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it s government is spending far more money than it s taking in. what s incredibly difficult is how do we finally get our financial house in order? it will mean a lot of tough choices spelled out today by the commission president obama established to come up with recommendations for getting this country out of debt. and that debt is enormous, well over $threne trillion. to start chipping away at it, the bipartisan commission put out 59 pages of proposals, everything from raising taxes on gasoline to cutting spending on entitlements. there is plenty of pain to go around, so we re devoting much of this broadcast tonight to laying it out for you. our first stop, the white house, and chip reid. and, chip, there s a real sense of urgency in this report. reporter: well, katie, one of the cochair men of the commission said today the nation s debt burden is like a cancer that could destroy the nation from within if dramatic steps are not taken soon. the problem is real. the soluti