talking about cutting benefits. the republicans wanted to support the sting but the democrats were under a suspension bill that does not allow the offset of the $12 million in new spending. that is what the voters said, we want spending under control so we will spend $12 billion and we need to account for it elsewhere >> but that flies in the face of extending bush tax cuts that will cost over $700 billion, where is that offset? >> i argue it costs nothing not to resolution taxes on american public. you are talking about money that the government is acting as if they own. it is in the membership's paychecks so it is theirs to start with and we are asking them not to take more. >> what about the point we don't have the money to pay for it? where does the money come from to extend the benefits? >> the way we get the budget under control and get this economy balance sheet back is to have jobs and unemployment