didn t bring down the cost of medicare. which means there is still a lot mover savings that has to be done. and we have already used those savings to offset the cost of new federal healthcare spending. leaving medicare in worse shape but making obama care appear less expensive, shep. shepard: yet, none of that is going to happen. unlikely. democrats would fight it every step of the way. one democrat even noticed that ryan himself would leave the medicare cuts themselves in place. paul ryan just announced the other day that he is going to include those savings in his budget. savings that he campaigned actively against. now, ryan, unlike the president though, would keep the savings in medicare. ryan s overall budget wouldn t actually reduce spending it would only reduce the rate of increase from the 46 trillion the obama plan would spend over the next decade to only 41 trillion. though ryan concedes repeal and other moves on healthcare are likely to be blocked by the presiden
is crazy uncle joe living in here? let s just say i wouldn t characterize it the way he said it. the fact of the matter is that most american families have done worse in the obama, quote, recovery than they did during the the recession. and median family income went down $1500 during the the recession itself, and then went down another $2500 during the obama recovery. the health insurance framers were shot up since we adopted obamacare and this idea that we re going to scare people to death over the sequester, as you know, sean, the sequester is a ten year program. currently the law says we would spend without the sequester, 46 trillion dollars over those ten years. and with the sequester, we re going to spend 44.8 trillion dollars over those ten years. the american people think if you can t save that over ten years, we ve got the wrong
and what alternate university is crazy uncle joe living in here? let s just say i wouldn t characterize it the way he said it. the fact of the matter is that most american families have done worse in the obama, quote, recovery than they did during the the recession. and median family income went down $1500 during the the recession itself, and then went down another $2500 during the obama recovery. the health insurance framers were shot up since we adopted obamacare and this idea that we re going to scare people to death over the sequester, as you know, sean, the sequester is a ten year program. currently the law says we would spend without the sequester, 46 trillion dollars over those ten years. and with the sequester, we re going to spend 44.8 trillion dollars over those ten years. the american people think if you can t save that over ten years, we ve got the wrong
for the party or the candidate or senator or congressman or woman who puts specifics into that. in other words, not only are you going to trim the programs here is what you will specifically do and then this is hell to pay. paul ryan found out the hard way. do you think there is resolve by many if your party? guest: this are not enough with that resolve. look what paul ryan did. he was demonized but he is not backing off. neil: he was demonized by many in your party? guest: that is a shame certainly not by me. i support his effort of edging the problem and putting forth a solid, serious proposal and he will continue to do it with the house budget and that was passed last year, in the house of representatives, and would have only spent $40 trillion, and i hate to say only, versus president obama at $46 trillion.
are down this year by percentages in the mid teens. that s all? i m surprised. as lawmakers want washington, d.c. to continue to fight on how to address our nation s growing deficit, our next guest says the voters are the ones who will end up solving the crisis. joining us right now, a familiar face, you know scott rasmussen, he s got a brand new book out called the people s money, how voters will balance the budget and eliminate the national debt. he joins us live in new york. good morning to you. good morning. what is the people s money? the people s money is a book that shows the reason we have the budget crisis is the politicians have followed their own agenda rather than listening to the voters. they say the voters don t really want to cut spending. they talk a good game but voters won t believe it. the polling i ve done shows that s a lie. voters are the solution sxnt the problem. we have a couple of graphics and i want you to walk us through this to make your case.