the speaker says, quote, a package based on the work of the biden group is the most viable option at this time. but negotiators can t even agree on what that group concluded. listen to this. all that boehner said was, you ve had a negotiation with cantor, with kyle, with biden. they ve got, to a $2.4 trillion in cuts. so what he s saying is, let s go there. the vice president has said that we ve identified about $1 trillion in savings. we are nowhere close to $2.4 trillion. and let me say this. even that trillion was contingent on an overall agreement, which meant that the republicans had to agree to some revenue component. okay. they re actually both talking past each other. here s what i understand what happened in those biden talks. they greed agreed to $1.5 trill pure cuts. there s another $500 billion in cuts to bring the number to $2 trillion, if republicans would agree to some loophole closures that would give them $300
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it. they can t bear to listen to the bad news of the economy. therefore they can t report it. the debate have very little substance on the economy. it will be more gay marriage than the economy. juan: the thing is that president obama has a plan to reduce it. dana: what plan? juan: you mention some of it. he wants increase taxes on the rich in this country. let me finish. but he wants to close deductions. andrea: lope hole closures. loophole closures. juan: for the rich. he wants to cut spending. guess what republicans won t buy? you know what? we have a poll from pew, 62% of americans say when it comes to this problem, who do they blame? 44% blame who? president bush. only 34% say it s obama s