way. believe me, i know what that feels like. that means we surrender our principles? that means we stop believing in what we believe in? what we believe in this divided government era we need to put out our vision. reporter: what s in that vision? cutting spending by 4.6 trillion dollars over ten years and cutting taxes for everyone, especially the wealthy. revamping medicare into a new system of government subsidized private health plans for those 55 and younger. eliminating the federal medicaid program for the poor and disabled and replacing it with lump sum payments of the states. this is a document, a plan that balanced the budget in ten years. to reach the new ten-year goal ryan incorporates money by tax increases who campaigned against and obama won as part of the fiscal cliff deal. the tax bill is coming to you. you say that you balanced it in ten years by using $600 billion in new taxes that you
to speak at their convention. so, you know, you re going to see consistency in that we support life and that in the life community there are individuals that do recognize exceptions. okay. let me move on to the other issue of the medicare revamping plan by paul ryan. sure. the platform committee favors congressman ryan s plan for revamping medicare so that the platform favors it. what does mitt romney if you can recall say about congressman ryan s plan for revamping medicare? do you remember what he said? i don t remember any specific quotes. originally he said he was his own man with his own plan and now he says his plan is near identical but we still don t know that. so you are supporting congressman paul ryan s revamping of medicare but we re not quite sure where your nominee stands on it. well, you know, this is the
spending and the senate has never done anything and haven t passed a single bill to keep the government does it make sense to shut down the government now that you have gotten the big cuts. i want to get off of tens of billions of dollars, 2 to 4%, shaving off our budget deficit and get into the debate of trillions of dollars and that is where we ll go this week. but put the emphasis where it ought to be, the senate democrats have not passed a bill to prevent a shut down, we have passed two. chris: congressman on the other hand, if the two parties are having so much trouble as they are now over a couple of billion dollars, 1 or 2% you are talking about cutting you say more than $4 trillion, revamping medicare, medicaid, how will that happen when you can t get an agreement on that is a good question and i find it ironic the week we are trying to engage the president and democrats and the country with an honest debate about our budget, real solution, to fix the country s prob
spending and the senate has never done anything and haven t passed a single bill to keep the government does it make sense to shut down the government now that you have gotten the big cuts. i want to get off of tens of billions of dollars, 2 to 4%, shaving off our budget deficit and get into the debate of trillions of dollars and that is where we ll go this week. but put the emphasis where it ought to be, the senate democrats have not passed a bill to prevent a shut down, we have passed two. chris: congressman on the other hand, if the two parties are having so much trouble as they are now over a couple of billion dollars, 1 or 2% you are talking about cutting you say more than $4 trillion, revamping medicare, medicaid, how will that happen when you can t get an agreement on that is a good question and i find it ironic the week we are trying to engage the president and democrats and the country with an honest debate about our budget, real solution, to fix the country s prob
the program s finances, so total projected cost for medicare by 2020? $929 billion. an 80 percent increase over 10 years. budget and health experts say the prospect of a growing senior population, living longer, costing more, is now the biggest fiscal problem facing the government putting more pressure on president obama, congress, to reduce medicare benefits, increase copayments or raise the qualifying age. the centers for medical medical and medicaid service peg the cost for each new medicare beneficiary at $7,700 and rising. the program will run out of money in the year 2017. so some, including boomers think they should keep working. thank you from fox business. with republicans set to take control of the house in days, still no word if the g.o.p. will