when businesses hit hards times, business disease restructure but the federal government can t there is no reason to keep the same cabinets we ve had since george washington. it s not just they when we talk about politicians, it s also the people who send them to washington, d.c. when you look at the cbs poll, oh, no, we don t want taxes raised. but we don t want cuts made to our social security or medicare benefits. and again, the american people also want their cake and eat it as well. they re also part of the problem. we can t just sit here and say it s 535 members in congress. piers, let me bring piers in. they ve had radical cuts in britain and elsewhere and europe as well. folks aren t happy about it, but they have no choice. here is the fascinating parallel. britain has been through this exact kind of conundrum a few months ago. and they decided they would go the republican root. they would slash the deficit by cutting spending. and today this morning out came the figures.
a lot of commentators on the conservative side who believe and mayor bloomberg, of course, believe it s the right thing to do. it s hard to understand that frankly how we are here nine years later why the folks aren t covering already. to have people who got sick because they went in to help and put their lives on the line, it s nomt going to stand. most republicans know that. and my bet is that will pass before congress comes home. it s a sensitive, sensitive issue indeed. thanks very, very much. thank you. president obama set to sign the don t ask don t tell bill to law tomorrow. one state may be considering its own ban on allowing gays to serve openly in uniform. pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been looking in to that part of the story for us. what s going on, barbara. in the state of virginia, the state delegate said he wants to introduce legislation in the next session that would ban gays
these folks aren t serious about the deficit. not if they want to spend another $100 billion without paying for it. to give tax breaks to folks who don t need it and weren t even asking for it. that s their agenda. that s what they re offering the american people, a future that looks like a recent past that did not work for you. one where special interest got reined to play by their rules and middle-class families were left to fend for themselves. philadelphia, that s not a future i accept for the united states of america. that s not a future that joe sestak accepts for the united states of america, and if you don t accept that future for this nation, then we ve got to have your help in this election.
these folks aren t serious about the deficit. not if they want to spend another $100 billion without paying for it. to give tax breaks to people who don t need it and weren t asking for it. that s their agenda. that s what they re offering the american people. a future that looks like a recent past that did not work for you. one where special interest got reign to play their rules and middle class families left to fend for themselves. philadelphia, that s not a future i expect for america. if you don t accept that future for this nation, then we ve got to have your help in this election. that s president obama in pennsylvania late this afternoon campaigning for joe sestak, the
these folks aren t serious about the deficit. not if they want to spend another $100 billion without paying for it. to give tax breaks to folks who don t need it and weren t even asking for it. that s their agenda. what s in they re offering the american people. a future that looks like a recent past that did not work for you. one where special interest got reinned to play by their rules and middle-class families left to fend for themselves. philadelphia, that s not a future i expect for america. that s in the a future that joe sestak accepts for the united states of america, and if you don t accept that future for this nation, then we ve got to have your help in this election. welcome back to hardball. that s president obama up in pennsylvania, late this afternoon, campaigning for u.s.