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To be more competitive. sounds like more spending. but ari, didn't george w. bush embrace this whole report on being more competitive, that came out of the national academies of science and engineering and put it forward and got it approved on capital hill? aren't people in the republican party fundamentally for this? >> that's one of the reasons that paul ryan is right, both parties have contributed to a crisis in spending. >> but the competitiveness agenda. didn't george w. bush -- i thought he came out in favor of it. >> the point is when you have a $1.4le from deficit, you can't look at th...

Embrace this whole report on being more competitive, that came out of the national academies of science and engineering and put it forward and got it approved on capital hill? aren't people in the republican party fundamentally for this? >> that's one of the reasons that paul ryan is right, both parties have contributed to a crisis in spending. >> but the competitiveness agenda. didn't george w. bush -- i thought he came out in favor of it. >> the point is when you have a $1.4le from deficit, you can't look at things from 2004 eyes, you have to look at them in 2011 eyes. we can no longer affor...

Bunning's argument that we're not going to extend these benefits and these other things until we figure out how to pay for them would be fine. and i would justify them. i'd say the president wants to do paygo. okay. well, then we will spend this additional money once you tell us where it's coming from. >> that's fair. >> unfortunately, they voted for a $7 trillion drug benefit. medicare drug benefit. they couldn't afford. two wars. two tax cuts. the biggest spending increase. domestic spending increase ever. again, fine. i understand, as a small government conservative, joan, ideologically why...

Other spots should be considered because of security concerns. >> julie: the president will hand over the budget proposal to congress tomorrow, it totals $3.8 trillion and how will it likely to be received on capitol hill, white house correspondent, thank you for joining us, and the president will send the 2011 budget to congress and he promise to freeze spending on dues of government agencies, but then, he also plans to spend more money on trying to bring down the nation's high unemployment. and, how does he go about doing both of those? >> well, as he indicated in the state of this union add...

Allow us to pass the most significant legislation to expand support help american families the new deal. this is generational, transformational change. charles: chuck schumer this week comparing a democrat $3.5 trillion solution to the new bill promising generational change. democrats are pushing the largest spending increase in u.s. history, not to mention a huge expansion in the size and scope of government. with everything from universal pre-k to family sleeve to community college on the table, kent democrat ran through this and congress despite having narrow majorities among the most narro...