say it. home run mcmaster rote wrote an op-ed said the president recommitted to article 5. it s not true. he didn t do that. they said flatly that he did and he did. they re trying to in effect rewrite history by saying he s committed to article 5, the white house press secretary said he s 100% committed to it. why wouldn t he say the words? he questioned the very premise. he said, yeah, i ll come to the support of allies who have paid up. his view is too many of the nato allies have not forked over enough money for their own dwerngs they haven t met the 2% gdp target that nato set, and therefore in effect, they re not living up to their obligations and we re only going to defend the ones who are.
article 5 even though he didn t say it. home run mcmaster rote wrote an op-ed said the president recommitted to article 5. it s not true. he didn t do that. they said flatly that he did and he did. they re trying to in effect rewrite history by saying he s committed to article 5, the white house press secretary said he s 100% committed to it. why wouldn t he say the words? he questioned the very premise. he said, yeah, i ll come to the support of allies who have paid up. his view is too many of the nato allies have not forked over enough money for their own dwerngs they haven t met the 2% gdp target that nato set, and therefore in effect, they re not living up to their obligations and we re only going to defend
commission. bowles simpson. and took one of my recommendations, this debt to gdp target. the ryan s plan and president s plan represent an opening bid. there have to be negotiations. the real key is what are we going to do on the debt ceiling limit. i have some thoughts what we ought to do there. let s get to that. that opening bid, if the two sides meet in this middle, does it get us anywhere? it does. the fact of the matter is, congressman ryan, wants to solve the problem with spending cuts, not socially equitable and not politically feasible. on the other hand, he s right, primarily spending problem. harold. good morning congressman, harold ford. good morning. joe s point about medicaid spending growth, 7% annually and your number you talked about agreeing we ought to reduce it. that puts us at a pretty strong starting point. paul ryan puts it at 2%. you re not going to negotiate on morning joe, no one would
bottom line is, whatever government chooses to spend, eventually it s going to have to tax to pay for. that s the way government pays for things. there s no magic. our four main areas, defense and other spending, social security, health care and taxes, are the corner stones for our major financial reform in america. the sum total of all these ill lus tritive reforms are one way to get us to the 60% of gdp target. many other combinations and solutions are possible. what is critical is that we get started. you have to make tough choices. on spending constraints, on social insurance reforms, on health care costs, on tax reforms, tough choices are inevitable. do you see any of those choices made while you are here? no. that s why you need a special process. they won t be made, in my opinion, senator. they won t be made in regular order because the regular order
bottom line is, whatever government chooses to spend, eventually it s going to have to tax to pay for. that s the way the government pays for things. there s no magic. our four main areas, deeps and other spending, social security, health care and taxes are the corner stones for our major financial reform in america. the sum total of all these initiative reforms are but one way to get to the 60% of gdp target. many other combinations and solutions are possible. what is critical is that we get started. you have to make tough choices. on spending restraints, on social insurance reforms, on health care costs, on tax reforms, tough choices are inevitable. do you see any of those choices made while you are here? no. that s why you need a special process. they won t be made, in my