the impact much their budget. it is breathtaking in its inaccuracy. it is just amazing to me. i think the press, mainstream press should do a better job of digging into the numbers. this is a major tax increase. they claim they have a balanced plan. they suggest that raising taxes and cutting spending the same amount. but what they re really doing is raising taxes and racing spending the same amount. this is no way to alter of the debt course we re on which is unsustainable and it is just very difficult to deal with that situation. gregg: the president s plan never balances the budget but it does raise the debt to $25.4 trillion in 10 years. is that very close to the so-called, danger zone of 90% of gdp and what does that do to economic growth and jobs? so important a question you just asked.
we are really as a gross debt number today at 104% of gdp. over 10 years their budget remains well over 90%. that number, the figure you re talking about. three different studies out of europe, the international monetary fund, the european central bank have all indicated when debt reaches this high a level as we have in the united states, growth slows. and you re seeing that, our growth is way below what we expected to be having now. there is no doubt in my mind that this large debt that we re not dealing with, is pulling down growth, costing jobs for americans, costing pay raises, costing bonuses. costing overtime for people right now. and we ve got to get out of this path. gregg: the president is holding out an olive branch, he says. i m willing to cut entitlements. he is offering to alter the cost of living measurement for social security.
kids can be skeptical if there is labels such as diet milk, reduced calorie milk, no sugar milk. reporter: dairy industry says more kids will drink milk if there are no labels on it. what do you say to that. seems ludicrous to me. seems an attempt by someone to hoodwink somebody else. reporter: he says people should know what is in their food, gregg, so they can decide whether to eat it or not. pretty good a vice i think. gregg: absolutely. i always look at labels all the time to see what is in it. reporter: especially aspartame. my goodness. martha: that is amazing. douglas, thank you very much. aspartame as we talk about one of the most common artificial sweeteners out there. it is sold under brand nutrasweet and equal. it is used in breath mints, iced tea. critics question whether it is safe. claims that it causes headaches, die guess tiff
but this is not an advancement in my opinion. gregg: senator jeff sessionses, ranking member of the budget committee on the senate side. thank you so much for being with us. thank you. martha: well, coming up it is the centerpiece of president obama s health care overhaul. we re now learning new details about it, including more changes and what it could mean for how you will pay for your health care. stick around. gregg: and fighting for his life, armed with just a baseball bat but up against a robber with a gun. how it ended. martha: wow! this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i ll be right back. they didn t take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger,
intercepted of the right now you can t have that presumption. martha, i got an e-mail from my accountant telling me how much i know on monday, april 15th, i issued a string of expletives in that e-mail. what, are you kidding me? martha: we all have had similar feelings going over the documents. apparently the irs can see my horror now. martha: unbelievable. monica, doug, thank you very much. thanks. martha: take care. we ll see you soon. gregg: new details just coming out about the president s health care law. remember this? we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. gregg: yeah, perhaps most famous quote ever on capitol hill. and that is saying something. more than three years later, what we re now learning what could cost you a whole lot more. martha: and armed robbers get a little bit more than they bargained more from this man who yields a pretty good bat there.