mayors we passed the simpson bowles plan as a template for moving forward and the president has done the same. you talked about the republican convention. mr. ryan raised that as well. what he didn t say is he was a member of that commission and didn t vote for it. chris: i understand. it was the president s commission and he did nothing with it. what the president has done he is also cutting $4 trillion out of this deficit. now, he is not cutting chris: but in a way that republicans will never buy. the other plan had bipartisan support. he didn t have mr. ryan s support. and you are right, it it wasn t exactly reflective of mr. it did have republicans and it had democrats as well. not enough of them. it should have had a unanimous support for it as a frame work, not for everything in it. and what the president has done, he has adopted $4 trillion in deficit cuts over the next ten years. what he didn t do is he didn t want to cut defense as much and he actually went beyond t
at about $16 trillion, the u.s. government has got to find a way to cut the spending. enter wisconsin congressman paul ryan. he is the chairman of the house budget committee and he recently unveiled the g.o.p. s budget plan that proposes $3.3 trillion in deficit cuts by overhauling medicare and the tax code among other things. last week, president obama attacked the republic budget plan. this congressional republic budget is something different all together. it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans. it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly veiled social darwinism. laura: radical social darwinist trojan horse himself from new york is congressman ryan. good to see you. good to be with you, laura. laura: we will get into this tussle about the budget and so forth. before we get to that, now
at about $16 trillion, the u.s. government has got to find a way to cut the spending. enter wisconsin congressman paul ryan. he is the chairman of the house budget committee and he recently unveiled the g.o.p. s budget plan that proposes $3.3 trillion in deficit cuts by overhauling medicare and the tax code among other things. last week, president obama attacked the republic budget plan. this congressional republic budget is something different all together. it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans. it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly veiled social darwinism. laura: radical social darwinist trojan horse himself from new york is congressman ryan. good to see you. good to be with you, laura. laura: we will get into this tussle about the budget and so forth. before we get to that, now
at about $16 trillion, the u.s. government has got to find a way to cut the spending. enter wisconsin congressman paul ryan. he is the chairman of the house budget committee and he recently unveiled the g.o.p. s budget plan that proposes $3.3 trillion in deficit cuts by overhauling medicare and the tax code among other things. last week, president obama attacked the republic budget plan. this congressional republic budget is something different all together. it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans. it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly veiled social darwinism. laura: radical social darwinist trojan horse himself from new york is congressman ryan. good to see you. good to be with you, laura. laura: we will get into this tussle about the budget and so forth. before we get to that, now
correspondent of politico, he s got a look at the playbook. for mika, happy valentine s day. thank you, mike. let s talk about the budget, mike, that mika has fallen in love with. president obama unveiling a $3.8 trillion spending plan, $4 trillion in deficit cuts over the next ten years, most coming by way of new tax revenue and savings from the wars in iraq and savings. that includes $350 billion for job creation, $476 for upgrade of the nation s transportation system. 441 billion for r&d and 70% of the proposal comes from mandatory spending, $2.5 trillion. the other 40% comes from discretionary spending. mike, republicans calling this a campaign document. says the other side always does when a president puts out his budget. what was the president going for here? and do you think he will succeed? well, if you hold the blue budget book just right, you can see in it, the outline not just of what the president would do if he were re-elected, but also