A FUN STORY TO START WITH FOR YOU GUYS.
THERE IS A GENTLEMAN
NAMED CHRIS TAGUE, HE IS IN NEW YORK RUNNING FOR SUPERVISOR AND
ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE, HE'S A REPUBLICAN SO HE WANTS TO CUT
THE BUDGET.
HE WILL BE TOUGH ABOUT THAT.
KIND OF.
HE'S
TALKING TO DON MATHESON ON THE RADIO, AND THIS INTERVIEW DID
NOT GO WELL.
>> THE CURRENT NEW YORK STATE BUDGET IS ABOUT $149 BILLION,
THAT WORKS OUT TO $7570 PER PERSON.
AS A COMPARISON, FLORIDA
HAS ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THEY SPEND $92 BILLION,
THAT'S 4500 PER PERSON.
SO DOES NEW YORK SPEND TOO LITTLE, TOO
MUCH, OR MAYBE THE RIGHT AMOUNT?
>> I THINK THEY SPEND TOO MUCH.
>>WHERE WOULD YOU CUT?
>> THEY DON'T SPEND IT IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
>>WHAT WOULD YOU CUT?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS I WOULD SAY THAT NEED
TO BE LOOKED AT.
NUMBER ONE, I WOULD SAY, UM, PROBABLY IN THE
AREAS OF -- UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND, WOULD YOU?
>>SURE.
>> I'M HAVING ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.
>>WOW.
YOU KNOW WHO IS FIST PUMPING RIGHT NOW?
RICK PERRY.
LIKE, YES.
THAT GUY WAS WORSE THAN ME, WE FINALLY FOUND THE
GUY.
RICK PERRY IS GOING AROUND TOWN GOING -- ABOUT MY FRIEND
TAGUE OVER HERE.
YOU CLAIM THE BUDGET IS BLOATED, YOU ARE
RUNNING ON THAT, THAT'S YOUR WHOLE THING, THESE DEMOCRATS AND
LIBERALS OVERSPENDING.
OKAY, NAME ONE THING THEY ARE
OVERSPENDING ON.
THIS ISN'T A HOSTILE INTERVIEW, THE GUY WILL
TRY TO HELP HIM IN A SECOND, PROBABLY AGREES WITH HIM.
BUT
HE'S LIKE, ANY IDEA WHAT YOU ARE RUNNING ON?
THIS IS NOT AN
OBSCURE ISSUE, THIS IS NOT WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE MINUTIA
OF ONE PARTICULAR TAX BILL.
THIS IS, OKAY, WE ARE WAY
OVERSPENDING, WHAT ARE WE OVERSPENDING ON?
UH, AH -- MY
FAVORITE PART WAS THE BREATHING.
THAT PUT HIM OVER THE TOP OF
RICK PERRY.
NICELY DONE.
AND DUDE, YOU CAN'T COME UP WITH A
SINGLE EXCUSE?
NOT ONE?
LIKE MY KIDS ARE IN THE ROOM, I GOT
DISTRACTED, WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?
LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK
IF WE CAN, SORRY ABOUT THE KIDS.
MAKE SOMETHING UP.
HE'S NOT
GOING TO.
THE PAIN CONTINUES.
>> MAYBE I CAN HELP, SOME OF THE BIGGEST AREAS THE STATE SPENDS
MONEY ON HIS EDUCATION, THEY ALSO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY FOR
MEDICAID.
>>YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE -- AS FAR AS EDUCATION
GOES I'M A PROPONENT OF EDUCATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE US ESPECIALLY IN RURAL, UPSTATE NEW YORK --
>>WAIT, HOLD ON.
THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE IS WHERE WILL YOU CUT
THE BUDGET?
>> I THINK MEDICAID IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
BUT YOU ASKED ME
A QUESTION ABOUT -- AND ALSO ABOUT EDUCATION, WHAT I WAS
SAYING --
>>NO, I WAS TRAINED TO HELP YOU DOT THING I WAS SAYING THOSE ARE
THE BIG AREAS -- WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE
MY JOB IS TO ASK THEM SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
OKAY, YOU ARE RUNNING
FOR STATE ASSEMBLY.
IF YOU GET ELECTED YOU ARE SAYING TO ME THE
STATE SPENDS TOO MUCH MONEY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU GET
ELECTED WHAT AREAS YOU THINK THE STATE SHOULD SPEND LESS MONEY
ON.
>> AND I JUST TOLD YOU, MEDICAID.
>> THAT'S IT?
>> THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT GUNS.
>> [LAUGHTER] MERCY, THAT WAS THE HOST THROWING IN THE TOWEL,
TRYING TO GET HIM OUT OF THAT RING.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU
GOT, WE SHOULD CUT MEDICAID.
BY THE WAY THAT'S NOT POPULAR
EITHER.
THERE IS AN IMPORTANT POINT HERE, WHO CARES ABOUT
CHRIS TAGUE, HE IS RUNNING FOR ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE IN NEW YORK,
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS OVERALL FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY THEY ARE FULL OF IT.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE HUGE AREAS
OF THE BUDGET TO CUT.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL?
THEY TOLD US FOREVER DON'T WORRY, WE CAN DO TAX CUTS FOR
THE RICH AND WE WILL FIND PLENTY OF PLACES TO CUT.
WE WILL CUT,
NO PROBLEM.
AND THEN IT TURNS OUT, NO YOU COULDN'T.
YOU DID
THE JOINT TAX CUTS AND PUT A $1.5 TRILLION HOLE IN THE
DEFICIT.
BECAUSE THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PLACES TO CUT.
IN FACT
ONE OF THE PLACES THEY TRIED TO CUT WAS CHIP, WHICH IS HEALTH
INSURANCE FOR KIDS.
AND THAT POLLED AT 80% POPULARITY, THE
PROGRAM DID, SO CUTTING A PROGRAM THAT WAS 80% POPULAR DID
NOT PLAY WELL.
AND THEN THEY BARGAINED AND HELD IT HOSTAGE
UNTIL DEMOCRATS GIVE THEM SOMETHING IN A BUDGET BILL,
ETC., AND THEN PRETENDED THEY WERE FOR CHIP ALL ALONG.
CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE, OF COURSE WE ARE FOR IT.
EVEN IF
THIS KNUCKLEHEAD COULD NAME A COUPLE THINGS, THE GO TO MOVE ON
THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS CUT FOREIGN AID.
FOREIGNERS, RIGHT?
THE NUMBER ONE RECIPIENT OF FOREIGN AID IS ISRAEL.
DO WE
WANT TO CUT THEIR AID?
NO, WE WILL KEEP THEIR AID.
THE NUMBER
TWO RECIPIENT IS EGYPT BECAUSE OF A PEACE DEAL THEY MADE WITH
ISRAEL, DO YOU WANT TO CUT THAT?
WELL, ISRAEL DOESN'T WANT US TO
CUT THAT SO WE CAN CUT THAT EITHER.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
CUT?
UH -- CHRIS TAGUE RIGHT THERE WAS THE REPRESENTATION OF
THE REPUBLICANS ON A MACRO LEVEL.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
CUT, THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY CUT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE TAX CUT
THEY KEEP GIVING FOR THE RICH.
THAT IS WHY UNDER REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTS LIKE RONALD REAGAN AND GEORGE W. BUSH AND DONALD
TRUMP DEFICITS ALWAYS EXPLODE.