gnashing your teeth. we have a 3.7 trillion dollar budget and we ve been running more than trillion dollar deficits last year, this year, next year. one and a half trillion according to the latest score. even the liberals of the congressional budget office said 2010 and 2021, creating 9 trillion dollars of debt. and the idea that it s pulling teeth because 100 billion out of that is sort of absurd. paul: what about the risks politically, the republicans could be running here, are they going too far? because the democrats are already screaming this is going to decimate the government and you know, cutthroat, widows and orphans into the street. here is the way one paper in washington post reported will, wipe out family planning and takes the cops off the streets and food aid program for pregnant women and babies they re going to get that day after day after day an and they getter figure out how to manage it and the my other worry it s going to look like
because of the president and the democrats in the senate have refused to show us what their plan would be. you were elected in the last midterm you come from a business background. you are a business pan by profession. i ve talked to you you are a businessman by profession. i ve talked to you about in before. were you surprised in how such disarray things were when you got to washington. now you are watching this thing go down, put yourself in our old shoes for a moment. what do you think about it now? i m accountant by background. i ve produced budgets on time. i ve had people produce them for me on time. to think that a couple folks, a few individuals would actually be able to come up with a budget in a couple weeks, behind closed doors, to fund the federal government, 3.7 trillion dollar a year enter price is absurd. but unfortunately, enterprise is absurd.
the jobs in the united states so they are not coming in the same numbers. sean: republicans want 60 billion dollars in cuts is 1.6% of overall spending, 4.7% of discretionary spending. on top 3.7 trillion dollar budget, this is just a drop in the bucket. after the obama administration increased nondiscretionary spending they raised to 25%, add the stimulus, 85%. you are talking about a miniscule amount. all democrats could after this weekend at a maximum all they think they can find is 10 billion dollars. isn t this the showdown for 2012 those that want to balance the government and it is going to be a head to head battle? it is. the republicans have to either shutdown or shut up. at some point the democrats are going to stop agreeing to cuts and the republicans will
the jobs in the united states so they are not coming in the same numbers. sean: republicans want 60 billion dollars in cuts is 1.6% of overall spending, 4.7% of discretionary spending. on top 3.7 trillion dollar budget, this is just a drop in the bucket. after the obama administration increased nondiscretionary spending they raised to 25%, add the stimulus, 85%. you are talking about a miniscule amount. all democrats could after this weekend at a maximum all they think they can find is 10 billion dollars. isn t this the showdown for 2012 those that want to balance the government and it is going to be a head to head battle? it is. the republicans have to either shutdown or shut up. at some point the democrats are going to stop agreeing to cuts and the republicans will
of berkeley, california wants former gitmo detainees to live in berkeley. they said they will make good neighbors. really? get excited! sean: she is a rising star in the gop south carolina governor nikki haley is here. hannity starts right now. president obama was on damage control today after his unveiling of his budget monday. from the moment his 3.7 trillion dollar monstrosity was rolled up, conservatives, liberals and republicans the president: when it comes to difficult choices about our budget and priorities we have found common ground before. ronald reagan and tip o neil came together to save social security. bill clinton at republican congress found a way to settle