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>> we're basically saying that over the next ten years you've got about 13 trillion, trillion dollars worth of money that's going into these tax expenditures and we're saying use something like 500 billion dollars of that amount to reduce the deficit. i don't think that's asking for a lot. >> erskine, did you guys look at this issue. you heard denis mcdonough over the weekend talk about raising the eligibility of maked. he said it's not a cost-saver, it's a cost-shifter. did you guys look at this and determine and look at that critique because that has been the main critique from the left. >> ...

The affordable care act and we're seeing the impact of that now. the president laid out in very -- very concise detail on tuesday night to the senate and to the country exactly what he is willing to do on medicare. the fact is, david, you just mentioned simpson-bowles. we get the same as they do in -- we get the same amount of savings in the next decade as simpson and bowles do in their plan. do we do it the same way? no, but get the exact amount of savings in medicare as they do. we have made clear -- >> the question with the retirement age that is not a cost reducer but a cost shifter and ta...

Long-term debt, no question about it is rising health care costs and why the president did the affordable care act and seeing the impact of that now. the president laid out in very -- very concise detail on tuesday night to the senate and to the country exactly what he is willing to do on medicare. the fact is, david, you just mentioned simpson-bowles. we get the same savings from our medicare reforms as simpson and bowles do in their plan. do we do it the same way? no but get the exact amount of savings in medicare as they do. we have made clear -- >> the question with the retirement age that...