Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100202:03:06:00
Him. and, by the way, the notion that the rest of the budget is nondiscretionary, meaning that you can't touch it, is baloney. medicare, medicaid, social security, they're contracts with the future. but it's not like they can't be revisited. that's what the last great commission on this in the early '80s did, to raise the retirement age, to raise taxes somewhat, to put social security on solid footing. let everybody come forth with ideas. i think hensarling deserves credit on "hardball" for putting something on the table which most republicans are completely afraid to do. >> well, privatizing ...