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Boehner's house let me point out has not passed a single job creation bill or measure since he's had the power. now, nancy pelosi got health care done. she had the gavel and got it done. boehner wants to play golf, and this guy's had the gavel in his hand for six months. where the hell are the jobs? i did hear him talking about that. it's a little soft out there, although we are adding jobs. just think if the republicans were honest brokers? do you think we'd be a little bit better off? this is all about defeating president obama. boehner and the republicans have no interest in raising taxes t...

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You're saying. no one wants taxes to go up at the end of the year. is it more important to boost the economy in the short-term or to take steps to reduce deficit in long-term because the deal that the president has made with republicans may not do anything or much to reduce the deficit in the long-term. >> the number one issue to the american people, myself, you, everyone watching this show right now is jobs. how do we get 15 million people without jobs back into the workforce. that's got to be priority number one. to my friend, roland, i would say this. we have a new congress that's coming in...

Spending, medicare, medicare, social security and interest on the debt. while the president has proposed and i would seriously consider supporting a freeze on nondiscretionary spending for three years, i have also identifieded on my website a series of reductions i would support. some are in agriculture price supports, some are in federal office space or hiring and several are in the defense programs. defense acquisitions that the defense department says they don't need, the second engiven for the f-35. there are a variety of platforms and programs we can simply do away with, and as we advance...

People tend to forget. in terms of looking at defense spending, everything is on the table. reviewing all our defense programs. under george bush, secretary don rumsfeld did try to change the nature of our spending and nature of our forces, more small tactical things. not the large standing armies you saw with world war ii. everybody across the board or at this panel, anyway, can agree we want to cut out waste, fraud and abuse and want effective military. >> we talk about cutting out waste, fraud and abuse whether in health care or social security and medicare, whether in the military and defe...