it looks like it will run dry within the next ten years. that would automatically cut benefits from 23% for every single american who needs those programs. medicare funding is vanishing even faster. the timing of all of this of trying to figure out what to do comes during a fierce battle that s happening in the nation s capital over spending. the debt growing precipitously. the stand-off between republican lawmakers and white house over raising the borrowing limits. democrats want to spend, spend, spend. republicans want to slash and save. speaker mccarthy says we had better find a way to check off the spending fast. i want to look the president in the eye and tell me there is not $1 of wasteful spending in government? who believes that? the american public doesn t believe that. our whole government is designed to have compromise, let s find common ground and let s eliminate the wasteful spending to protect the hard-working taxpayers and protect the future of america.
this is the ridiculous part of what congress is going through today. the people are pissed off because all they do is back and forth. what i would like them to focus on, the fed and how they are raising interest rates and i would like them to work on the issues that matter to american people. they won t. harris: if you want to do some of that advocates talk to the white house and get the white house to negotiate with republicans. that s where i started this hour with senator rick scott. they want to talk medicare and social security. doug, then i ll come back to you, senator. i agree with the senator let s look at bigger things. there was not this discussion kicking off republicans. it goes back and forth. let s get this behind us and move forward. they made the decision, republican speaker has made his decision, now a step forward and let s get on with the business of this country and harris: and get the white house engage and negotiate with