seven. it is up to the eight. but i think you, no matter what, for joining us this morning. i wanted to start with asking you i was going to say, each and everyone is a battle. but how optimistic do you feel as you wake up this morning, about the power for democrats to maintain the house majority? maybe because i am a lifelong fan and eternally optimistic, but in this world can be so dark. optimism is far more healthy than its alternative. so i may seem calm to you. but particularly after the results from nevada came in, i am doing the fantasia happy about dance. congressman, i am also a cubs fan. go. cubs prior to the, midterms, though 158 of the 212 house republicans called for ending medicare. slashing social security. and raising the retirement age to. 70 should americans be concerned if the republicans
drinks it. hold my coffee. he came up with this plan. it is not just taxes they re talking about. he wants to cut, sunset, end, eliminate every federal program every five years. what does that mean? ending medicaid, ending medicare, ending social security, ending the affordable care act and the protection for people in there with existing conditions. that polls badly as well democrats have found. that s why you are seeing a raft of democratic ads starting to attack republicans over this, making them wear rick scott s plan. so let me get this straight. raise taxes on 47% of the population and end social security, medicare in five years. boy, that sounds like real winners. i don t get it. what is he thinking? i would be remiss to say when i asked scott this question when he was unveiling this plan he was like, well, look, if the programs are very important congress will merely reup them every five years. i m not sure congress has the capacity to act, but the likelihood any of this st
lot of americans in a hiatus, losing coverage, ending medicare as we know it. senator sanders called that absurd saying his plan is the most realistic in terms of reaching that fwol of democratic party for a long time, which is full universal coverage. phillip. mike joining us on the campaign trail in iowa. thank you so much, mike. let s go to another 2020 race we have to watch right now. three democrats working to unseat mitch mccobble. he s been in the senate for decades and re-elected five times. one of his challengers is amy mcgrath, former marine and combat pilot who lost a tight race in 2019 to republican andy barr. this month she announced her run for kentucky senate seat raising an impressive $2.5 million in 24 hours. that amount could have qualified her to join 2020 presidential debate stage this month but her response to that was, quote, i d rather defeat mitch and drain
i m talking about taxes. cadillac tax has not been implemented so that hasn t affected anybody. i m trying to get at the simple question i don t think you want to answer it that in fact when obamacare is repealed no one in america who makes less than $200,000 is going to enjoy the benefit of that. as i say i look forward if confirmed look forward to making certain that s the case. that s not an answer. ending medicare as we flow your plan that you worked on for years is converting medicare to private insurance markets with government subsidies. correct? not correct. we talked yesterday and we kind of went through this in my office and by the end of our conversation you admitted to me and i m going to quote you, that your plan for medicare in terms of people getting either tax credits or subsidies or whatever how you re going to pay for the medicare recipients would be them having choices on a private market, and you said yes, it was pretty similar to obamacare with
for re-election as a senator from vermont and he showed no reservations when it came to attacking his republican opponent. john, i think you did say, if i remember correctly, that the ryan budget was quote/unquote, too timid and you would be bolder. did you say that? i did. i did. and let s be clear, what the ryan budget does is make devastating cuts in virtually every social program. $700 billion over a ten-year program in medicaid, ending medicare as we know it right now, major cuts in pell grants, major cuts in nutrition programs and i have no doubt that that s there as well. there are ways to do deficit reduction and do it not on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor, and that s by asking elderly corporations to start paying their fair share of taxes. sanders won that race in a