, this is president talking not republicans, the tax system should be simp flied and work for all americans and fewer bracket, so say, yes, were with you mr. President , not simpsonbowles but your own words, we want tax simplification the way you said it. To go back to Something Else that president obama said, he of the one that proposed the sequester to begin with, this is not an idea that republicans came up with to cut spending to force democrats to get rid of the size of government, president came to the table in august of 2011, to say i have a great idea, lets do a sequester on domestic and defense. Republicans should not say were here to play ball, were her b were here to play balls on the terms you sit. They need to hold the president accountable on that, on tax reform side, president will have a hard time getting buy in from all his democrats, you had head tax writer, a democrat saying, you know, i dont know if i want to give you my credit and deducts to take away the sequester, i want to use that for tax reforms, republicans and democrats have very different ideas of the tax reforms but the end of the day the guys on the hill do not want all tax credits they want to use to go to punting the sequester. David lets leave politics aside, that sounds ridiculous, talk about what is good for the economy, it is good for the economy to have a more simplified tax code, it is true the tax changes in december made the tax code more volumous, more complicated it went in the wrong direction, why not say wement to simplify tax code, and well work with you on it. Well do what you said, get rid of the brackets and lower tax breaks, your words mr. President. That is right, what is the biggest problem to growing private sector in Small Business right now, the answer is certainty, if you simplify the tax code you will have certain certainty. That is the whole point, the problem is that president is ignoring the private sector, he is concerned mostly about public sector, biggest driver in our debt and deficit entitlement, the president is dancing around the issue. 10,000 people turn 65 every day, we cannot ignore the problem, what he is talking about, is ignoring the problem. Until we fix it well run deficits and continue to mound to our debt. David republicans are doing some dances too, like that french apache dancing where you grab someone by the hair, and drag them. Like the tea parties trying to drag them down, what is likely to happen . Are they likely to fix up their act before the negotiations really begin so they come as united front against the president . David, that is a great question, but, to bet on this congress to fix their own act, i dont care if they are republicans or democrat, this is the most futile congress to record by a factor of two, the last 3 years by number of bills passed. They cannot agree on anything. But one thing they have in their favor good forward, you raise taxes on the rich, now that was political and that was a home run as far as our base, democrats. The next tax increase, will hurt. Because they will be on the rest of americans, they will be very unpopular, that is what republicans need to say, these are not necessary, we have to deal with entitlements and spending. David but tax changes do not have to hurt if they go in the right direct, get rid of some of the deductions, the last tax thing, it was not a bill it was a thing, that was put together by republicans, and president , about a month ago, it has so money different little clauses and brackets there is one provision this benefits only one company. That is not what our tax bill is supposed to be. You know, the thing about has made taxes easy for all of us, we go to you know one of online tax things we fill out our tax form were done, it does not seem hard to us, but look at the changes we look at what happened at beginning of this year, people get their paychecks with high are payroll tax, people realize, the effects of time coming out of college they do not have businessed to hire them, they are feeling, it is not about talking about simplifying as about how having a tax code that is not punitive or not complex does not single out people are businesses, you know that is the blueprint we have from House Republicans who not only had a plan to avert they is qwesteythe the sequesx hikes. David based on the president wants we know he is stiff arming the republicans every step of the way, none of their attempts at compromise are working, if we get more tax increases, and no spending cuts, what is going to happen to the economy . The economy is going to be stagnant. Right now cbo said growth 1. 4 , we will continue to sputter along because were ignores the private sector, the problem with tax code right now it more messed up than College Footballs dws, we need to bcs we need to fix it. David are you going to expand in anyway if taxes go up more . No, because, the people that pay highest Corporate Tax rate in the world are people like me, small and medium size business businesses. David john you are very happy being in bermuda but you are going to miss out on a great snowstorm. Great seeing you. David coming up, the naked truth about people who are going bare naked. More people showing skin, giving two Major Companies a whole lot of problems. Up next, check your email a night. Demand a check . Why you could get overtime for spending time on your blackberry or cell phone. 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And put in another. David72 hours so god madea farm. David that ma magnificent doj , showing how america used to be. A Police Sergeant said he was due overtime pay, but he was not on the clock. He was answering worker mails on his blackberry. Sherri, is this a good way of the way work ethic used to be. It is right on target, Chicago Police deputy should be ashamed. You have to look they want overtime for emails, which everyone is doing these days, we dont consider it all that extra. But same time we have outgoing secretary of defense leon panetta saying were cutting pay of our troops in chicago there have been more homicide deaths in past 10 years because police have not been able to do what they could. So well cut the pay of our troops but well pay Police Officers more because they have to answer an email . That is shameful. David rick, we dont mean to pick on cops or teachers, teachers, there was a time when teachers, would work you know 40 hour weeks before the week was half through as well. I was a teacher in chicago, everyone brought their work home, the kids, parents they had your home phone number, they could call you. What happened to that . You have to be careful. I think as you said, not to pick too hard on the cops, a lot of you did love that farming ad. I did. I have to tell you, i said, i wonder if paul harvey, the great voice, would feel the same way if he saw massive agriculture business we have today getting the government subsidies to profit. But setting that aside, i want to defin the cops a little bit. It is how they are paid, you talk about teachers, teachers are paid on a salary, typically if you paid on a salary it is all encompassing, it is part of the deal, that is not how Chicago Police are paid. So even. The city acknowledged, that much of this work does deserve overtime, their beef is they didnt put in for the overtime, now they are looking for it. David but problem is larger than this one incident. This does demonstrate a trend, how often do we get interns to work here that say, i hope you dont expects to us work on weekends and 5 00 that happens a lot. Leaving Chicago Police out of this because there are a lot of men and women hard at work but this really speaks to a broader issue that is a nation of entitlement, everyone is looking for a hand out, no one is willing to put in that full day of hard work, they are looking to skirt the issues and take easy way out, and demand that above wage pay, and this speaks to a loss of work ethic. David the bottom line, i do know people, rick and i were on a program, we were talking about food stamps there was a young person on, who said, i went on food stamps, she was making actual more than i was making when i was starting out here in new york city. And i ate tuna fish or a week. I had an interesting diet when i was young as well, it is very different now, i dont think that i was talking on all chicago cops but. But i think they need to do in fair labor standard act have an exemption for Police Officers, i dont think this is that much extra work, they can solve the problem by having an e. Tion thae exemption, have you a small handful of Police Officers that take advantage of how technology has changed they are finding a loophole. There are so many loopholes though all over, we find when states go broke, one thing that is making them go broker those loopholes that people take advantage of. You know the business i come from, had is intern driven, never, never and under line never once did i have an intern say, do i have to work weekends, they were always the first ones in and last ones out the door. David that is great for you, it does not happen for me. People in this country work really hard. David the question is, when direction are we going . Are withlacoochee heads in the direct we headed in a direct . Think of those protesters on wall street saying im entitled to a middle class life style, a cell phone, and a house. David which is sad, they didnt have a job. I think labor bosses are driving this type of attitude, it is no longer getting the job done where everyone getting paid for a fair day a work it is about getting what yo you can in some ways by bullying. David dont you sense there is eye even fdr, and jfk said there was a danger with the entitlement mentally going too far. Listen, you have to always be careful. There are clearly people here, you heard me say it before, who take advantage. I dont like they do that but you have to be really careful, not to indict the entire society, most people in this country that wasnt the question. It is a handful of chicago cops. David is seeping into the private sector. I edge to think i dont thin. I disagree, they demand a certain level they have not worked for, they want what their parents have without having to work for it, this is anna going problem maybe the interns that you dealt with have not brought that ta the table. David let me ask sherri. You know, you look at any successful person, in this country, and they are not somebody who quitting work at 5 00, and overtime because you know, they have that magic time of the day. Anand i think it is very bad thg in our society it is growing but it does not mean it will be so pervasive were not going to have innovators and generouses. Jeanouses. David that is why the dodge ad hit our hearts. We get it that is america that love. David on that moment of agreement well leave it there, gas prices are soaring, the economy is shrinking, meet the senator with a plan to solve both problems coming right up. David the sheets are giving us the shaft, saudi arabia keeping Oil Production at two years low, as they feet to Keep Oil Prices high, pushing gas to record highs for this time of year, look at that, my next guest with a plan to create jobs and save money we using less energy, and creating more of it, democratic senator mark warner of virginia, good to see you, how do you plan to double u. S. Energy production, by the year, what is it . 2030 . Were talking about energy productivity, which is another way too think about energy efficiency, a way to think about how to you make sure someone makes that improvement on their home, then gets it finished off the utility bill. Can we create a Energy Saving for example. How do we make sure for example that if we could get our military to be more energy productive, efficient for every dollar oil goes up that costs navy an extra 30 milliondollars, navy itself, extra billion this year on increased oil prices because were getting gouged by guys in the world. We can be come more energy productive, that means more powergenration, but how do we use that power we have in a more efficient way. David senator, the efficiencies are great, always to turn off a light not used, it could add up. I know that stuff adds up, but it is plain schedule compare minuscule compared to preliminary we have to dealing with natural gas, looking at north dakota, that is now, that is not pie in the sky, they think a 2 i unemployment rate, with 4 billion in barrels of o l in reserve and all natural gas with the shale, that is really future. David, that has to be part of the mick, im for the Keystone Pipeline, i for all of the above, oil, gas, nuclear 92 is the president . That is the question is he onboard as youre . I think you will see yes, more movement on naturallal gas partially because of increases in fracking technology, and because of you know fact that there are more wells drilled in the last two years, but the notion that a piece, a major piece not some kind of you know back water, ought to be that natural gas we burn, that nuclearower we use it can used in a more Energy Efficient way. David the question is, it has to be, whether the president is onboard . We dont know whether he is onboard with the ke Keystone Pipeline or with natural gas, that involves telling the epa, layoff some of these people, you cant put the screws on them, the wells are shutting down. David, we laid out today, we had today, the utility industry, environmental community, bes, we have been working on this, my colleague was former governor pataki from new york, saying, how do you actual doe this. What policy changes do you need . Were not talking about a whole lot of additional federal resources, maybe a race to the top, but how do you make sure it say l quality. If a state wants to do this. David i tell you one thing, you are not doing it with windmills, they are not the answer. It is something that is really working exponentially, the president by the way has to decide how about we look at fact whatever source, whether windmill or Natural Gas Oil or nuclear. Lets look at not generion slips but how we then use that source, in a more right, right, let me per unit. David senator, the sierra club, a lot of other organization sent a letter to president challenges him on the question of fracking, saying you have to choose between senator warner, a democrat who has been with you all the way and us pause were against fracking, were against expanding in natural gas, who do you think that president will choose, you or the sierra club . Natural gas, has been and will be in terms to grow of an american generation. David but who will the president choose . You are not answering . I think that president has shown, if you look at number of natural gas wells today, the growth in north dakota that did not happen 8 or fen year or 10. David most happened on land that was not federal land. But not on federal land. On private land, and god bless the private land owners they made a fortune, good them them and good for us, but the president has to choose, i hope he goes with you, senator mark warner thank you very much. Thank you, david. David well Massive Media industry, keeping a democrat scandal in the dark, while it shines a bright light on every republican bump in the road, the hypocrisy alert is next. Oh this is lame, investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars