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At the same time, this is probably about the harshest budget i have ever seen when it comes to, you know, those who are most vulnerable. the cut in medicaid, 770 billion, would have a dramatic and very negative impact on people in nursing homes, families, who have somebody with a disability, a child with downs or autism, who rely on medicaid to help them give their child the best opportunity possible. if you are dramaticly cutting those programs, those services, for people who are, with disabilities or in nursing homes or just poor children, are going to be cut significantly and that is just t...

Two, they do that at a time when they ask for the most harsh cuts we've ever seen proposed. for example, it is reported they're going cut over $770 billion in medicare. that would have a significant cut for people in nursing homes. families with disabilities, and, third, his proposal on medicare still fundamentally undermines medicare as we know it for three basic reasons. one -- tish -- it takes a bake guarantee it turns it into an annualized voucher making an overwhelming number of seniors pay more for medicare. second, it does not save money having better outcomes, better health care, more ...

Intelligently and responsibly laid out a new plan for america's future. >> courageous, responsible. this brand was slash taxes from high income earners from 35% to 25%. that's courageous? it also lowers corporate tax rates. that's responsible? paul ryan promises to close a lot of pesky tax loop holes. he just doesn't give my specifics. but there is one thing he is specific about. and that's the fact that the poor is going to have to bear the brunt of this plan. he cuts 1.5 trillion from the affordable care act. guts medicate by 770 billion and rips 200 million from medicare. this isn't courage...

Medicare. defense spending a lot of it is unaccountable. some of it goes into pet projects, what you might call pork, alternative energy. our government spends, spends, spends. bill: and keeps on going. let me give our viewers a sense, put this on the screen. this is some of the annual spending you'll get every year. this is 770 billion on social security. medicare is 560 billion. medicaid $262 billion, and then you've got other manned stor manned story spendinmandatory spending. defense spending $680 billion. that cannot be sustained. >> reporter: we are spending a trillion dollars a year to ...

3 into 140,000 . that works out $46,667.67 and rounded up per american citizen to pay off the debt. >> every man and woman and boy and girl. >> are any of you ready to write your check today? >> that is for you and each member of your family. this is going to be harder. >> spent 770 billion. >> that is a big number. 787 billion that was the stimulus. >> 787 thousand, million and billion. i am ready. >> president obama said he created or saved two million jobs. i don't believe that the number of americans employed when he took office 133,573 million and today 143 -- but