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Have we had so many veterans coming back with traumatic brain injury, other kinds of stress syndrome, problems with tstb. those kinds of issues are very much on people's minds. plus job creation. if there's one issue on people's minds today, even more important than the debt, connecticut's or the nation's, it is creating jobs, growing the economy. ultimately that is also a way to solve the debt issue. >> tom? >> i couldn't agree with you more, senator, in terms of where the country is and what has been overlooked in the whole military family equation. this is a big concern for chairman mullen ...

Requires all tax bills originate in the house of representatives. how do you get a tax increase in that top tax bracket out of a republican house of representatives? >> i think the american people have strong feelings about this, lawrence. and that will enter into this discussion. but if we're going to have a serious and adult discussion about how we deal with this long term debt issue then certainly that has to be part of the discussion. all the cuts, with all the cuts the republicans are talking about they are virtually wiped out by the continuance of these high end tax cuts so they would tr...

That top tax bracket out of a republican house of representatives? >> i think the american people have strong feelings about this, lawrence. and that will ent near this discussion. but if we're going to have a serious and adult discussion about how we deal with this long term debt issue then certainly that has to be part of the discussion. all the cuts, with all the cuts the republicans are talking about they are virtually wiped out by the continuance of these high end tax cuts so they would trade all the cuts they make and all the domestic spending and instead invest it in the wealthy and tha...

Republican house of representatives? >> i think the american people have strong feelings about this, lawrence. and that will ent near this discussion. but if we're going to have a serious and adult discussion about how we deal with this long term debt issue then certainly that has to be part of the discussion. all the cuts, with all the cuts the republicans are talking about they are virtually wiped out by the continuance of these high end tax cuts so they would trade all the cuts they make and all the domestic spending and instead invest it in the wealthy and that is exactly what the presiden...

On the issue of debt against extending unemployment. that is a remarkable -- >> it's not -- >> so senator jim bunking was setting the way? >> i understand. the way -->> there is a difference. >> what i'm saying -- >> no, you can't have unemployment. >> is that how the democrats -- >> i know. >> it should be clarified. >> that's how the ads will play. despite the fact that the republicans are going to be on tv in re-election, nonetheless, the republicans think that the debt issue is so strong that it will override that even if it misrepresented as opposition of the unfortunate, unemployed. >> b...