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which is about four days to pass a budget left to avoid a government shutdown
president obama is getting involved
is by the leaders of both houses of congress
and that shares of their appropriations committees
to the white house tomorrow who try to hammer out an agreement you know that means ideas
are probably pretty close soak was a big problem viewpoint right durable goods can get past
n or not they are compromising so one always the g_o_p_ maybe tranny appeaser ultra-conservative
is by giving them a preview of the
aid cuts they're prepared to fight for
in next year's budget
tomorrow the chairman of the house budget committee congressman paul ryan is rolling
out his plan for that budget
he wants to cut are you ready for it
or trillion dollars over ten years
i will talk with a specific cuts in a minute
but first i'll tell you what the whole
old-boy this exercise its
that tax cuts
of course ryan was continued its in the bush tax cuts that's a given no question about
that but that's not nearly enough
his plan lowers the top tax rate
points
from thirty five percent
took twenty five percent
the registry will graduate with a twenty five percent
that sanction and cut you know what that is
it's redistribution of wealth
right to the top
now you remember in his first roadmap
to oblivion in my opinion ryan propose editor and i did it was a national sales tax
you know what that would not be would have increased taxes on the bottom ninety percent
of the american people so yes she has a mind raising taxes as long as it's on you know
we're not the top ten percent
it's not bad it's done
right now the top one percent of the country controls
sporty
of the wall well
at twenty five years ago
they control only thirty three percent of wealth
solution add of the top one percent has gone up dramatically while the settling fourteen
percent
i think you have to do that with the republicans giving them tax cut after tax cut after tax
cut in
subsidy after subsidy
and it goes
on another note was is was it was was a trickle down right
as it turned out to you
of thinks so
so let's get to those spending cuts in law
the spending cuts that comes out here i
we got medicare medicaid social security there alltop targets of course so for example for
people fifty-five in younger medicare would become
all of this euphemism ep premium support system
business it is a very few
specific health benefits like he does now
medicare would give beneficiaries as sum of money
she used to purchase
private insurance
or a wonderful coincidence that happens to be some of the five dollars for the republicans
partitions companies
so you'd get less money
and private insurance when we went up and deliver a set of minimum badavatz
as that for premium support system
i mean
ed allied orwellian
www of course private insurers would make more money on this and alright and the ritual
get their tax cuts so everything's gonna be okay
about medicaid
chloride wants to cut widened
trillion dollars for medicaid budget
he does that by giving states lost sons called block grants the fun their own programs republic
say this method provides more
flexibility
what would have been some from the federal government
that flexibility what mean states code edward
limit enrollment party like that for flexibility
house minority leader nancy pelosi today put a pretty bluntly
yankees permanently anytime
minimize melody from now
that's true and that's exactly what the goal is that the cover for medicare and medicaid
for decades now and they're on the doorstep
on the other hand the rich would get their tax cuts
really about that digit magnetics at all about it right
well how about social security
all we know so far as ryan's what it calls for signifi cuts
because of right any of the details of course this is all we leave that up to various committees
later to figure all that out
but one thing we know for sure
as of the rich
would get their tax cuts
joining me now is independence senator bernie sanders of vermont
and member of the senate budget committee center sanders statement trying this for decades
well as i just said i think they're on the doorstep
real close to knock it out medicare and medicaid
mine top questioned the most important question today
how are you gonna stop
well we've got to get the american people to stand up and say it is absolutely immoral
it is insane that we give tax breaks for richest people is country who today are doing phenomenally
well
and that we saw fit for the middle class and working families forcing a decline in their
standard of living missus robin hood in reverse
jenks is he up some forty five thousand americans are going to buy
because they don't get to a doctor on fire
if you block grant medicaid if you val troy's medicare that number is going to social
so what you're talking about getting the right and death issue for millions called the american
people
well i have been disturbed about
in terms of the whole budget debate whether it's the continuing resolution
what fiscal year twelve
is that we have not talked about unlawful
is that needed to bring revenue into the picture at the state we are not going
to extend bushes tax breaks for the very rich as people what we need is a surtax on millionaires
last week we announced that they were ten corporations ten of the largest corporations
in this country for not only paid nothing in taxes they got substantial rebates julia
ideal of cutting programs for the week is the most vulnerable to give tax breaks to
the richest largest corporations is totally grotesque no senators and is fine with you
and i know you're parece but i know that there's no question about that right
type all this stuff because that's what job right
but i also know and i'm avaible out with her democrats have been
terrible i defending their ground
terrible
so i got to ask you have no faith
i have no trust
i mean right now you said to me four trillion i'll veto debt four trillion
but if president obama and the senate democrats are play the usual games they play then given
yeah i'll be on the other crazy ready i'll make a prediction
two point one two two point five trillion dollars in cuts that would republican-democratic
happened donors made the case to the american people that the american people already support
there was a wall street journal poll maybe three weeks ago eighty-one percent of the
american people thought the best way to address deficit-reduction is a surtax on millionaires
they want to do away with these loopholes allow corporations not the pay any taxes but
then senator hatfield no but you gotta tell me to look back
you're right by you know that
but you right there in the senate what's stopping you guys what's stopping this although i'll
tell you guys lowell check them for you guys i have i have introduced legislation knowing
that we cannot give you credit for that looks like it's a great meal after the president
it is a good way to go
you are saying the president of mama
take the case to the american people whether we ask billionaires to pay a little bit more
in taxes we destroy belies of millions of working families i think we win that fight
overwhelmingly unfortunately as you well know this place is dominated by lobbyists who represents
the wealthy wealthy and the powerful now i wish president obama would not only into the
freight but into the fray on the site of working families i think it's good public policy morally
the right thing to do and you know what else tank it's good politics we win that fight
said originally unfortunately money speaks very loudly or a hundred percent right about
that so final question for you
what do they do
if the president
i headed down is as usual comes out and says i'm gonna split the difference emigre with
the republicans
are not really gonna make our case i'm disgusted look at me and so centers watching tonight
you happy
i've done you know three quarters of in their direction
what do you think about what you think it's how do you know rally progresses
an opponent on you i know your radio address innovative patti labelle aberystwyth introduced
the legislation you know
by that time after time will try to the fans social security
from some democrats election i would let them present on our side
well i think it's not it's millions of people think mister president we voted for you
because you told us you but at the fed working americans now as the client the standoff
for the big-money interests after shared sacrifice don't balance the budget on the backs of the
elderly the poor and the second if you do that without tremendous pappas what i would
like to see a couple hundred thousand people company in washington the sale of the president
sale of the republican state do not balance the budget on the middle class and working
families in this country when the richest people are getting richer they are not contributed
one nickel the deficit-reduction if we can rally
ordinary people into this fight we will win it by outlook before we go i want audiences
know i'm not saying this december centers on the air with us
he's a guy who's up until buster for or
all those hours when nobody else that he's already sick introduce write legislation i
want everybody to be clear on that
senators and discuss the g_o_p_ i hope you can represent the progresses wellness
upcoming incredibly important flight
thank thank you jeff