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And spending is not going anywhere, it's not going to be resolved. >> eric: you hit it on the head and talk about entitlement spending and 20% of the budget goes to social security and 20%, medicaid and medicare, and children's health, 20%, or plus, to defense. and what will happen? americans want some type of answer and we want a resolution to the budget issue. >> well, i think the answer will ultimately be provided by the american people. if the american public clamors for some sort of entitlement reform, or overhaul, lawmakers will gingerly step forward and provide it. but, if people start ...

Anyone want to comment? >> the way i think about it is the morality stop doing what's been going on in washington for a long time which is passing the buck to the next group of legislators. i heard on this show people talking about republicans and democrats going at their core issues instead of saying the other party needs to do the cuts. cutting what's important to your base knowing that it is important to balance the budget. >> what is, pat buchanan, is it a moral question? i would say it is. having said that, are those two candidates who should be bringing it forward as a moral question and...

Continuing resolution, something to keep the government going. how do they balance that with the seems a growing voter push back to any kind of federal spending at this point. >> reporter: they only have a couple weeks to get anything done. the democrats talking about a budget rather than a patch. do not forget about the tax issue. i know it's a lame-duck sayings but it has possibly one of the moist impact full jobs ahead of it in the last decade or more for the united states economy and that is the issue of the bush tax cuts. right now there's been a lot of talk, but if nothing gets done with...

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