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Accept spending cuts and do a lot more on entitlements and walk away from tax revenue. nobody's going to do that. >> who goes through the door first here, right? >> yep. >> why aren't leaders able to get through the door at the same time? >> because they're largely idiots. and the fact of the matter is they allowed this thing to get to this point and lose control of it, quite frankly. you hit the right word. this is theater. this is the president coming to the table on this after the fact. why not -- >> let me -- we all think we're smarter than politicians. sometimes they operate under scary c...

Walk away from tax revenue. nobody's going to do that. >> who goes through the door first here, right? >> yep. >> why aren't leaders able to get through the door at the same time? >> because they're largely idiots. and the fact of the matter is they allowed this thing to get to this point and lose control of it, quite frankly. you hit the right word. this is theater. this is the president coming to the table on this after the fact. why not -- >> let me -- we all think we're smarter than politicians. sometimes they operate under scary conditions. i think john boehner is scared most of the time....

I think he would lose the speakership. >> does he have a gun to his head? >> yeah, he does. look. we just raised $300 billion in taxes. >> on the top 1%. >> you raised taxes. go to the fundamentals, chris. i don't care if it's the top 1% or the bottom 50%. >> the top cares. >> i'm sure you do care. you're the top 1%. >> let's not make conjecture part of this show. >> this is the point though. that is an issue for a lot of the republican leaders in the house. >> so the word tax is offensive to them? >> it's not just the word tax. it's the idea we've raised taxes and we haven't gotten cuts in sp...

>> does he have a gun to his head? >> yeah, he does. look. we just raised $300 billion in taxes. >> on the top 1%. >> you raised taxes. go to the fundamentals, chris. i don't care if it's the top 1% or the bottom 50%. >> the top cares. >> i'm sure you do care. you're the top 1%. >> let's not make conjecture part of this show. >> this is the point though. that is an issue for a lot of the republican leaders in the house. >> so the word tax is offensive to them? >> it's not just the word tax. it's the idea we've raised taxes and we haven't gotten cuts in spending. >> ronald reagan put together a...