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Bill: how long do you keep extending unemployment benefits? lars larson, compass radio networks. jehmu greene, fox news contributor. how are you two doing? good morning to both of you. >> good morning, bill. bill: i assume you're warm because you're indoors. lars, what do you think about this? should they do it or not? >> it is a tough one, i don't think they should do it unless it is paid for number one. secondly we don't want to turn it into a entitlement because america has far too many entitlements and we have big budget problems because of entitlements. when you look long-term unemploymen...

Staffed sheriff's department here would be the best scenario. in the meantime you have a little bit of a stand-off going in oregon about who goes out and takes care of the legal situations. >> very interesting. thank you. do not forget to go to facebook.com/the kelly file. tell us what you think about how oregon is handling the budget problems and any change of heart on "duck dynasty's" patriarch fobt. we'll be right back. ♪

$19 billion in january and turn around and about $23 billion back in over the next two years. and the third is it changes the focus. not dramatically, but in a tiny way from the annual spending by congress to the permanent programs that are really driving the spending and the budget problems, that's a step in the right direction. >> so in other words to deal with medicare, to deal with medicaid, to deal with social security, which many people say that's what's really driving our long-term problems. they now have sort of put aside the short-term problems which is what is the budget going to be ...

The third is, it changes the focus, not in a dramatic way, but in a tiny way to the annual spending by congress to the permanent programs that are driving the spending and the budget problems. that's a step in the right direction. >> in other words, to deal with medicare, to deal with medicaid, to deal with social security which many people say that's what's really driving our long-term problems. they've put aside the short term problems which is what's the budget going to be for the next year and have room in their schedules to deal with the long-term problems. >> absolutely. among those prob...

>> how about with 17 trillion in debt on the way to 25 trillion why can't they cut one cent? it is a disgrace to both partieses but especially republicans. >> i agree with you. >> republicans wonder why they get primaries? surprise, surprise. >> we'll go to this side. you hear there is not a dime between the parties. there is an answer. if you had budget problems at home and alan, my partner -- >> excuse me. who are you? >> i'm sean. nice to meet you. how are you? if we had budget problems and i told you that you could cut a penny out of every dollar and balance the budget. >> that's simple. p...