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do you do anything about that? we re very concerned as well. the most simple, direct step that s been taken many times before under both parties is a small reallocation of the payroll tax. and we ought to take that step and make sure that those who have earned these benefits get those benefits. well let s and i don t mean to interrupt you because i don t have a lot of time. so, what you re doing is basically ignoring the fact that it s exhausted and transferring the money. let s be honest. when you say a small allocation, that s transferring the money, yet it s a system that s going insolvent, so we re transferring the money from one pot to another. we re not solving the problem. let me finish, please. the combined funds remain solvent until 2033, but we are taking steps on the disability side specifically. we have a number of steps in the budget that will ensure those who are due the benefits get those and a number of pilots and other efforts that will ensure t ....
i didn t believe the data. the can t explain it to client, i gotta, you know, if not a rational explanation i ve got to redo it, happening.what s so numbers change for no apparent reason, it s probably not right. hope if there are any cable lookers watching this, when there s a poll that shows from everyid it other poll, rather than considering it hot news ( laughter ) you re probably doing your viewers a disservice. difference between campaign polls and almost all done publicly are and for the newspapers. polls are bone afiled polls where we are sampling voted inat we know either 2010 or 2006. with likely voters and that s true of every campaign, and that means the campaigns are dealing with polls more real and not subject to throw one thing out, and if either of you want to respond, but you can say this yourselves because you ll sound so self serving, but one of the in a lot ofear these poll aggregators and is that independent polls are more reliable than by parti ....
students 33%. 21%, federal supplemental educational opportunity grants. the average cost of tuition that is 3200 and $60. enter the cost for a four-year college, averaging about $8,890. craig is up next, a graduate of community college from north carolina. gray, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. thank you for all the hard work that all the staff members do. host: appreciate that, craig. what is your question? ccaller:, i don t have a question per se, but i m against this free community college idea. when they say i believe they said 600 million pb. it will be another dialogue. we are in serious, serious death right now. and it is hard for anybody it simply can t go on. we cannot continue to justify expenditures for just feel good ideas. host: and greg, that number, that is an estimated $60 billion -the cost- of this over 10 years. mr. bumphus. guest: that is correct. certainly, that is a sizable amount, but i believe that would be split betwe ....
president asked for his-n his initial offer last week. other details in this offer being reported by nbc. health savings of $600 billion. other mandatory savings of $300 billion. a revision to cpi of $200 billion. and further discretionary savings of $300 billion. guys, it looks like the horse trading is alive and well here in washington. now this offer being extended from the republicans. you can assume that the white house will not think this is enough tax revenue to go forward, but, of course, offers are being exchanged here so that s a sign negotiations are under way, guys. let s get into the details here. $600 billion in health savings. what does that mean for medicare? break it down in terms of where these savings come from. i wish i could. what we don t have here is a lot of detail hanging off this christmas tree at this point. we re looking at a couple of bullet points being released now in terms of the scale of the deal. it gives us overall broad numbers. p ....
resolved, a rough day in wall street, investor hit with a another triple digit drop in the dow with a market creation becoming a reality. tonight, president obama following up his state of the union message. pushing his modest proposal to spur the economy. he plans to enact with or without the backing much congress. some of my ideas i ll need congress. but america can t just stand still. if congress sudden doing anything. i m not going ta stand still either. wherever i can take steps toke pan opportunity for more families to expand more opportunity for family i m going to to it even without congress. members of president s own party have expressed disappointment with the tone of his state of the union speech. and allie rejected a request, told white house he will not fast track votes on pending trade agreements with europe and the pacific rim. president obama is back on the campaign trail trying to keep democrats in shark of the senate in thank o charge of sen ....