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Five years. even on programs i care deeply about, which will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade. >> the president's proposal for a freeze in government spending might give the white house a nice talking point, but it is a totally inadequate solution to our nation's spending problems. over the past two years, the administration increased discretionary spending by 24%. if you count the so-called stimulus package, spending is up nearly 84%. >> gregg: joining us now are new york post columnist cursen powers and jason rogue, a former mitt romney advisor. good to see y...

Management at ysu. the battle over president obama's budget dominating the weekly radio and internet addresses. mr. obama saying that he's making some difficult cuts to allow needed spending increases in education, technology, and basic infrastructure like roads and bridges. >> my budget freezes annual domestic spending for the next five years. even on programs i care deeply about, which will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade. this freeze will bring this type of spending to its lowest level as a share of the economy since dwight eisenhower was president. >> bu...

Basic infrastructure like roads and bridges. >> the president: my budget freezes annual domestic spending for the next five years. even on programs i care deeply about. which will reduce the deficit by more than 400 billion dollars over the next decade. this freeze will bring this type of spending to its lowest level as a share of the economy since dwight eisenhower was president. >> republicans say the president's spending freeze doesn't take the deficit problem seriously enough. they are calling for 100 billion in spending cuts. today's gop response orrin hatch argues obama's reduction plans...

Against what the economists and what the leaders of the european governments want to see which is budget cuts, and coming so soon after the g 20. no one is -- it's very unlikely that the people in racine will ask the president about g-20 but there's real concern about a double-dip recession and no fix, no agreement between those in europe who want to see budget, you know, deficits cut and those here still arguing, including the white house, arguing for more stimulus. >> a major philosophical divide, not only between countries but also in this country, and voters consistently say, i mean, most ...

Of indiana, who a lot of people talk about as a sleeper candidate for 2012, has talked in the past about survival issues for the country. so there's national security issues but issues like entitlement spending, issues like the debt, where he and others in the republican party want to bring to the floor a conversation, a real adult conversation about what to do with some of these huge spending problems and debt problems. if the tea party is a real force in republican politics, they may actually put to the center some of these fiscal issues and leave some of the social issues behind for the rep...