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But, wherever i can work on my own, to expand opportunity for more americans, i'm going to do that. >> so what do the governors think about the president's power grab. governor rick scott joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. you know, i talked to him about three issues impacting our citizens tonight or today. the first is medicare. we have so many citizens in our state that are losing their doctor and we just saw these cuts on friday of medicare. he has taken so many actions on ohis own on medicare. these are on the obamacare. he could fix this. also talked about our flood insu...

Gimme gimme gimme. >> i was asked a question. >> funny how? like i'm a clown. >> gimme gimme all the money you have. >> i find it interesting that senator paul is accusing us of having a gimme gimme at that timitude. >> waging a war of words. >> new jersey is a donor state. we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to washington. >> the attitude. >> kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they send to washington. >> we have two military bases in kentucky. >> maybe he should start cutting the pork barrel intending that he brings home to kentucky. >> maybe senator paul could deal with that, but i...

>> jim, it's always hard too if you're a libertarian and you're a senator, as chris christie basically said, you're still bringing home the pork. new jersey is a donor state. they pay out a lot more than they give back. kentucky gets $1.51. i think chris christie said. >> was there anyone who wasn't hit up in jersey to give money to the shore? i know i was repeatedly. i have a place down there. i had a lot of fish on my grass but didn't get hurt that bad. there's still towns boarded up. christie, for every dollar he got from the federal government, he pressed the flesh to get more. it was a pu...

That was cut off there in the middle l where chris christie helpfully explains. you talk about a gimme, gimme, gimme attitude, new jersey is a donor state. they give back 75 cents for every dollar they put in. whereas kentucky, where rand paul is from is gimme, gimme, gimme, they get $1.50. so kentucky gets $1.51 for every dollar they put in. so what he was saying is, if rand paul is really concerned about gimme, gimme, gimme attitude, we'll take some of your money because right now we're giving more than we're getting back. so, tom, this underlines a bigger battle which started with nsa wiret...

Rand paul and chris christie still at it, slamming each other over their fiscal conservative credentials. take a listen. >> i find it interesting that senator paul is accusing of us having a gimme, gimme, gimme attitude toward federal spending, when in fact new jersey is a donor state. and interestingly, kentucky gets $1.51. >> this is the king of bacon, talking about bacon. you know, we have two military bases in kentucky, and is governor christie recommending that we shut down our military bases? he wants to be this great champion of national defense. what does he want to do? shut down milit...