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The poll numbers of the republican party or of this congress he certainly par out shines them in terms of the numbers. jon: and john boehner admitted as much when he had that interview over the weekend. but does it suggest, though, that the president, you know, who is so concerned about his legacy, i mean we know that he meets with, you know, white house historians and so forth, does it suggest that he has, you know, realized that he needs to work with this congress to get anything done and to cement his legacy? >> i'm shocked to here that he cares about his legacy. >> trying to get a second t...

>>greg: here are the four areas: tax code overhaul, discretionary spending cuts, medicare and medicaid and social security changes. for example, what kind of tax code overhaul are we talking about jonathan? >>reporter: well, again, based on the president's debt commission which has the idea that if you close a lot of loopholes, and, look, a lost tax breaks we don't really think of as loopholes like, for instance, the deduction you get for charitable giving if you shrink those or eliminate them, you can lower tax rates and raise more revenue. the debt commission saw about $785 billion in additi...

Because it is broken. everybody knows that. >> i'm going to get myself an admiral's hat and a bottle of whiskey and start thinking about spending. i love the way we keep talking about drunken sailors. you know, it is economic stimulus. maybe we can even deploy some social security number towards lending to small business, which is something the banks don't seem to be able to do. >> that's such an -- that is so wrong. >> start with reform by the most privileged and lucky people in this country. >> not meant for any other purpose. >> that's the point. hold on a second. there was a contract made ...

Deliver this fessage -- message today, we're not playing that game. i'm not going to say what's in, i'm not going to say what's out. i want this commission to be free to do its work. >> reporter: free to do its work. everything is on the table. that means medicare changes, social security changes, medicaid, it could mean more revenues, it would keen a value added tax, sort of a variation on a national sales tax, all those options are on the table, there are 18 members of the commission, gregg, 14 do not agree, they will make no proposal and the commission will fade away. the $14 trillion debt,...