and i think that every american out there pretty much realize that say we have to go after the entitlement programs. i believe truly that everything is on the table across the board. spell out what you mean. are you for raising the retirement age on social security? you know, i don t know if that s going to be part of it. testing benefits? i m a small business owner that got into this because i was sick and tired of watching the direction the country was going. it wasn t going the right way. and november the 2nd there was a mandate across this great nation saying we ve had enough of this, what s going on. so do i know exactly where the cuts? i know as a small business owner what i do is i troubleshoot in, i find the problem. but congressman, this is the real problem. if you want to if you re a tea party guy, you come in here and say we ve got to really reduce government. i mean we know what the issues are, we know what the choices are that have to be made. on social securit
nothing is expected to happen, president obama would never sign repeal legislation. how do you answer that? i think this is an important first step. i do believe that repealing the health care reform law will pass the house of representatives today. i think it will send a message. one it will send a message to the american people that we heard them. that we heard them loud and clear on november the 2nd. the second thing i think it will set up a process hopefully at the very least we ll be able to amend the health care reform law and get the bad parts out of it. jon: such as? gosh, where do i start? for example, cutting medicare half a trillion dollars is something that i m adamantly opposed to. expanding the irs and having them fine you if you do not buy health insurance is something that i m adamantly opposed to. those are just a couple of good places to start. jon: do you think that if health care had not passed, if so many democrats had not voted for it in the last
november the 2nd. on that day there were mail bombs sent to 14 different embassies, including the swiss embassy in that case. the difference then, two exploded but nobody was injured. arthel: greg burke live from rome, definitely a situation to keep an eye on. all right, greg, thank you. rick: coming up, one nation under god, unless you re in grade school that is. should kids need parental permission to say the pledge at school? one principal says yes, we ll debate coming up after the break. arthel: there is a full break down of the pledge controversy, check out foxnews.com for all the background info on this case right now. [ sneezes ] you re up next. yeah. aww.that oj needs alka-seltzer plus. fast powder packs are a taste-free fizz-free way to transform your drink into a powerl cold fighter! there s a cold front moving in, but relief is on the way.
ignorant foreigner, like me. this whole american, republican self-government thing starts with we the people if i understand correctly. isn t congress in stuffing all this business through the lame duck congress, in effect saying, we the people, november the 2nd, thanks, done call us, we ll call you? it is not that they are breaking any laws or rules. they might be burning some bridges. it is constitutionally unseamly. people voted for less government and less spending and they are getting it rammed down their throats. if republicans had been in power and had diminished ranks in the senate they would have tried to get things through in 2006 under president bush we pass add energy bill during that time. people are more interested in the news than ever. they are more interested in making sure congress listen to them in 2012. i think this lame duck session
committee and said, look, we just promised not to have these earmarks so take mine out, yet they re still in there. is this a bipartisan plague? it is. and we have republican senators who may vote in favor of this atrocity. monstrosity and atrocity. by the way, i was speaking rhetorically when i said go pick up your pitchforks. let me make that clear, but, look, this is really a total contradiction, an abrogation of the commitment and the message of november the 2nd. and we republicans have got to understand we have a second chance because of our excesses of the bush administration and i m not sure they will forgive us another time and you saw the approval rating of 13%. you can t get much lower. if we do this to them, i don t know where it goes. down to blood relatives and paid staffers. don t ask, don t tell is a big debate on the senate floor and a debate within your own family. your daughter was on msnbc and