going on. he s lowered his revenue demand to 1.4, it s working down to where i think it ll be 1.2. also cutting spending from where he was last year at 350 up to 800. i m sorry he s up to about 600. so he s moving. i didn t think you d get him past 400 in terms of spending cuts. what s the republican position as you read it right now? well, i think the good news is that they re actually talking. i always jokingly say the more staff you see in the room, the less likely there s going to be a deal. at the end of the day these are the folks to have to make the deal. i can tell you the appetite for tax increases of any sort aren t really high. i think you ve seen some senators cross the line saying let s talk about that. let s talk about the top 2%. slowly some of them are going that way. but the bulk of the conference is not there. but really they need my guess
not using this tax revenue to pay down debt. this is a wide disagreement. greta: in the first one 800 revenues 80 billion dollars a year, we could go to the study and find 80 billion dollars each year of waste that no one in his right mind wants to pay for that would easily meet that revenue demand. no one looks for waste. it is bizarre. we got money that we should at least figure out what we really need. i couldn t agree more. i really believe, deeply, that every cabinet member needs to be a manager. there s so much good that could be done with strong leaders in these cabinet departments and subcabinet departments and subcabinet departments to save, be more productive for the american people before asking, send more money. that s what we hear washington. we are in this big debt
pay down debt. this is a wide disagreement. greta: in the first one 800 dollars a year, we could go to the study and find 80 billion dollars each year of waste that no one in his right mind wants to pay for that would easily meet that revenue demand. no one looks for waste. it is bizarre. we got money that we should at least figure out what we really need. i couldn t agree more. i really believe, deeply, that every cabinet member needs to be a manager. there s so much good that could be done with strong leaders in these cabinet departments and subcabinet departments and subcabinet departments to save, be more productive for the american people before asking, send more money. that s what we hear washington. we are in this big debt problem, the american people,