three of those pirates in rough watters on high seas. but the l in seal stands for land as in sea, air, land. and the death of bin laden proves they work very well on the land. remember, the military has two elite secret forces. the seals and the delta force. delta force, of course, captured saddam hussein, shep. shepard: trace gallagher live for us. thanks. that elite navy seal team is apparently not the only option the president considered for the bin laden mission. read about the other choices on the table foxnews.com. you will find a link right there on the home page. ubl reportedly once stated that al qaeda s goal was to bleed america to the point of bankruptcy? so far he hasn t succeeded. but the united states has spent an enormous amount of money on military operations since the attacks of 9/11. according to government estimates, the total bill for the last nine and a half years now stands at, guess this, $1.28 trillion. we re told the pentagon has
good evening, keith. this whole conversation arose out of gop concern about how extending unemployment benefits increases the deficit unless you have some sort of, as mcconnell and kyl put it, offset. but is there an actual quantifiable reality regarding the jobless benefits and how they affect the deficit compared to tax cuts? sure. they well, number one, the unemployment benefits, if you extend them, will cost about $30 billion. if you extended all of the tax cuts, it would be, if i remember correctly, $3.28 trillion. so the two are very different. but then on the other side, you have the stimulus of the two measures. right? one thing the republicans have said over and over is that tax cuts are important for stimulus. that s how mcconnell thinks they pay for themselves. but the fact of the matter is mark zandi, who is an adviser to the mccain campaign, says for every dollar you spend on the bush tax cuts, you get .32 cents or actually 32 cents of stimulus, for every dollar yo
this whole conversation arose out of gop concern about how extending unemployment benefits sea breezes the deficit unless you have some sort of, as mcconnell and kyl put it, offset. but is there an actual quantifiable reality regarding the jobless benefits and how they affect the deficit compared to tax cuts? sure. they, well, number one, the unemployment benefits, if you extend them, will cost about $30 billion. if you extended all of the tax cuts, it would be, if i remember correctly, $3.28 trillion. so the two are very different. but then on the other side, you have the stimulus of the two measures. right, the one thing that republicans have said over and over is that tax cuts are important for stimulus. that s how mcconnell thinks they pay for themselves. but the fact of the matter is, mark zandi, who is an adviser to the mccain campaign says for every dollar you spend on the bush tax cuts, you get 0.32 cents or 32 cents of stimulus, for every dollar you spend on unemployment b
this whole conversation arose out of gop concern about how extending unemployment benefits sea breezes the deficit unless you have some sort of, as mcconnell and kyl put it, offset. but is there an actual quantifiable reality regarding the jobless benefits and how they affect the deficit compared to tax cuts? sure. they, well, number one, the unemployment benefits, if you extend them, will cost about $30 billion. if you extended all of the tack cuts, it would be, if i remember correctly, $3.28 trillion. so the two are very different. but then on the other side, you have the stimulus of the two measures. right, the one thing that republicans have said over and over is that tax cuts are important for stimulus. that s how mcconnell thinks they pay for themselves. but the fact of the matter is, mark zandi, who is an adviser to the mccain campaign says for every dollar you spend on the bush tax cuts, you get 0.32 cents or 32 cents of stimulus, for every dollar you spend on unemployment
something that puts most of the burden on the middle class, people trying to go to college, on senior citizens while, not just asking nothing of the wealthy, giving them at least a $200,000 tax that s a choice you re making. later on meet the press paul ryan defended his budget proposal. there s four things we re trying to do with the budget, get the economy growing, get people back to work, save our social security, medicare, retirement programs for this generation and future generations. we want to give our children a debt-free nation. that s what this plan does. i think that s what the country wants. the deficit talk comes as yet another deadline looms on the debt ceiling. as of today the national debt is $4.28 trillion. next month it will rise to $14.29 trillion. the previous limit set by congress. if a debt extension is not voted on, the u.s. could default on its debt. plouffe weighed in on the importance of congress raising the debt ceiling. the debt ceiling is someth