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regard to budget controls, tax reforms, defense cuts, social security, medicare, when realistically is that going to be able to happen? after the 2012 election? what are your thoughts on that. none of this gets any easier after the 2012 election. we keep clicking on $4 billion a day to our national debt every day we punt. if out of this august 2nd, you know, debate is going to come a new commission that s going to report back at the end of the year, that all we re saying with only again bipartisan group in washington at this point that really addresses the problem, when that commission reports let us have a vote as well on this plan, this building upon the simpson/bowles plan, so-called g 6, whatever else you want to call it, hopefully a gang of 50 at that point or 60, in the senate, and let us have an up and down vote on that. if we don t get the votes so be it. at least the american people will see a real choice that puts
make all the tough choices with regard to budget controls, tax reforms, defense cuts, social security, medicare, when realistically is that going to be able to happen? after the 2012 election? what are your thoughts on that. none of this gets any easier after the 2012 election. we keep clicking on $4 billion a day to our national debt every day we punt. if out of this august 2nd, you know, debate is going to come a new commission that s going to report back at the end of the year, that all we re saying with only again bipartisan group in washington at this point that really addresses the problem, when that commission reports let us have a vote as well on this plan, this building upon the simpson/bowles plan, so-called g 6, whatever else you want to call it, hopefully a gang of 50 at that point or 60, in the senate, and let us have an up and down vote on that. if we don t get the votes so be it. at least the american people will see a real choice that puts