clear, and it s hard for romney to say it would have been a better recovery if the president has done what i wanted him to do. the republicans said no to everything the president wanted to do, including a second stimulus, and the republicans right now want to give a giant $4.6 trillion tax cut to the very risk, and gut social security, medicaid, and food stamps that the average working people and poor depend on. this is a radical right wing aggressive agenda, and it s going to be harder and harder to pedal it. when you look at the fact that economic confidence sup 32 points, and that s the highest level since 2008, the gallop, when we started tracking the
what he has tried to do, and democrats have tried to do, have taken modest steps in these last weeks and months to slow the troubling trends of inequality. paul ryan is a very insidious person. but one thing i think people need to know is he s the darling of the elite, the establishment, in washington, d.c. my colleague ari berman wrote a cover story for the nation last week called how the austerity class rules washington. and we re seeing an austerity class of pundits and politicians and think tanks who have manufactured a crisis in this country of debt and deficits when the real crisis is the jobs crisis. and they treat this guy, congressman, as a serious man. they have defined courage downwards by saying this man is courageous. to what? to gut social security, medicare, and programs that have brought security and dignity to millions of americans? he s on the wrong side of history. december 23rd is a big date with this super committee. agreement s got to be made. absolutely.
and they treat this guy, congressman, as a serious man. they have defined courage downwards by saying this man is courageous. to what? to gut social security, medicare, and programs that have brought security and dignity to millions of americans? he s on the wrong side of history. december 23rd is a big date with this super committee. agreement s got to be made. absolutely. the democrats have put $1.3 trillion worth of cuts on the table in the next decade. they want a little bit more revenue from the wealthiest. the republicans say no. where s this all going to end up? and how aggressive should the democrats push for cuts? you know, ed, i hope to say it but i hope this super committee ends in failure because i think the real failure is if it comes out with real cuts in programs that people need in this country. that will hurt people. that will hurt people. i think we lose sight of the fact that when someone like paul ryan talks about fiscal responsibility it means balancing
in this country? he has not. what he has tried to do, and democrats have tried to do, have taken modest steps in these last weeks and months to slow the troubling trends of inequality. paul ryan is a very insidious person. but one thing i think people need to know is he s the darling of the elite, the establishment, in washington, d.c. my colleague ari berman wrote a cover story for the nation last week called how the austerity class rules washington. and we re seeing an austerity class of pundits and politicians and think tanks who have manufactured a crisis in this country of debt and deficits when the real crisis is the jobs crisis. and they treat this guy, congressman, as a serious man. they have defined courage downwards by saying this man is courageous. to what? to gut social security, medicare, and programs that have brought security and dignity to millions of americans? he s on the wrong side of history. december 23rd is a big date with this super committee. agreement s
control of the two houses and have a one party government the way democrats had over the last two years in which i would add, they did nothing about entitlements. this means he s talking about dealing with spending, further reducing health care costs, including programs like medicare and medicaid. a bipartisan solution to strengthen social security for future generations without putting at risk current retirees and most vulnerable people. he s saying the same thing that ryan is saying. if we are going to be serious, who goes first? if the president does not and the republicans try, what will happen? will the same thing happen that has happened before they get demagogued to death about as you heard when president bush tried it. we ve seen this happen before. you are going to hurt the lame, and blind, trying to gut social security. look what happened with the