consideration in terms of deficit being brought down and everything is on the middle class and the poor. yeah. it s primarily more on the poor than the middle class. correct. one thing is is important to know about the budget, before you can put a dollar of deficit, you first got to pay for the defense spending which is hundreds of billions more than obama has it. and somehow pay for the tax cuts. now, ryan, when you hear the numbers about his plan. he just told just assume my tax cuts don t cost money. he s not said how he ll do that. and so all we have are the policies on the page. and that would cost about $4 trillion more than the bush tax cuts on top of that. first you got to pay for the bush tax cuts, then $4 trillion of ryan tax cuts. he told the scorekeepers ignore
i think what congressman walsh and others here are frustrated by is we don t need another speech, don t need more grand standing. what we want is a plan and a proposal. and what i m hopeful is that when he s done with his speech tonight, he submits to congress in writing an actual bill that congress can debate and vote up or down. that s how you get things done in this town in washington, d.c. with regards to what republicans have offered, as i said earlier, we ve offered over 200 bills, not just offered, but passed with republicans and democrat support in the house of representatives. a dozen targeted on oil production, natural gas drilling, things that don t cost money, that will create jobs in the private sector. tax reform, i m on the ways and means committee as you ve mentioned. there s things democrats and republicans agree on that we can streamline the tax code, doesn t cost money, but will lead to more hiring and job creation. those are the solutions republicans would advocate
kind of decay they are going to come back in september to a country that is in very, very dangerous condition. greta: why doesn t the president stand up and demand that the speaker and senate majority leader do it? why don t they do it themselves? what can be going on in their mines why this shouldn t be done now? in their minds why this shouldn t be done now? i think they are in a period of damage. you look at the mess over the debt ceiling and you think to yourself, it should be possible for americans to come together and find a way to do some things. i mentioned a couple that don t cost money. repealing dodd-frank would save money. repealing sarbanes-oxley would not cost any money. there are a number of other steps you can take like that. cleaning out regulations by enforcing the 10th amendment would not cost money. without getting into a budget fight there are six, eight,
kind of decay they are going to come back in september to a country that is in very, very dangerous condition. greta: why doesn t the president stand up and demand that the speaker and senate majority leader do it? why don t they do it themselves? what can be going on in their mines why this shouldn t be done now? in their minds why this shouldn t be done now? i think they are in a period of damage. you look at the mess over the debt ceiling and you think to yourself, it should be possible for americans to come together and find a way to do some things. i mentioned a couple that don t cost money. repealing dodd-frank would save money. repealing sarbanes-oxley would not cost any money. there are a number of other steps you can take like that. cleaning out regulations by enforcing the 10th amendment would not cost money. without getting into a budget fight there are six, eight,
folks are running out of money. i think we are going to see the economy stay in deep trouble unless there s a profound change in direction. greta: you say congress should come back in. are you suggesting they come back right now or wait until the end of the recess? the president is about to go on a nine-day vacation to martha s vineyard. washington is a ghost town. i just think when you have 14 million americans out of work and another 10 million either under employed or have given up looking. and you see the disaster, 2,000 point drop in the last 14 days of trading on the dow jones average for example. you have to ask yourself, shouldn t the political leadership of the country do something? i m respectful of the fact that august vacations are sort of sacrosanct. i m also very aware if we have three, four more weeks of this