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Congress and elected leaders to honor their word. we don't have a union representing us. we have our faith in government to honor the promises they have made to those who served. let's also point out that the $7 billion in savings this plan will generate doesn't even cover the interest -- the interest -- in the additional expenses that this same bill authorizes. >> paul ryan said, well, a lot of the retirees have a second job. so they are not living and eating off of this pension. your thoughts? >> well, i think that's a case-by-case basis and it doesn't matter. the fact is these are earned be...

Congress and elected leaders to honor their word. we don't have a union representing us. we have our faith in government to honor the promises they have made to those who served. let's also point out that the $7 billion in savings this plan will generate doesn't even cover the interest -- the interest -- in the additional expenses that this same bill authorizes. >> paul ryan said, well, a lot of the retirees have a second job. so they are not living and eating off of this pension. your thoughts? >> well, i think that's a case-by-case basis and it doesn't matter. the fact is these are earned be...

In terms of bill kristol's memo, you still hear shades of that today. when you begin any kind of social welfare program, it is hard once it is in effect to bring it back, to get people off of it. anyone will make that point. this is part of what the concern is about starting it. these are real concerns. nobody is 100% certain how this will go, even people who support this bill will say this is not a perfect bill but it does more good than harm. >> these programs are hard to reverse whether they work well or not. it's amazing when you look at the legislative history of medicare, at what they an...

Not just a few people that workers get good wages but also taxpayers benefit as well. >> steve, i talked about this on the radio today and i heard from a number of callers who said, as merchants, it's impossible to compete as main street entrepreneur with walmart when they come to town because they've got an assortment of products and willing to undercut anybody else at any level. how do you compete with them when they come to town? >> it's very difficult. there's no question. walmart has -- what do they always say? everyday low prices. go into walmart today, you get damn near everything you w...

Merchants, it's compete as main street entrepreneur with walmart when they come to town because they've got an assortment of products and willing to undercut at any level. >> no question, walmart has, what do they say, everyday low prices. go into walmart today, you get dam near, you want by 99 cents. every government intervention program and social welfare program to abate program, there is no better program than walmart because walmart raised living standards of poor people making everything from tooft paste, diapers, cell phones more affordable to them. the problem with the argument, why sh...