a twist on the old john f. kennedy, ask not what your country can do you for but what you can do. look, he has to be reassuring. people who are age 55 or older, seniors who are at or near retime, no changes whatever. for younger workers, bigger choice. more choice. why? because by empowering you, we can bring, we can control the costs of medicare and social security and bring them into a sustainable forum. most young people do not believe social security will be there. most people increasingly believe that medicare is going broke. which it is. paul is able to put this in human terms and in a frame that people can get their hands around. that is part of what he needs to do tonight. and flesh out what we mean by the house budget plan. he also needs to emphasize something that is important, economic growth. we need a team of optimism and a
weeds. we are tossing out phrases like, the vice-president said the republicans want to gut medicare. if you take a look at the republican house budget plan, which is the cheapskate of all budget plans out there, we are spending $503 billion today tcalls for spending $855 billion 10 years from now, 3% less than president obam a. so if that is gutting medicare, you know, i don t get. it the language on the in theic party is scare. don t engage on the substance. the president himself refuses to engage. you may not know this your viewers may not know this. there is a statutory responsibility for the president of the united states to present a plan if the actuaries say over the next 15 years, medicare is going to be go belly up, if it is going to fall out of fiscal balance, the president is obligated within 15 days after we release our annual report and if we say this, he is obligated
we are not down in the weeds. the vice-president said the republicans want to gut medicare, by cutting spending. if you take a look at the republican house budget plan, which is the cheapskate of all budget plans out there, today, we are spending $503 billion on medicare. it calls for a spending of $855 billion on medicare, 10 years from now. that s 3% less than president obama proposes. so if spending 3% less is gutting medicare, i just justin acri don t get it. the president himself refuses to engage on the substance. you may not know this your viewers may not know is a statutory responsibility for the president of the united states to present a plan, if the actuaries say, over the next phene 15 years, medicare is going to go belly up, if it is going to fall out of fiscal balance, the president is obligated within 15 days after we release our annual report and if we say this, he giobligated
second event through the day. they will wind up in wisconsin tonight where paul ryan will have a home coming of sorts. the percent time he will we back there sense being announced as number two, the vice presidential pick for mitt romney. we are monitoring the live event in north carolina. we will bring it to you you live. as soon as they get there and hit the stage we will take you back there. meantime, the economy will play a huge role in november s election. conservative voters could be drawn to paul ryan s strong stance on fiscal responsibility but his controversial house budget plan do be a problem for the romney campaign as democrats say they will portray it as outside the mainstream. steve centanni with the latest. hi, steve. romney s choice of paul ryan as a running mate paints a sharper contrast and puts a focus on the chi ehe specially fick matters in light of paul ryan s high profile budget plan which cuts government while making fundamental change foss medicare. mitt romn
just hours after we left prison, we were able to swim in the waters of the gulf. we stayed up all night with our loved ones and we watched the most beautiful sunset we ve ever seen. these experiences will be with us for the rest of our lives. we would like to thank oman for welcoming us and hosting our families. also present at the press conference were both men s families as well as sarah shourd, bauer s fiancee. while they refused to answer any questions, they were all smiles when they were presented with gifts given by omani officials. both men made their way to the tarmac where they said good-bye to omani and u.s. officials before boarding the plane that will start them on their long waited journey back home. muhammad jam june, muscat, oman. let s go to politics now and a shocking finish in the republican battle in orlando, florida, this evening. tonight s winner with 986 votes, 37.1% herman cain. and there you heard it, herman cain surprised many by winning the