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citizens ought to pay more for their medicare benefits. i think it s ridiculous we subsidize medicare for wealthy people. why not just endorse simps simpson-bowl simpson-bowles? a bipartisan agreement including a number of republican senators you may recall i was the guy on the super committee that put together a framework that was parallel and many ways consistent with simpson-bowles. i got no cooperation from the other side. senator pat toomey, thank you very much. david walker, thank you as well. our next guest was once viewed as a rising star on the democratic party, speaking at the 2008 convention? support of then senator barack obama. we ll ask former alabama congressman artur davis why he s not switching political parties. and is critical of the obama administration. you re watching morning joe, brewed by starbucks.
that s why this debt debate that s going on is so important. take a step back and look at that in the long view. right now you have the president desperately trying to save the economy, desperately trying to revive the economy for the working people and the republican party trying to budget the back budget on the backs of american people. mike, mike. i want to ask you a partisan question, feehery. why would you want to cut medicare for people who really need it and won t be able to buy insurance, let s be honest, and make sure that people who make $270 million a year only paying 18% in taxes. how do you justify that? i would like to make sure medicare doesn t take over the whole budget. and if you don t reform medicare and slow down the rate of growth from 7% or 8% to 2%, you re going to have a financial calamity. what about the rate of growth for the people who only pay 18% in taxes? i think they should pay more in taxes.
that s why this debt debate that s going on is so important. take a step back and look at that in the long view. right now you have the president desperately trying to save the economy, desperately trying to revive the economy for the working people and the republican party trying to budget the back budget on the backs of american people. mike, mike. i want to ask you a partisan question, feehery. why would you want to cut medicare for people who really need it and won t be able to buy insurance, let s be honest, and make sure that people who make $270 million a year only paying 18% in taxes. how do you justify that? i would like to make sure medicare doesn t take over the whole budget. and if you don t reform medicare and slow down the rate of growth from 7% or 8% to 2%, you re going to have a financial calamity. what about the rate of growth for the people who only pay 18% in taxes? i think they should pay more in taxes.
take a step back and look at that ithe long view. right now you have the president desperately trying to save the economy, disoperately trying to veal vive the economy 230 the working people and the republican party trying to budget the back 9 budget on the backs of american people. mike, mike. i want to ask you a partisan question, feehery. why would you want to cut medicare for people who really need it and won t be able to buy insurance, let s be honest, and make sure that people who make $270 million a year only paying 18% in taxes. how do you justify that? i would like to make sure medicare doesn t take over the whole budget. and if you don t reform medicare and slow down the rate of growth from 7% or 8% to 2%, you re going top a financial calamity. what about the rate of growth for the people who only pay 18% in taxes? i think they should pay more in taxes. okay. good. you re not a real republican. i think if you asked most people would that pass the