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>> he promised to balance the budget, but he hasn't even tried. in fact, the budget he has submitted to congress nearly doubled the debt. >> we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back. $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. that's irresponsible. it's unpatriotic. >> i think mainly what that video prove, and those are just a few examples -- you can find plenty of republican and democratic examples over the generations -- it is irresistible to any politician politician to rail against deficits. it's scary to people. the bigger the number is, the scarier it gets....

So that they would have bargaining leverage now when this comes up, or a couple months when this comes up, they extended it forever -- >> there are two issues which the white house has permitted to get away from it each time there has been a negotiation, the filibuster and the debt ceiling. those two simply must and should have been resolved years ago because they continue to start with good policy, with -- come back to your point, mark, the crisis and jerry's point, what will happen several years from now is median family income will continue to decline because none of the fundamental structu...