Should More Spending Cuts be a Part of Fiscal Cliff Talks?

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-- lawmakers any closer to making my Christmas dreams come true and actually hammering out a deal to save our economy.

Well you just heard Texas Republican senator Kay Bailey -- say that she thinks it's -- certainty but are the to singing a different we want to check it out right now.

Is democratic congressman Henry qua -- thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you so much you know like -- -- where we where million miles -- if -- outside the beltway feels like -- live on a different planet first the ball I mean that's that.

But we watch what's going on in Washington and we're thinking are they getting closer to a DO not because.

You know one minute everybody's friends the next minute they're sort of hurling insults at each other at a press congress -- you tell me what's going on behind closed doors.

I think we're seeing the up process of the the art of the deal you know both parties come very far apart.

They get a low closer and Iraq before they sealed the deal they gonna do -- -- posturing I like we're seeing right now.

Will probably take some votes tomorrow that really don't mean anything.

That will come back next next week right before the debt -- And the art of the deal will be done next week.

Really see you think -- to Chris received tight situation -- something might happen because that is Monday after all.

Yes ghetto -- it's a little bit out next week had to be -- 31.

Oh there powerlessness all right inside that that day he waited a day after Christmas well come back.

It's just to if you look at any negotiations.

That you dinner I called the dance of -- Negotiations you have one side say in the first -- very far apart.

They get a low closer right before they sealed the deal they're gonna posture we're seeing this right now we saw this another.

Debt ceiling we seated before.

And we're gonna see it again next week.

You see if you say the plan B vote you can that's meaningless in.

Your mind.

It why it's and it's it's in a way it it really doesn't matter that much but for some people.

They gotta take this vote they got to send that message to their own constituents but at the end of the day it's not the final vote they'll be a final vote but I think we'll be.

Not tomorrow -- sometime after that.

You know into the rest of us here outside the beltway it seems like there's a lot of quibbling.

About who among the wealthy is gonna pay more taxes all that and the ends.

Amounts to about ten dollars and fifty cents you know I mean it's gonna close the problem that we have with the budget.

By eight you know so little it doesn't make any difference at all.

And it it doesn't seem like you guys are talking about controlling any of the massive over spending with which.

If this were my house and my budget we're this far out of whack boy we would cut up the credit -- -- -- down in the business not spending any more money.

You don't last year when we get the -- silly that we did cut over a trillion dollars over the next ten years.

More ready to cut more money and I certainly I'm one of those blue dog Democrats.

That I want to see more more cutting we need to do that I.

-- the growth of new spending that's not like actually cutting spending that's like slowing down the increase of spending.

Well that's why the -- -- is a good -- -- sit down.

And cut some of the growth because you know there are you know we we have cut -- we need to cut more but we -- to -- some -- time on how we cut.

OK let's let's talk a little money meter here -- it's I'm getting depressed and wanna have some -- hot on a scale of zero to money.

What do you think are the -- one to money I guess we don't really do Xerox that would be too depressing one to money what are the odds that a deal get standing your opinion.

My opinion we -- optimists as Americans we have they can do spirit.

I was saying main finding.

-- -- That's -- need you know times.

-- to elect well not quite but you know what I mean that's about it aren't awesome.

Thank you so much for coming -- we appreciate your time.

Merry Christmas RA.

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