guys. if we re all getting the rich getting everything they want. all the republicans in your state say that would be swell. disenchantment in all quarters. i think it s because you guys don t get much done. well, you know, bill, there is a lot of republic voters who feel that they are locked out of the process, too. i mean, they have different solutions for the problems that i would propose but they still feel outside the system. i mean, i think that s part of what explained the whole tea party movement that people kind of felt like they, the average american regardless of party affiliation weren t given access to the system. bill: that s an excellent point. how do you see it, mr. king, why do so many americans don t trust congress. i think a lot of times we congress uses language that uses and confuses the issue. for example, we have three different ways that we describe our budget and our spending. if you want to declare baseline spending that says to
guys. if we re all getting the rich getting everything they want. all the republicans in your state say that would be swell. disenchantment in all quarters. i think it s because you guys don t get much done. well, you know, bill, there is a lot of republic voters who feel that they are locked out of the process, too. i mean, they have different solutions for the problems that i would propose but they still feel outside the system. i mean, i think that s part of what explained the whole tea party movement that people kind of felt like they, the average american regardless of party affiliation weren t given access to the system. bill: that s an excellent point. how do you see it, mr. king, why do so many americans don t trust congress. i think a lot of times we congress uses language that uses and confuses the issue. for example, we have three different ways that we describe our budget and our spending. if you want to declare baseline spending that says to
money spent on the interior department and health and human services and money spent on defense are all the same, you need better glasses. dollars well spent on defense are qualitatively different and far more important to the long-term security of the united states than almost anything else the federal government does. those dollars are right in the bull s-eye. alisyn: are you comfortable with any cuts being made and if so where would those happen? it s part of the government and it s inefficient in many respects. but we have been underspending on defense. if you look at the president s budget the last two years we have had massive increases of baseline spending on all domestic programs. we have cut $400 billion from the defense department already. alisyn: i was struck something that was reported yesterday.
it is not just about the cuts. it is about other policy issues that have been put in. like my good friend here talked about the cut cap and balance. what boehner was proposing really was that. i think that is really problematic. the cap piece, we are in a recession. we had to make terrible cuts. we really compromised education, for example. under boehner s plan, a cap would be in place. when the economy turns around, we would not be able to restore funding to education. that is unacceptable. in the 21st century, we have to keep up with the other nations around the world. congress member, who is to blame in all of this? i think that the american people showed in the 2010 elections that they are terrified of the out of control spending. even in the area of education which yielded no benefits. the baseline spending went up
it is about other policy issues that have been put in. like my good friend here talked about the cut cap and balance. what boehner was proposing really was that. i think that is really problematic. the cap piece, we are in a recession. we had to make terrible cuts. we really compromised education, for example. under boehner s plan, a cap would be in place. when the economy turns around, we would not be able to restore funding to education. that is unacceptable. in the 21st century, we have to keep up with the other nations around the world. congress member, who is to blame in all of this? i think that the american people showed in the 2010 elections that they are terrified of the out of control spending. even in the area of education which yielded no benefits. the baseline spending went up