path to balance and economic growth. there was some talk at the white house several weeks ago that a deal needed to be struck by this friday. now jay carney says it s not a hard deadline so, get ready for weekend talks, shep? shepard: oh goody. mike emanuel at the white house. hope they don t make you work. one republican pushing for even bigger spending cuts. $9 trillion worth of saving over 10 years. trillions. remember when a billion was a big number. oklahoma senator tom coburn says he would slash a trillion dollars from the pentagon budget plus another 2 trillion from other domestic programs and save another trillion by changing the tax code but you know he would not raise taxes. no. instead, he would end tax breaks like mortgage deductions for the most expensive homes and all vacation homes. senator coburn says the changes could actually lead to lower tax rates. the fact is doing nothing is a tax increase. a benefit cut for seniors and the poor and the betrayal of our
weekend talks, shep? shepard: oh goody. mike emanuel at the white house. hope they don t make you work. one republican pushing for even bigger spending cuts. $9 trillion worth of saving over 10 years. trillions. remember when a billion was a big number. oklahoma senator tom coburn says he would slash a trillion dollars from the pentagon budget plus another 2 trillion from other domestic programs and save another trillion by changing the tax code but you know he would not raise taxes. no. instead, he would end tax breaks like mortgage deductions for the most expensive homes and all vacation homes. senator coburn says the changes could actually lead to lower tax rates. the fact is doing nothing is a tax increase. a benefit cut for seniors and the poor and the betrayal of our values. the american people get it. congress is like a guy who has six credit cards and is going to get the 7th one so he can make the minimum payments on the other six.