scratch or from zero. from time to time. there is suggestions made for zero based budgeting. you go back and start over. how much money do we have? how do we allocate it? if you do more, do more. but you don t judge yourself by some artificial and fictitious future escalation that may or may not be affordable. that is the way every business and family, every charitable foundation has to operate. good if the federal government did it, too. hard to do. delay look at it. who is giving us the best deal? the government assumes everything they do last year plus a percentage, that s how the got works. the reason they are not responsible for raising the money the way the private sector does. they can go to the taxpayers and say pay up or go to jail. of course, you can t do that in the private sector. public sector doesn t have the
the leaders are paying attention to what is going on. we have to see how the next eight days go. reporter: boehner and reid met to discuss the supercommittee. earlier he was bipartisan in praise. the republicans and democrats have done good work and have worked hard. reporter: the top senate republican called on democrats to reach across the aisle. this is how divided got works. real cooperation and search for common ground and solutio solutions. this is what the republicans on the joint committee have been trying to do. idea may be gaining traction. asked the relevant congressional committee to figure out how to do it later. a panel democrat said he is fine with that. i m open to a two-step process. a multistep process.
the leaders are paying attention to what is going on. we have to see how the next eight days go. reporter: boehner and reid met to discuss the supercommittee. earlier he was bipartisan in praise. the republicans and democrats have done good work and have worked hard. reporter: the top senate republican called on democrats to reach across the aisle. this is how divided got works. real cooperation and search for common ground and solutio solutions. this is what the republicans on the joint committee have been trying to do. idea may be gaining traction. asked the relevant congressional committee to figure out how to do it later. a panel democrat said he is fine with that. i m open to a two-step process. a multistep process.