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That's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. a college education means employment. the unemployment rate for those with a high school education almost double that figure. so oxley, support for higher education and thus student loans. some republicans are outright dismissive of the utility of student loans. there's the paul ryan budget which by one estimate would cut $170 billion over ten years from the pell grant program. and there's this statement by congresswoman virginia fox who not only sits on the house education and work force...

People in the medicare program get coverage for drugs and don't have to pay so much out of their pockets over time. that will go away. it would mean a program that would take away a lot of the gains that senior citizens have achieved and are achieving through the affordable care ablth. >> politically speaking, should ryan be hanging his head on this? >> he's got some reason to think he should get it and support from the private insurance industry. they want this plan. so they'll be putting a lot of money into trying to help him educate if you will, the american public to see things their way. ...

Elections. in defending that plan today he pointed out the year and a half until the next election. >> so we have a year and a half, and i believe in a year and a half's time, the truth will get out. the facts will be known. when i do town hall meetings and discuss this with seniors at senior centers, once they understand the facts, they want these solution. >> the kinds ever solutions that ryan is talking about are in his new web video full of highly polished graphics. in the video ryan doesn't talk about turning medicare into a voucher program. instead he uses a phrase for voucher as premium...

I want to start with that clip from the ryan video. patients would have coverage options like those enjoyed by members of congress spp that true? if so, it sounds pretty sweet. >> the problem is, they don't really want to have choices. they want to have a program that works for them that helps to control costs and will be there when they need it. i don't think that any senior citizen wants to think that when they are sick, when they are really needing to make decisions about what medicare provider to sign up with, if they are going to be having to face that choice. what ryan is talking about i...

Election influenced any of the republicans not to vote for this budget? was it really that big of a deal to them? >> i don't think it was just the election last night. i think it's poll after poll and i think it's the meetings that senators and congresspeople are something with their constituents. the bottom line is that what the ryan budget would do immediately in terms of the doughnut hole in ten years for everybody else who will get medicare at that point is to decimate a program that is working very, very well for ordinary americans right now, converted into a voucher program, charge senio...