does your party have any responsibility in this at all. our debt is a bipartisan debt no doubt about it. and if people want bipartisanship, there it is, spending going on for democrats and republicans borrowing, many, many years, we ve never seen anything like the last four years in the sheer scope of spending and the direction we re going with all of this. certainly, look, if the republicans had the house and the senate and the white house, okay, given the current construct of our party i have little doubt we would pass a balanced budget amendment and put in spending constraints and deal with the issues. in fact the republican house has already dealt with many of these issues, they have passed dozens of bills, serious proposals to help grow the economy and deal with with these issues that haven t received a mention in the senate. that s the reality, i think you need to look at that. ultimately both parties are to blame for a 16 trillion dollar debt. it s bipartisan debt although t
does your party have any responsibility in this at all. our debt is a bipartisan debt no doubt about it. and if people want bipartisanship, there it is, spending going on for democrats and republicans borrowing, many, many years, we ve never seen anything like the last four years in the sheer scope of spending and the direction we re going with all of this. certainly, look, if the republicans had the house and the senate and the white house, okay, given the current construct of our party i have little doubt we would pass a balanced budget amendment and put in spending constraints and deal with the issues. in fact the republican house has already dealt with many of these issues, they have passed dozens of bills, serious proposals to help grow the economy and deal with with these issues that haven t received a mention in the that s the reality, i think you need to look at that. ultimately both parties are to blame for a 16 trillion dollar debt. it s bipartisan debt although the growt
work. megyn: well, when it comes to america s 16 trillion dollar debt, and raising our debt ceiling even more in the coming weeks, you just saw, today s hour long news conference summed up in that 60 second exchange and we shortened it down just to give you a flavor. the president does not want to negotiate and he says he has the voters behind him. he wants to congress just let him raise the debt limit or for them to do it. joining me now charles payne from the fox business network and john of left action and wall street journal columnist, the 50 economic indicators that really matter. we were just talking about that sound bite and that exchange with major garrett, formerly of fox and now cbs and the president was testy and didn t seem to much like the question, but was it a fair question? major is trying to get at the fact that the president himself voted against raising the debt limit when he was a senator and now he seems to be incredulous that the fact that the republicans not s
factor tip of the day. should babies dance, in a moment. first some male, champaign, illinois, your talking points summed up the current status of the country. the president is accumulating more power and people are the not paying attention. and michael stapleton, min ams. minneapolis. and why don t you tell two wars and tax cuts run up the 16 trillion dollar web make, get off the websites, maybe that would be a good thing for you. the wars are a factor in the debt, but entitlement spending is overwhelmingly driving. mr. obama had two years of a democratic congress which
factor tip of the day. should babies dance, in a moment. first some male, champaign, illinois, your talking points summed up the current status of the country. the president is accumulating more power and people are the not paying attention. and michael stapleton, min ams. minneapolis. and why don t you tell two wars and tax cuts run up the 16 trillion dollar web make, get off the websites, maybe that would be a good thing for you. the wars are a factor in the debt, but entitlement spending is overwhelmingly driving. mr. obama had two years of a democratic congress which