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Rep. Clyburn: Democrats have laid out budget cuts

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    South Carolina congressman on battle over taxes, spending

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President saying it is prepared to do some dump things on spending of Republicans gave on tax hikes.

So what tough things and what cuts to democratic congress and South Carolina James Cliburn.

Congress and what are you open to cut him.

Well thank you so much -- -- -- have a -- neo.

Well we have let out these cuts we've seen in his -- the president.

Vote it.

Amid because the proposed and we bought it for one point five.

-- -- Dollars in cuts doing that the -- -- to throw that last we have done that.

So this is when you wanna count and twice.

We don't -- -- -- tries would dissent had to say that we are not for credit minute thing is not quite true we have.

I know what you have to I had on that right.

Yes and when you gonna demonstrate what it is doable on the table in terms of of revenue.

No revenue went into the last at a time and we did -- -- -- factory -- -- cuts now.

Yes doesn't do another.

One point five trillion or whatever it is and with no -- that's not gonna get it.

What we've got to do this time is put your revenue on the table.

And we will take a look at well what we will do now limited since I'm about spend.

I think it's gonna do much on these two -- that's what contributed to the deficit we spent too much on that.

Big prescription drug program.

That's -- who contributed it to the deficit so the civic got to spend a problem.

That maybe this does look we're really doing this spending and that's what that's got into this mess.

Well there's a lot of spending going around in all areas and you're right about that but like I guess what I'm getting -- -- and is that at the Republican spell out.

How they're gonna get that they've got a billion in revenues you guys -- more double lives let's say they do agreed to go back to the Clinton Era tax tax rates.

What then would you offer in return.

Well we have made it very -- do we.

Women to address.

The growth has taken place.

In and Medicare.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- No more than 2% a year is some Republicans advise what.

Well I'm not ever going to be if we're increasing.

The retirement age and that's what they've been put on the table.

From six to 567.

Yeah -- -- that many years now.

Yes I know how long they're talking about but people are still -- -- -- coal mines many years from now they'll be more people working in local mines and will it.

These events and obviously aren't you a lot of non starters that's where exactly horizon.

Lot and -- hard.

Yeah but I think you can take a look at whether -- -- we will further -- This whole issue that we've been dealing with written.

With the growth.

About looking at whether or not we're going to do this thought their classifieds jobs that people have -- -- determined.

What you know.

It sounded like somebody you guys are still far apart but hope springs eternal congress.