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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the need to reduce government spending from the federal to municipal level.
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You had been leading this -- we you have to to a bipartisan thing you who you were one of the early hominid democratic figures to say we do have to rein in.
Public you you -- cause we do not to Dubai badgered him over the head and you've been argued both sides have to work together you that some.
Progress towards I'm a Democrat with a small diablo I am a co chair of this campaign -- -- chaired the Democratic Party convention.
I've said that I do support the Simpson -- Framework as a template I think we need to cut.
Deficit obviously in the tune of somewhere in the neighborhood of four trillion dollars of the net and -- Democrats and Republicans are essentially let Alan Simpson -- -- Well -- to be -- while I think we we need to understand if we wanna voice echo station we need to get behind.
A framework and I think that giving the president also -- I think the president is absolutely.
Clear that we need his proposal would cut four trillion dollars in deficits and the reason why he doesn't want to extend over within -- and over a ten year period.
The reason why doesn't want to extend the bush tax cuts.
Who wants to reinvest that to make sure that we're not decimating.
Defense and that we're providing for the safety net.
-- the bottom line is it sounds like cuts but as you know mayor.
It's more trillion dollars off the growth of government over ten years was about more government so to -- -- government so we never get out of the way it just.
Reversing that will we we have to we have to look like November we don't.
It here and the city of Los -- in Denver now but in the city of Los senses I could tell you we cut.
-- structural deficit from one point two.
Billion dollars to 250 million dollars that the federal government is gonna have to put a plan to do that I hope that after the election they'll do that together Democrat.
Note that the environment be more like that but I think it was a seminal moment -- when you when Los Angeles is a very prominent Democrat.
Ask the public unions we're gonna do something guys because the direction we're going -- -- good and you've got concessions out of them.
But you didn't bludgeon them.
Some knew exactly what you did I got them to go from 6%.
To 11% current employees.
Saving us about three billion -- -- -- on the notion.
Income and protection security for another words go my way or you could lose everything.
Go go it this way.
Or you could lose everything that Chris Christie has been arguing a similar point -- would not put that and that's in New Jersey Andrew Cuomo.
In New York Rama -- -- about what is going on here.
Well I think -- -- -- a mayor -- governor you understand that you got it.
Chart a sustainable path forward you can't keep on having deficits.
That undermined the economy.
And -- undermine your State's ability to pay for important services like education.
Like investment in infrastructure.
It's -- simple as that.
Aren't minute thank you for your patience -- their noses -- very good are Mandarin go outside the --
