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Voted for a $715 billion stimulus that was very similar to obama's. it was never entirely clear how obama's $787 billion stimulus was socialism but $715 billion was good public policy. they realized their ticket back to power was no. it's a big government mess. they've been very relentless with it. >> did you look at paul ryan and how he's bashing the stimulus plan since even before he was the running mate, look at this. >> we learned that much of this stimulus, which was neither targeted timely or temporary, in fact, it was just a down payment on government programs. all this temporary booste...

Years you will have no revenues and profits from the defense sector. >> neil: i know what you are saying. 10% cut doesn't mean one year, it could average out to be the equivalent. many argue the defense establishment has a lot of money and everybody has to take their licks and defense industry is part of it, as well. republicans agreed to that when they came up with sequestration, what do you say? >> that is an interesting point. sequestration by design was supposeded to be so horrible that no rational person would choose it. unfortunately it's become the law of the land. to your point about t...

Even though republicans approved of every sing component of it in the past. it was turned down purely for politics. they didn't want to give the president a win. >> peter, i'll get you in. jonathan, to governor rendell's point bringing up the $787 billion stimulus, we've got this new conflict from paul ryan. he says he fought tooth and nail against the stimulus but records show he asked for money for two different companies, funds for two different companies. so does that mean he supported the stimulus or not? how do you reconcile this? >> he voted against it. there is always attention with me...

Or even worse than pointless to spend money in this way to try to help the economy, it wasn't just a bad idea, it was an immediate evil that was going to make the country worse off than it already was. >> the president in tandem with democrats in congress have pushed through a $787 billion bill full of pork barrel spending, government waste, and massive borrowing cleverly called stimulus. >> government waste, cleverly called stimulus. republican congressman eric cantor of virginia there. that was a typical example of the kind of things they were saying. and whether or not you agree with congre...