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On that. >> this discretionary budget, 2/3 of is it defense. we said get rid of the 50,000 contractors, get rid of the weapons systems that don't work, watch out for procurement and we're not hurting the war effort. >> ron paul who as you know won the cpac straw poll this weekend for the second time in a row, he was talking about our discussion about defense cuts as an issue of semantics, that we need to stop talking about cutting defense, that he in fact wants more defense. we need to be stronger always, but that we need to cut our militarism. do you think he's right, do we have a semantic's ...

Republicans for some time. >> true. >> paul ryen, the budget chairman said guess what, entitlements will be part of this plan. now democrats are secretly saying we've got them, they walked into our trap. this isn't a game anymore, mike. >> it's not a game. it certainly is not a game. part of the problem, joe, is they look at it in washington in two-year segments, the re-election cycle rather than long term. every year's budget depends on next year's chances of getting re-elected. it's the constant campaign that plays a factor in it. there's also something, i'm coming to the conclusion that the...