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Giving him a free trigger for, you know, a cocktail, you know, in the next hour. by definition our spending problems are caused and complicit and all from our congress. so, to give them carte blanche, an automatic tax raise like free drinks for all alcoholics, god bless. >> then we've got to decide to raise the debt ceiling if you don't want to-- >> oh, another, beautiful, you're beautiful, man, let's do that. >> and the bars and alcohol, all night, that's kind of what the government-- they can't stop spending and we need controls that are automatic like lights out at the bar and this is sort ...

More than 2.50. he is so out of touch with the american people. the polls are clear. it's like 60 percent of the american people say yes, tax increases or eliminating the bush tax cut should be a part of any fi fiscal solution to our spending problems in the country. people say that's just reasonable. >> juan you know the numbers, though. look this idea that the president laid out some of the rich aren't paying the taxes they are not paying their fair shares they are paying a lower percentage than they have paid in 50 years if you look at the numbers today look at the top 10 percent they pay 7...

Medicaid and medicare and social security. you're going to have to go after one of these programs. you can't just chisel around -- you've got to get rid of the whole thing if you're going to cut the deficit down to where you want it, right? don't you have to get rid of things, just not chisel them? >> absolutely not. i don't want chisels, i want chain saws. everyone, including the pentagon, should have to take across the board cuts to reduce the deficit we have. the tea party calls on our government to spend $1 or one penny less than it takes in revenue. we have found we don't have a revenue p...

We look the at all the thousands of people in wisconsin in the fight over this issue because you've got to pay the bill some kind of way. >> that's right. >> harris: elizabeth macdonald, always nice to have you. >> i should note in wisconsin, it wasn't a pension shortfall, it was a medicaid shortfall that created the crisis. another spending problems there. >> harris: thank you very much. >> delighted. >> harris: ohio is one state dealing with the budget crisis. as you know, tomorrow night governor john kasich will go on the record with gretta van susteren. an engine failure on a delta plane i...

Television and get a yes or no answer to this will question first and then we'll move on. can we have a serious conversation about washington's spending problems without dealing with medicare and social security? mr. secretary, to you first. >> no. medicare especially, we have to deal with rising health care losts and that combined with the baby baby boomers is probably the most serious underlying issue in the budget over the long-term. >> david walker? >> no. >> then why i'll call it who goes first. the president infuses in his budget to say let's deal, here's my proposal on medicare and soci...