party. what happened? first, i think that is exaggerateed on every front. greta: i m teasing you. i know. but i want to start down the road since you opened with three, four things. if charles krauthammer had been with me yesterday in four cities in iowa, where we had huge crowds, i think he might reconsider. in rush s case he had two things. one was wrong. i do not support a mandate. i m opposed to obama care. i m in support of the 26 attorney generals who have filed suit. the center for health transformation that i helped found has been actively opposed to obamacare for 2 1/2 years that was a clip from 1993, when in fact, the conservative position was to have individual insurance in opposition to hillarycare because she wanted let s get that out of way. now greta: i understand, are
party. what happened? first, i think that is exaggerateed on every front. greta: i m teasing you. i know. but i want to start down the road since you opened with three, four things. if charles krauthammer had been with me yesterday in four cities in iowa, where we had huge crowds, i think he might reconsider. in rush s case he had two things. one was wrong. i do not support a mandate. i m opposed to obama care. i m in support of the 26 attorney generals who have filed suit. the center for health transformation that i helped found has been actively opposed to obamacare for 2 1/2 years that was a clip from 1993, when in fact, the conservative position was to have individual insurance in opposition to hillarycare because she wanted let s get that out of way. now greta: i understand, are
can do a great deal to maneuver. what about entitle snaents the trust fund is going to be depleted by 2024, five years earlier than predicted. do you think republicans ought to buck the public opposition and really move forward to completely change medicare, turn it into a voucher program where you give seniors some premium support so that they can go out and buy private insurance? i don t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. i don t think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for free society to operate. i think we need a national conversation to get to a better medicare system with more choices for seniors, but there are specific things you can do. at the center for health transformation, which i helped found, which published a book called stop paying the crooks. we thought that was a clear enough, simple enough idea, even for washington. we, between medicare and medicaid, we pay between $70
trying to help grow and strengthen the house republican party. i want to make sure every house republican is protected from some let me say on the record, any ad which quotes what i said sunday is a falsehood. i have said publicly, those would evers were inaccurate and unfortunate. i m prepared to stand up when i make a mistake and i m going to on occasion i want to share with the american people that was a mistake. that way we can have an honest conversation. greta: what did congressman ryan say to your apology? we had a good private conversation. weigh we are going to work together to make sure that we agreed we are going to work together to make sure the democrats can t misuse information and make sure we work to the. because i did help create the center for health transformation there are a lot of things we can do to enable us to have a better program. to make sure we get a better medicare system that people want to have. that they voluntarily want to
terms of the fact that you were deemed by the media a controversial speaker. first of all, if you think it is controversial to balance the federal budget for four straight years and payoff 400 billions to have the first tax cut in 16 years. in the largest capital gains cut in american history to see unemployment go from 5.4% to 4%. to the largest entitlement reform in history, welfare reform two out of three went to work or school. if those things are controversial then it was controversial. the biggest advantage of the 12 years i had at the institute, center for health transformation, developing ideas, making movies with calista, writing books, i had time to think about and frankly thanks to the bush administration allowing me to be a volunteer adviser in defense, intelligence, state department, health care, i a chance to see the executive branch from the inside.