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Does the US have a spending problem or a tax problem?

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    Libertarian Chairman Wayne Allyn Root says the U.S. government has a spending problem

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We're about to talk with now the libertarian national congressional committee chairman Wayne Allyn -- he is here we're glad to see this morning I Harrison you personalize it libertarian when I hear that word I immediately wanna talk about Ron Paul congressman Ron Paul.

Tell me if you can before we get to your op Ed that -- Written about spending if you fix.

That unlike TJ you've got some good messengers out there talking about spending right now well.

You needed libertarians have good messengers or libertarian conservatives are good messages I think the problem is that when -- party.

Doesn't have great messages hasn't for forty years.

I think we need it shouldn't -- know I think we need energy we need -- -- -- we actually in.

And I hope on that he died -- could provide and I think that's been the big mistake.

The message for the most part is very good.

The messenger is for the most part the last four years.

How awful men and I think sometimes the messages a little bit too extreme you I think that if someone came out the message I'm coming out with about represented Ireland at your party.

Talk about me right now my message is fiscal conservatism.

Lower taxes less spending but I think we're Ron Paul might have a little bit wrong is on defense spending in Israel a little bit more moderate messages needed.

Americans -- -- by extreme message I think I -- Ron Paul but you could moderate and defense and the war on terror and foreign aid in Israel just moderate a little.

I think we'll all be fighting for the nomination for -- the United States right now and those issues have prevented it particularly I believe one issue.

Ron Paul's great people love -- Israel -- changed.

Just a little bit literally can't know the real well giving him some giving him a shout out -- that.

Yes some advice I'm curious because he's in the Republican Party any guarantees.

That -- -- a libertarian than the Republican -- on our cultural conservative that's like scrap my okay.

-- to talk to me about this nation's problem it is the third anniversary.

Of the 787.

Billion dollar stimulus to get the economy going three years ago President Obama Clinton today.

Saying it just -- he's made some mistakes.

Would -- -- the president isn't really telling us.

A whole story yet -- I had a couple levels number one.

Take a look at Europe Europe is -- exploding collapsing whatever would you what you -- your -- and tremendous tremendous trouble.

And you could all laid the blame -- high taxes and big spending.

So why would we have a president America the what's the point us towards Europe.

What right now Europe is collapsing do you think that's what he's doing all there's no question we're headed for higher taxes I think Obama's gateway at the beginning was to either create.

Much higher taxes who could redistribute wealth to he's voters or if he could not.

I do that Republicans blocked it every step of the way.

Just spend.

Since a dramatic debt which he's done five trillion in debt and guess what.

You know forced the country to -- Harris and you have no choice but to raise taxes down the line.

Cause we're going bankrupt that would -- is doing it raising taxes and by the way cutting spending and by the way.

The one.

Major prescription.

That the IMF has forced out of Greece in order to give them their relief package is the one prescription I prescribed -- the United States economy which has.

Cut government employee was -- 21 million -- American making.

Fat salaries that are obscene and.

Hey kids Harris retiring at age fifty at a hundred -- 150000 your for the rest of their life.

Forty years does anyone realize.

Here's the 1% if you retire with a 100000 if you -- forty years.

With interest and penalties and everything else they get on the cost of living inflation you might get a six million dollar retirement back -- you live.

All right let me get when you -- -- dozen employees are you not.

Pumping up the numbers of unemployed in this country what do you do -- -- bought my belief that he could only stop by the problems this country and and heal the economy.

I didn't the private sector to hire people every other employee hired is expanding -- -- -- Good thing it means you on the hook for say 607900000.

A year for the next twenty years and that a hundred here -- retirement for the.