we vetoed 2500 line items in the budget. we left my successor 9 plus billion dollars of skashcash for a rainy day. conservatives need to focus on not spending everything they have and cutting taxes to stimulate economic growth so more revenue is in people's pockets and the government gets their fair share as well. >> can you lower taxes with 18.1 trillion in debt and we have 100 trillion in unfunded liabilities. >> you can >> you can lower taxes and generate more revenue for government than any of the most exotic tax plans than barack obama has. yes, i believe that. >> let me ask national security and national defense. your brother predicted in 2007 unfortunately with pinpoint accuracy what would happen if we left iraq too early.