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Actually increase the debt here by over 130 billion. how do those numbers come together? >> what you're got to realize is the cbo does not use a dynamic form of scoring and the other thing that you have to realize is that remember now, boomcare is a $63 billion program and after they passed the bill it was $1.4 trillion and the budget number they gave us this year to work with was $2.6 trillion and it is tripling in cost very, very quickly. so we know the cost of obamacare is going to continue to rise and if you were to put in free market provisions, repeal this law and get people back to work...

Saying another american was killed by insurgents in a different part of the country. the attacks coming in the same day the chairman of joint chiefs of staff dempsey is due inside that country assessing security there. the president is using his weekly saturday address to confront critics from both sides of the political aisle on his new federal budget. he talked about it today, giving a bit of a preview ahead of next week's official release. critics calling the proposal unwise and unpopular. the president argues his plan would reform the nation's benefit program and close the hoop holes for...

Let's take a look at the 47%. it seems to be one of the things, if you're right about this election, it's the numbers. first of all, they occupy people, 1%, all of the second-degreen, 1% became the thing to talk about. and then the 47% being anybody who's on any kind of benefit program, whether it's disability or retirement or military or pension. everything was painted as bad. where did he get that number. >> look, this election was all about the numbers. 23 million unemployed, one in six on welfare. it was that 47% number that trumped them all at the end of the day. people galvanized them be...

Deal, who gets it. >> shannon: it's unclear whether the vice president was referring to president obama or himself as the homeboy. but he is being criticized over both possibilities. department of the homeland security u.s. citizenship and services, us cis seems to promote government assistance in the welcome materials. the daily caller found this on the welcome to the usa.gov website. depending on your immigration status, length of time in the united states and income you may be eligible for some federal benefit program. the d.h.s. page offers links an explanations on how to access benefits...

Our viewers. the president wants to leave the program in place the way it is. it's a defined benefit program. he does already pass under the health care law will reduce payments to hospitals, to health care providers, and private insurers to the tune of $716 billion. you've heard that figure a lot this week. and he claims that he would extend the solvency of medicare eight years until 2024. here is the romney approach as we understand it so far. beginning not until 2023, to change the program. he would offer premium support or a voucher so that seniors could buy private insurance through compe...