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Income taxes on the wealthiest americans by 4.6% or $709 billion. it increased the capital gains from 15 to 20%. and michael estate taxes over inherent and over $3.5 million. the omission to save medicare, social security and medicaid had republicans flatly accusing the president of breaking campaign promises and dereliction of duty. >> this abdicates the future. it spends too much. it taxes too much and borrows too much. it says that the president does not have the will or ability that we need to do with the money that we have. >> reporter: most democrats called the president's spending plan ...

Had caused their disabilities in the first place. one of the largest veterans groups in the country called for his dismissal. senator simpson cannot figure out how to balance the budget if he can't do it off the backs of the elderly, the disabled or the veterans. let me help him out. we could have not gone into the senseless, absurd, counterproductive insane war in iraq. that would have saved us at least $709 billion so far. we would also save $160 billion every year going forward if we got out of iraq and afghanistan right now. ironically getting out of the wars would also save us much more o...

Into $862 billion. forget the other programs. it's literally trillions of dollars of the economic stimulus that's not working. but a trillion to keep us safer, that's not a good idea. >> brian: i was stunned by this, started off with iraq, i wasn't surprised afghanistan. but when you segueway to spending republicans and the deficit, you really had a portion of this speech be about the debt and the deficit and blaming the war and the last ten years. >> gretchen: look in the difference in the spending between iraq, $709 billion versus the stimulus of $862 billion. you're not going to see this gr...

Did the war in iraq have? we're back with thomas daley, a u.s. marine captain and iraq war veteran and he's the author of "rage company." scott taylor, former u.s. navy seal served in iraq and colonel doug mcgregor, author of "warrior's rage." that's a huge number. $709 billion spent on the conflict. how much does this affect our national debt and our current financial position that we're in? >> well, sure. well, whether you're for or against the war or whether you think we wasted money or did not waste money, that nonpartisan chart shows a trend of shrinking deficits through 2007 and up tick ...

Income taxes on the wealthiest americans by 4.6% or $709 billion. it increased the capital gains from 15 to 20%. and michael estate taxes over inherent and over $3.5 million. the omission to save medicare, social security and medicaid had republicans flatly accusing the president of breaking campaign promises and dereliction of duty. >> this abdicates the future. it spends too much. it taxes too much and borrows too much. it says that the president does not have the will or ability that we need to do with the money that we have. >> reporter: most democrats called the president's spending plan ...