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>> how are you going to pay the $678 billion just on the tax cuts for people over making more than $200,000 a year? >> chris, you should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes. surely congress has the authority and it would be right to, if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. you do need to offset the cost of increased spending, and that's what republicans object to. but you should never have to offset the cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on americans. >> got that? if you increase spending in any way, y...

>> this is a temporary extension, it's over $10 billion. and all senator bunning was saying, quite correctly is, it ought to be paid for. >> republican senator jon kyl of arizona, adding to his argument that unemployed people just don't want to get jobs. his conviction that any benefits for unemployed people can't be added to the deficit. they must, as he said, be paid for. sorry, unemployed, lazy people, your benefits add to the deficit, so we can't help you. if there's one thing republicans want voters to count on them for right now, it's to prioritize the deficit over all things. they reall...

>> how are you going to pay the $678 billion just on the tax cuts for people over making more than $200,000 a year? >> chris, you should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes. surely congress has the authority and it would be right to, if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. you do need to offset the cost of increased spending, and that's what republicans object to. but you should never have to offset the cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on americans. >> got that? if you increase spending in any way, y...

Extension, it's over $10 billion. and all senator bunning was saying, quite correctly is, it ought to be paid for. >> republican senator jon kyl of arizona, adding to his argument that unemployed people just don't want to get jobs. his conviction that any benefits for unemployed people can't be added to the deficit. they must, as he said, be paid for. sorry, unemployed, lazy people, your benefits add to the deficit, so we can't help you. if there's one thing republicans want voters to count on them for right now, it's to prioritize the deficit over all things. they really want to reduce that d...

You can put that at the foot of president bush. the reality is. >> chris: let me break in because i want to pick up on the point that you brought up. particularly the bush tack cuts for the wealthy. let's not expire the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. the fact is those would cost $678 billion over ten years. as a time when republicans are saying that they can't extend unemployment benefits unless you pay for them. how are you going to pay those 678 billion today's keep the bush tax cuts for the wealthy? >> that is a loaded question. the bush tax cuts applied to every single american. >> chris: ...