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From making a statement like that to saying that our pro-life. i'd love to see somebody press him on that. >> i want to note there's a way in which the debates don't serve the american people in terms of the bifurcation. the first debate was about the economy and the third debate is about foreign policy. those two are linked. one example, iraq, that cost us $824 billion. that's a major reason we're in the recession we're in. would you like to invade iran and syria? a lot of americans might say yeah, sure, let's flex our power. also, we will be in a recession for five years and you and your fam...

The numbers are the numbers. big business in america is doing just fine. 2011 was a record year. a record year for record profits for the top 500 companies. the fortune 500 list shows corporate america's profits increased more than 16% from last year with companies raking in more than $824 billion. exxon tops the list. meanwhile, the number of americans living below the poverty line has hit a high. with 46 million americans living in poverty, the national poverty rate has gone up to 15.1% in 2010. that's the highest it's been since 1993. with corporate america raking in the profits and more an...

>> guest: i think it's recognition of how much it's filled with gimmicks. remember the figure, $1.250 trillion? if you go to table s-2 of the document. they have cut in overseas contingency, that is afghanistan and iraq, $824 billion. that is considerable chunk. two-thirds of money. guess what? this is complete gimmick. it says let's assume the war in afghanistan and iraq continue at same levels for the next ten years and let's assume they gear down, that savers us $848 billion. nobody expected combat operations ten years so it's completely phony. there is reason why harry reid we're not takin...