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time slot tomorrow night. i still believe like you and i wish you a good night. lou: welcome to the broadcasts the whe house is in full denial today the cbo director testifying in front of coness aheadf the cbo confirming obamacare will lead to a reduction of more than 2 million full-time american jobs. higher deficits and slow growth the white house sponds by denying the findings, blastiig the news organization that reported those findings, then for good measure comedy night that the cbo concluded obamacare was this incentivizing work for billions.
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also explosive new details revealed in the investigation operation fasted serious. the justice department that led the gunrunning operation resulting in the murder of border patrol agent prior year and -- brian terry. also the establishment g.o.p. of the conservatives arne me names as they lled names all over the future of the immigrion reform. the top story the white house scrambling to spin the cbo negative findings on obamacare. today's deal bobby administration went up with straight up denial here is the president'spokesman and jay carney. >> what out the component there may be the disincentive for work? >> i want to commend the many news organizations tha
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issued corrections to the itial headlines that misrepresented on a factual basis. they continue to be touted by republicans annow works as fact it is false then you saw the ttimony today that is now with the report said. lou: as our colleagues have fox make clear we report you decide here is the testimony that party refers to delivered by the author of the report this cbo director speaking in direct contradiction to what carney had just tried to spend as false reporting. please. >> the suggested is the equivalent of two and 2.5 million reduction of full-time equivalent employment by providing heavily subsidize health insurance to those with low
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income theto withdraw those subsidies it will act to create the disincentive for people to work relative to the case in the absence of an act. lou: it cou not be clear. he went on to confirm the net result of the lost full-time workers would be overall reduction of economic growth. congressman reforms o dash "forbes" and andrea than tarots are among the our guest tonight. a tone set by the irs commissioner facing the house ways and means committee. tellinlawmakers he will cooperate with the six separate investigations into the ira's targeting of comfort -- conservative groups be he is eager to move forward. >> it does not serve my ability to go back in time and to look it any particular activity.
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lou: also expressing concern of the time and manpower spent on the investigation callinit a major drain on iras resources. but he went on to defend his decision to reinstate the bonuses, more than $60 million worth. >> this is to see it in the perspective of performance awards of 60 or 65% of the employees to settle litigation. lou: referring to a lawsuit by the national treasury employees union. we have witnessed is the head of the ira's basically telling one of the most powerful committees in congress that he is more concerned with the public employee union and the committee's oversight for their views. how extensive was thera's targeting? it can be quantified saying
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they give extra scrutiny to 290 grou and they applied for tax-exempt status the white house claimed the liberal groups were targeted a and they were but with that massive and balance and the targeted conservative groups, a 248 were conservative, 29 were beral. 45 percent of those conservative groups did ultimately win the tax-exempt status compared to 70 percent of the liberal groups that had the status approved by the ira's. the nlrb sparks the new data with business today after announcing it is moving forward with new rules to speed up the process for employees to form a union. is says the proposals should
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what you do represtation business groups say the ability to launch time the responses and challenges to the election process the board approve similar rules a few years ago but struck down because the nlrb w was not staffed propertybecause of recess appointments that will not -- not be a problem this time for our first guest from the orange services committee, a two big issues to talk about first with the cbo report on obamacare the second what in the world is going on with the republican party and immigration? great to have you with us. >> cbo report said the white house was caught short
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and they are feeling utterly >> one of the thingsthe white house had such a difficult time they have been touting them to support their position for the last several years now they say that obamacare will have ormous impact on the economy and when you hear the equivalent of 2.5 milliojobs, that is staggering. this administration says we have to fix that but they nied likehey did with bang gauzy, irs scandal, you keep your health ca for your health care insurance they are losing credibility every day with the american people. lou: i don't know how they have any at all because they are denying the the director of the cbo denied that he said obamacare, it is is
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incentivizing working in this country. it is preposterous to deny it because the equivalent of 2.5 mmllion job are removed from the labor force. th is crazy. >> all you have to do is pull up the report and read it the report speaks f self but then the white house is in total denial if you walk decided is raining able to still you it is condensation from the cloud and the american people are getting fed up. lou: i think you guys will have fun for election day thisill be a heavy left for all house democrats running for the congress and senate seats and occasionally republicans have screwed it up that we will see. one of the ways senator cruz
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says is to get involved with immigration reform onhe president's terms are senator reid's terms. secret meetings with bright and and chuck humer? as one who h secret meetings with chuck schumer it is not a secret r very wrote lo. >> you are right. we're very concerned primary-care these potential proposals talking about amnesty, we think that is not the right way to go. we think the judiciary committee had a right to do what dawn of a piecemeal basis and we do what we need to do to fix the system we have now to make sure we for so laws before we tackle something else. that we will not even in force or ever make work in the future. u: do you agree with
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congressman and labrador that john boehner could lose his speakership? >> but what iwill say is most of us feel very passnate it is not just the political problem but a credibilitproblem. the real problem we have failed does not force of law. but if weant toorce the old one but here is a question i asked all along. the matter who we let it go somebody will break the law and we will be back here ve years from now. this is a cycle every five or 10 years that we simply throw w out that has not complied with shell lot. i don't think the american people want us to go there.
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lou: i entirely support the up house judiciary committee it is the way to go for word it at the same time i cannot imagine why anyone as this presidenpicks and chooses and selects byis own freedom what laws and regulations will enforce i don't know why even bother because this administration has made it ear it is a capricious and arbitrary standard for this alread. >> this is not a foundation of the rule of law. >> once you go down the path
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it is a dangerous precedent. that the constitution and actually mean something for it to mean something to the people of this country. lou: but it seems there ought to be some affirmative action to be taken by congress and the supreme court is should not be a matter the president's discretion if he or she forces the law for the returnf the rule of law congressman "forbes" we appreciate you being here. lou: yes employe down three and the nasdaq is down 20. shares plummeting of extending trading tat beat expectations that were weaker than expected. disney shows a jump of its profits the private sector
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added 175,000 jobs last month as adp reported a care mark reported it would stop selling tobco products by october it estimates it will lose about $2 billion of revenue each year as a result. a d a rinder to listen to my financial reports on salem radio twork three times a day business in a bracket headlines. and to provide healthare insurae to 5 million iranians us did dig at mr. obama. we will be right back. >> what are the republicans up to? senator cruz says it is simply a also saysspushing
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immigration reform could derails the senate vtory. what will the republicans do
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lou: the obamacare frustration in a shrink the executive action to get around congress the white house announces it is creating climate hubs you know, how much we those. spread all across the country willis says local climate change risk such as drough, while fire, flood in developing plans fell those seven the of scenes will with so much better. nextast agreed somewhat
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republican should delay emigration until after the midterm elections. co-host from the ve interior, a great to have u with us. senator cruz said directly republicans run the risk to throw away their chances the senate. but certainly he grasps that image he feels a lot of pressure republicans held a lot of pressure because they had not been seen as the party pushing immigration reform so they have knee-jerk reaction quickly do something so we are pro immigration or hispanics with the open border but they need to knock that off. they don't nd immigration reform they need to shut down the border. if i were leading the g.o.p. a would put forth a plan to close the border and offer a robust guest worker program
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and that's it. the mocrats have not seal thborder because they need that as a carrot to get amnesty if they know if they just close the border there is no reason for republicans to come alon. lou: there are no accidents and the ct the republican leadership cannot articulate the reality it wasronald reagan if the icon that brought amnesty, and this president was the next to have comprehensive immigration reform and it is not fundamental tuesday republican party or all the ways that hispanic americans should be identifyi with the republican party except
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it has lost its way with values so they cannot mah it up what are they trying to do? limit they're nottgood to toot their own horn. even with the war on women that richard nixon was the one with title line and did don kline is change. who started the epa? the republican. ats a good point we are not good as the party to remind voters the was us who did all these things. lou: and with a terrific turnout despite the president is in the tank with his approval numbers and deite the fact the democrats have no cohesive response to the disaster that is obamacare we are on tentacles wondering how will
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they screw up this time? i don't know wh they are thinking. >> and democrats are pushing health care reform for the same reason to get everybody dependent on the united stat ever making get winded with birth ctrol or hispanics dependent on welfare and americans dependent greater health care plans to and they will get the voter for life. lou: exactly right but it is obvious the g.o.p. establishment is dependent on big business with the big business roundtable and i have to say i was thrilled to hear john baker referred to as the middle-class he has awakened to the adm aviation embrace working men and women. i am excited. >> ion the child of an immigrant first-generation american group in the restaurant kitchen i speak
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spanish. i get itit. i am sympathetic pact. why the republic get out of their box? why do they go to the country cl or the chamber of mmerce defense? why don't they go to african-american communities ? why don't they talk to the union workers? maybe if it is unfriendly did you talk to any union worker about jobs they're angry about the immigration bill they are not happy with their leadership to that is a mistake the republicans make to ignore the unns that could help to turn out those purple birder's that ronald reagan did so well with. lou: on a guess i understand the history that starts with reagan but or they don't care that they're so comfortable. >> either one is not good. lou: it i time to change.
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qdoba i house is trying to argue the equivalent of jobs lost because of obamacare is a happy thing and as we have also reported they try to say obamacare is not his incentivizing rkxactly e director of the cbo sa obamacare is doing. but that is not all of bad news contained in the report and also projects deficits will also increase at 1. 1 trillion and economic growth bluebead lower
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because of obamacare aaron to the cbo also projects interest payments will nearly quadruple over the next day when dash decade at almost 900 billion by 2020 for nearly $1 trillion most of tt money goes to china. we have been reporting on these issues for years did deal with death of extensively from my book "upheaval" listened from the audio books remain as our debt increases so does the obligation choose china it has brought up a good portion of our debt. china holds more than trillion of u.s. debt. this might be fine if china to raise sought to a partnership as some diluted believers -- leaders to believe that china does not want partnership it wants
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economic hegemony. lou: what are we to do? living within our means as a nation with fiscal policies and actions and with our famies and what a brighter future we will create. you can pick up "upheaval" at wal-mart ever gsso the eyetooth for the audible version did win a free copy by sending an e-mail or tweet or post on the facebook page to have your message read here. the most intelligent commentsare readier we will send you a copy of the book here are a few of the top top, minced seven 1/5 years ago the press worked hard to report the truth with few exceptions to date it reports what it patronizes. keep reporting the facts and your viewers will move the
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truth. lou: there was a time when the job of the national media was speak truth to power but now they seem -- to about to power in respect of the president or party in power. >> our health care coverage is degreasing and deductibles going to the roof and now we can voluntarily cut our hours worked to use the loss of income to offset the increasi cost. does that sum up the administration's new position on obamacare? lou: indeed. send us your thoughts lou@loudobbs.com follow less on twitter or go to facebook page everything at the dogs.com. new reports of a nationwide did in issues shortage because of pending of legislation.
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government stockpiling is so bad it prompted a fistfight wal-mart dues reported the limiting customers to three is ammunition purchases per day. stay with us. we will be right back. >> in drone strike scarron told pakistan twist the peace talks with the taliban if you thought we were at war with the taliban we are joined by jack keene welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducingedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex.
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lou: second the andal hit in the military the baby is the did is investigating that one-fifth are responsible to operate nuclear reactors that power the aircraft carriers and submarines may have cheated on the qualification tests. the investigation follows a very similar and -- cheating
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scandal at e air force with nearly 100 officers responsible for nuclear-armed missiles. turning choose syria missing another death blind in dealing the effort by several weeks jeopardize a the final deadline. so far only 4 percent of serious chemic weapons ha been handed over for destruction. the obama administration under fire again that the uned states is sharply preachers -- reducing drone attacks in pakistan at the request of the government, according to u.s. officials to tell the "washington post" that pakistan of its government asked for a restraint of the attack as if pursuing the peace talks with the taliban of the white house denies it and cut in a formal deal in general jack keene four-star are reid general also fox news military analyst.
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>> good to be here. lou: this administration as it continues talks but has produced nothing with ivory and but now for going said drone strikes in response to the pakistan aid request. this is a highly accommodative administration foreign policy? >> those protect targeted against the al qaeda of leadership and now their sons are in charge of the fact of the matter is if conditions on the ground were cnging would make sense. but to do it for political accommodation makes no sense whatsoever. in did in theory pakistan is supposed to be an ally. is a huge mistake.
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they will gain in strength that is what will take place lou: what is happening now even as we wind down with of more than 12 year war. the out cars that i -- ccrs side talks about the government's representatives this is a strange moment because there is not a resolution milittrily or geopolitical but but talks is to with a country we want to dtroy. >> make no mistake. karzai has 90 days left he is a lame duck trying to avoid any appearance is to
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be the lame-duck that explains his narrative statements about us and discussing negotiations with the taliban. it is ridiculous because they know full well they will make a deal with the teeeighteen successor will never take place with karz item think we take them very seriously but karzai is doing. lou: what is the ultimate strategic oective for the united states as far as the obama admintration is concerned? deference to pakistan in of pursuing t attack strategy with the drones with the straits with operatis in afghanistan. >> i have great difficulty as we have discusd before before, with the strategic objectives in the middle east at large and the
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iranians. we want a stable cotry in afghanistan reid allowed the taliban to be predator's with al qaeda. and a lot of our policies will not get us that stable and secure afghanistan of th administration to put on the table to pull the troops out would almost guarantee the instability of the afghanistan that we had fought so hard to turn around. lou: good to see you. said discovery channel plans a death defying stunt with a clever that holds the record for the fastest ascent of mount everest will try to fly off using a wing to a suit. from his perspective with cameras attached tan
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team" they gave for being with us and it is great to be with you today on your radio show. let's turn to the white house the other denial the equivalency of 2.3 million jobs then they say the cbo
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director said he did not say what we showed him to say. >> will you believe me or your lying eyes? what is remarkable even for a the white house with the help of the your time somehow people will be forced o of work because of obamacare that they will be liberated that it is of freedom of choice. this is the most extraordinary perverse language to explain the perverse incentives that is the disincentive rising of work and over so many times this is built into the cake fave want fewer people to build the greater dependency on government. lo and they screw up everything they touch. >> it is all by design this
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is where obamacare is working exactly as poignant. lou: you know, more about democrats an old book -- alst anybody here. >> i don't think they want disincentive for but i will say that i do think it iss towards revisiting because we don't want pele to be in a position where they feel they are between a rock and a hard placeut that is a good thing and to make sure the incentive that to be terror when dash to be fair that the decrease of jobs but changing fl labor supply. u: somebody explain to me the labor force participation rates declines 2.5 million that is the only
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reason did does not go up. >> but here's the thing is the idiotic premise to see space some works when the us people work full time. we have these arguments to parse the word tea on the way it works is with maximum amount of people working full time and there has never been a piece of legislation that means less and pointed van obamacare. >> doesn't that mean there are 2.3 million jobs available now? on it be screaming jobs, jobs, jobs? now they can enter. lou: it does not mean that. this is a net redtion of 2.5 million people as the
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director of the cbo himself said a dincentive to work screwup economies and lead to unpleasant results we just hav to wait zero little longer. >> the elephant in the room even though the cbo did not address it was common sense that they cannot maintain every bit of obamacare is not a nightmare there are several pieces that should be saved but congress needs to break it apart and toss out what is bad. >> to that point the whole poinof obamacare w never about health care or health insurance but the fundamental to this region as a nation that is the biggest leveraged they could
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use to treat its form this economy. that is why they don't break a sweat because it is built in the cake lou: they are manic over the last 24 hours. turning to immigrationand i am trying to figure out what they really want to do and you know more about republicans. [laughter] >> said g.o.p. establishment wantto push forward a and cater made it clear paul by ian says he is about halfway to citizenship then he says maybe we are more about not dog it right away? >> it makes me nervous because i want to believe although i am not a republican i want to believe they want toake their
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minds up but the looks between politics and governing. lou: and they are apart from the obama adnistration? >> both sides kin be guilty but i have to support the speaker that he says we have to deal with this rather than burying his head in the st. -- sand. that is key with the midterm election is to look as busy as possible say stuff but do nothing. get involved. please. the far right doing far left everybody in the middle get out and vote. >> that means 60 percent
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will and another half that says gets involved rigo it is the requisite but yet americans are caught or resigned to societal malaise. >> general apathy. >> we have had enough. but we were talking about this in the context of your book with theepublican party they are a hot message on an immigration certainly there are eric deep cleavages and now looks lik there will be no imigration reforms this here if the g.o.p.ains control of the senate's civic this congress
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has the lowest rating ever for the presidenhas the second to worst ratings ever in georgia w. bush slightly worse than this president why in the world to we want these people to do anything? what about those or talented, a sincere? >> where will they come from? because this country's attention span if we don't getinvolved or demand action and positive action action, you cannot change anything we will wake up in november to find out we have the same problem. >> and i don't think there's enough consequences. if we ta about changing
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what is to come after to show this tactic does not work.
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