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That s one thing. what happened is the republicans in the house totally pulled the rug out from under speaker boehner when he said, all right. we re going to get the president to make some changes possibly in medicare, maybe some other areas. but we ve got to close corporate tax loopholes. and his caucus said no way. now the current reaction is, unless you enact the republican budget plan, which ends the medicare guarantee, slashes medicaid, unless you do that, we re going to allow the u.s. to default on its debt obligations. they re right back in the corner, no compromise, which is where they started. so what you re saying is you would have accepted medicare means testing as part of a grand bargain if it meant some sort of reform in the tax code that meant the wealthier might be paying more to help pay down the deficit? ....
With changes in social security and medicare, who will want to higher taxes for the wealthy that s not going to be a part of it. there s no indication there will be fintaxes in the final deal. on the other hand, democrats are likely to follow the president. we find that even the most liberal democrats still support the president wanting to be reele reelected. he s not getting challenged in primaries. so he s still in a relatively strong position there. it s a big difference. the progressive elite may think one thing, but when you look at the rank and file and look at these polls, they re with him. susan page, bureau chief for america s newspaper usa today. thanks, chuck. coming up, what happens politically if republicans and democrats don t reach a deal and the u.s. does somehow go into default? the deal is not done done. will voters blame the president for the political consequences, the republicans for not making a deal, all of washington? just one phillips colon health prob ....
what i m saying, chuck, in the context of a very large agreement, we were willing to give the president some running room to see what he can negotiate. without seeing the specifics, i wouldn t say today whether i would vote yes or no. i would say that particular feature is an example of portions of medicare. i wouldn t agree to that with respect to part a, which are the hospital reimbursements, and i m not saying i d agree to it in respect to other things either. the difference between the republicans and the democrats is we said, we may not like these things, mr. president, but at least talk about them. bring them to us. we will not from the beginning say, as the republicans say, we re not going to agree to it because you guys won t close the corporate jet loophole or get rid of subsidies for oil and gas. that s the difference. the president also talked about some of the politics, i think, we re going to see in the next week before an eventual deal. here s what he said. ....
Infrastructure project, is that going to resonate? i think he ll have some problems with liberal democrats, who are not going to be happy with changes in social security and medicare, who will want to higher taxes for the wealthy that s not going to be a part of it. there s no indication there will be fintaxes in the final deal. on the other hand, democrats are likely to follow the president. we find that even the most liberal democrats still support the president wanting to be reele reelected. he s not getting challenged in primaries. so he s still in a relatively strong position there. it s a big difference. the progressive elite may think one thing, but when you look at the rank and file and look at these polls, they re with him. susan page, bureau chief for america s newspaper usa today. thanks, chuck. coming up, what happens politically if republicans and democrats don t reach a deal and the u.s. does somehow go into ....
Bargain if it meant some sort of reform in the tax code that meant the wealthier might be paying more to help pay down the deficit? what i m saying, chuck, in the context of a very large agreement, we were willing to give the president some running room to see what he can negotiate. without seeing the specifics, i wouldn t say today whether i would vote yes or no. i would say that particular feature is an example of portions of medicare. i wouldn t agree to that with respect to part a, which are the hospital reimbursements, and i m not saying i d agree to it in respect to other things either. the difference between the republicans and the democrats is we said, we may not like these things, mr. president, but at least talk about them. bring them to us. we will not from the beginning say, as the republicans say, we re not going to agree to it because you guys won t close the corporate jet loophole or get rid of subsidies for oil and gas. that s the difference. the president also ta ....