states can solve lots of these issues. and how we deal with it in utah is going to be very different in massachusetts or florida. absolutely, it s going to be a little bit different. so it s very possible of course we re going to do this. well, wait a minute. i m sorry? it s the year 2012. it s the year 2012. so when obama did it, nobody ever did it in history. and you re saying, of course we would do it. is there any evidence in history that the republican party would have ever created a health care plan? have you ever tried to do it? ever? tell me when you guys we have passed when did you guys create a health care plan? we have passed more bills that are now sitting in the united states senate than you can possibly imagine. there s more than 30 jobs bills, there s a number of bills that deal with health care. and yes, a president when is the republican party ever created a national health care plan president obama will grant each state a waiver. presiden
pipeline, that is a priority, repeal obama care, give every state a waiver on day one. and engage in tax reforms, make the taxes more fair, get rid of the tax loopholes that are out there, get the country moving, that will allow capital to get going. i don t want to belabor this, but i want to press you further on this. you talk about medicare and adjustments for people 55 and under. you may refer to paul ryan s plan, okay, well paul ryan had planned originally on medicare that made the same cuts on medicare spending that president obama did. in the interest of cuts, he took the same cuts that president obama did on affordable care act, now paul ryan put them on his plan. now paul ryan is running on the ticket now forget those hard cuts that are maybe unpopular politically. we ll undo those cuts. doesn t seem like you re telling a hard truth there, but seems
he answered the call. give every state a waiver. bob: of what? eric: of obamacare. bob: he said let the free market put the healthcare industry together and it will work better. it has had the healthcare industry. the government hasn t had it. you want to turn it over to those fools? eric: absolutely. bob: there is an idea. david for context, he is talking about competition across state lines. that s one thing that obama could have got in the bill and didn t. bob: he should have. then why doesn t he say it? dana: i don t know. andrea: i agree with you a little bit on this. bob: thank you. andrea: it s a vulnerability. obamacare is a lot like obamacare. they re difference eric: don t just jump out of there on that one. you know better than that. send it to the state level and give every state a waiver and you have done that.
talking point off the table. he answered the call. give every state a waiver. bob: of what? eric: of obamacare. bob: he said let the free market put the healthcare industry together and it will work better. it has had the healthcare industry. the government hasn t had it. you want to turn it over to those fools? eric: absolutely. bob: there is an idea. david for context, he is talking about competition across state lines. that s one thing that obama could have got in the bill and didn t. bob: he should have. then why doesn t he say it? dana: i don t know. andrea: i agree with you a little bit on this. bob: thank you. andrea: it s a vulnerability. obamacare is a lot like obamacare. they re difference eric: don t just jump out of there on that one. you know better than that. send it to the state level and give every state a waiver and you have done that.
raise the bar, i m sorry, lower the bar you can make a little bit more and not be on medicaid. they are simply saying, work with us a little bit, give us some waivers. you ve given 700 waivers to businesses can you give a state a waiver, even a temporary waiver. martha: it s tough. x all remember one of the ways that the calculation was done to pay for obamacare was $500 billion in cuts in medicare and medicaid, correct. then they were going to find $500 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. they used that number twice, it was a double accounting on number. the states are broke, they need help. scott walker says i have to to something, i have to work on my unions and pensions. chris christie saying the same thing. all of them saying give us a little bit of a break for now. later on if things get better they can lower that bar a little