negatives he was going to take for not leasing them. and now, i don t know, it s above my pay grade to tell donald trump what to do with his tax bus i think all this noise, anything that can be done to reduce this noise and get back to focusing on the business at handle that the american people expect us to do would be an improvement. you held two town halls in your district, well attended, contentious at times. i see the smile on your face you re getting from it. what were your folks saying to you? is health care the biggest concern? we had two very spirited exercises of first amendment freedom yesterday, one in naples, a little over 300 people, one at cape coral with over 700 people. you know, the good thing is we had some aggressive things said and chanted, et cetera, but everybody got to express their opinions in the spirit of the pluralistic american society our first amendment. only two people lunged at me so, i consider that a victory.
targeting the defense department as their preferred place to cut while republicans go after entitlements. but our next guest says both sides have it wrong. david wessel, author of red inx, the book comes out today. how do both sides have it wrong? i think almost everyone is trying to fool the american people to think it is going to be easier than it is. president obama said we need to raise tax bus we can limit it to the people who make quarter million dollars a year but even some people in his party don t think that s possible. and a number of republicans are in favor of spending cuts because everyone likes spending cuts until they discover that means they may have to pay more for their medicare and other benefits. they aren t being candid with people. at one point you talk about how in 2009 every dollar spent in the budget was already
you can see how it works. i think it s an interesting exercise for your economic folks to go in and say look, this is how much less revenue the government is going to have if governor perry is elected president. however, this is our projection of what s going to happen in the future and how much we re going to cut. because i think that s very important. now, you don t want a sales tax like herman cain and i assume that s because you are the governor of a state that doesn t have a sales tax and that has attracted business to texas. i used to live in texas. obviously good business climate there. however, the underground economy is $1 trillion plus. you say that, you know, g.e. and the other corporations are stashing all this money abroad and you are absolutely right and not paying any taxes. the underground people who don t pay tax bus they make money off the books that is going to remain because you don t have a sales tax of any kind. well, we have a sales tax and substantial number
i think it s an interesting exercise for your economic folks to go in and say look, this is how much less revenue the government is going to have if governor perry is elected president. however, this is our projection of what s going to happen in the future and how much we re going to cut. because i think that s very important. now, you don t want a sales tax like herman cain and i assume that s because you are the governor of a state that doesn t have a sales tax and that has attracted business to texas. i used to live in texas. obviously good business climate there. however, the underground economy is $1 trillion plus. you say that, you know, g.e. and the other corporations are stashing all this money abroad and you are absolutely right and not paying any taxes. the underground people who don t pay tax bus they make money off the books that is going to remain because you don t have a sales tax of any kind. well, we have a sales tax and substantial number of the states. but i will
you can see how it works. i think it s an interesting exercise for your economic folks to go in and say look, this is how much less revenue the government is going to have if governor perry is elected president. however, this is our projection of what s going to happen in the future and how much we re going to cut. because i think that s very important. now, you don t want a sales tax like herman cain and i assume that s because you are the governor of a state that doesn t have a sales tax and that has attracted business to texas. i used to live in texas. obviously good business climate there. however, the underground economy is $1 trillion plus. you say that, you know, g.e. and the other corporations are stashing all this money abroad and you are absolutely right and not paying any taxes. the underground people who don t pay tax bus they make money off the books that is going to remain because you don t have a sales tax of any kind. well, we have a sales tax and substantial number