congressman connie mack is here with his plan to fix washington and the debt. the tea party gains momentum following the debt deal in d.c. the movement be a force to reckon with in 2012? plus sarah palin rips the president -- >> that is typical of our president, blah, blah, blah. >> even takes a swipe at gop frontrunner mitt romney. >> i do not have respect for what he's done through this debt increase debate. >> we are on the road to 2012 and "hannity" starts right here, right right now. >> sean: president obama is giving him a not so well-deserved pat on the back that the hour in the form of a lavish birthday, in light of the u.s. passing 14.3 trillion in debt, the dow crumbling, millions out of works, and the country flirting with a double-dip recession, perhaps the president could find a better way to spend his time, however yet he turns his back on the american people and the american economy, instead attending a star-studded birthday fundraiser, headlined by jennifer hudson, held in a $40,000 a night ballroom, charging more than $35,000 per person for adm

>> well, connie mack's idea sounds interesting. i haven't seen the specifics. but it sounds like the right steps, certainly. look, we've gone from government at all levels, federal, state and local level from being roughly 27% of our economy, that was during the kennedy years to today, 37% of our economy. the democrats say let us tax you more. let us take more of your economy. we are inches from no longer having a free economy. i say, i'm not willing to keep government growing. i'm insistent that we cap the amount of government spending as a percentage of the total economy and balance our budget. those are principles that are critical. i'm going to fight for those things. if i'm president of the united states and if we have republicans in both houses and majority in both houses, you are going to see us finally draw a line on the growth of government. we cannot go on with government borrowing more and more and eating more and more into the future of america's economic vitality. i'm not going to allow that. >> sean: i want to pick that up and maybe get to some sp

. >> congressman connie mack is a republican from florida. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the phone lines have been jammed. twitter was blowing up. what did you hear from your constituents and how many of them called you? >> we, like everyone else, the phones were ringing off the hook. in fact, they were -- i tried to call my office a number of times and got a busy signal. the e-mails and letters keep pouring in. people don't necessarily want a deal are a compromise to have a deal or compromise. they want a solution to the problem. they want us to cut our spending. even under this compromise, the debt will go up by over $7 thil yun. t the next cap, if you will, is two years down the road at $17 trillion. after ten years, over $20 trillion in debt. the real issue we are facing in front of us is not a debt ceiling, raising the debt ceiling crisis. it is our debt crisis. this much debt when you only have roughly $2 trillion in revenue is unsustainable. we have to change the way washington spends

connie mack says he's not going to vote for this.r whip votes if democrats are having to vote for a bill that is more republican? >> well, there's something that is very appealing to some of us. for example, it puts on the table for the first time something we have talked about, military spending. out of the republican opposition, for the first time, icon congratulate late the leadership that negotiated this. i believe, by the way, this will generate overwhelming pressure now for us not to stay in iraq any longer after this year and get out of afghanistan. every dollar spent in afghanistan and in iraq is going to come out of highway construction and health care and education and local police and fire. that, i found attractive. more than that, there's a sense that, you know, one of my favorite thoughts of the 20th century was youngman. he had one great line. how's your wife? compared to what? that is what's driving people. a default would do such enormous damage to some of the most vulnerable people. as you said before, this is a bad

representative connie mack, i appreciate you being here.t time when you come back, i'm going to ask you what have you done since the last time to make it better? >> all right. >> we appreciate it very much. still ahead, congress is completely and utterly broken. you hear that? that wasn't some radical on the left or the right saying that. that was the wisdom of cnn's fareed zakaria. he says that's the message coming out of all this. he'll tell us more about it when we come back. >>> the very kind of discussion we had just here minutes ago a the long and some might say bloody debate over raising the debt ceiling left more than just bruised egos on capitol hill. it also bruised and battered the american image and the american economy. especially in the eyes of the world. a short while ago i talked to cnn's fareed zakaria about all of this. he has a great cover story in the latest issue of "time" magazine on this very subject and some very strong views. take a listen. >> economically, what message have we sent to the world? >> see, what we too

spending and then doing, like, for instance, the land for the 1 percent a year that congressman connie mackthe jobs are in trouble, the economy is in trouble, the world is in trouble and we are going broke and the public is feeling this. you see it in all the polls. the reaction to what was done last week is stunning the i've been saying on this program over and over, wait until december we will have a different politics in this country. we are already seeing it. today a poll showed 62 percent wanted all members, all, all, all members out and only 17 percent said they prefer to keep them. we have had 2-1 numbers against the deficit deal and more numbers of people believe it doesn't work, it will not cut things. and people upset what it is. the republicans i think gave -- the president got what he wanted. harry reid would headache any -- would have made any deal. >>neil: i don't think it would have mattered for the markets. they were reason to sell off. would they sell off less with more teeth in a deal or focus on a softening global economy. >>guest: i don't know how to poll the market. i t

joining me is connie mack, and you voted on a deal with bipartisan support and saved america from goingstrophic default and i only assume that you are quite happy for the country to go into catastrophic default? >> well, then you would have assumed wrong obviously. my point is this, that we now have over about $14.5 trillion of debt. and with this bill that passed today, we are assured to have over $17 trillion in debt, and none of the cuts in the bills are cuts off of real numbers. they are all cuts off of increases in spending, and what i have heard over and over again from my constituents, people around the state, and all over the country that have been calling my office, they are saying enough is enough. we want a solution, and we don't want a deal or a compromise. we want to solve the problem. so my vote was for solving the problem. and this bill did not do that. >> the problem is that any sensible economist around the world says that you cannot get america out of this catastrophic debt is now in without raising taxation, and you are implaque bli opposed to this? >> well, again, i

florida congressman connie mack joins me now on the curvy couch.ood to see you. >> good to see you, too. thanks for having me. >> it's amazing when we talk about trillions of dollars which up to this point, nobody could calculate in their head and you're saying if we go back to the simple use of the penny, we can solve this problem. how? >> that's right. it's real simple. so in washington, every year there's an automatic increase of spending of 7%, 7.5%, 8%. so every year -- everybody thinks we're at a flat, like we're not spending anymore. we're not raising the rate of spending but every year, we're spending 7 1/2% more a year. my plan says we freeze that. we don't continue to raise, you know, continue to spend more and then we cut 1% a year for six years so that's one penny out of every federal dollar. after six years, we cap spending to 18% of gdp in the seventh year and in the eighth year, we balance the budget and after 10 years, we cut $7.5 trillion. everybody watching this show have had to cut more than one penny out of every dollar, their h

. >> sean: you like the penny plan by connie mack? >> i think it's a start.there are piece that's are gimmicky but i think idea is basically right. set a standard, take a penny a year, 1%. >> sean: no more increase autos no base line. eliminate the base line and4  increases is an increase. and i told you on your radio show, imagine your kids talking to you there is a base line allowance. if it didn't go up $20 a month you were cutting it. that is how washington works. congressional budget office invented by liberal democrats in 1974 for the purpose of groiing big government and succeeding. >> sean: mr. speaker, thank you for being with us, there is still more from ames, iowa tonight. still to come, more with rick santorum, herman cane, straight head. >>> michelle bachmann said she'd fight health care being imposed by states and won't fight marriage. being imposed by the state. that would be okay. we have ron paul saying what the states want to do, whatever the states wants to do is fine. so if the states want to pass polygamy that is fine, impose sterl saigs

. >> sean: you like the penny plan by connie mack? >> i think it's a start.there are piece that's are gimmicky but i think idea is basically right. set a standard, take a penny a year, 1%. >> sean: no more increase autos no base line. eliminate the base line and4  increases is an increase. and i told you on your radio show, imagine your kids talking to you there is a base line allowance. if it didn't go up $20 a month you were cutting it. that is how washington works. congressional budget office invented by liberal democrats in 1974 for the purpose of groiing big government and succeeding. >> sean: mr. speaker, thank you for being with us, there is still more from ames, iowa tonight. still to come, more with rick santorum, herman cane, straight head. you go next if you had a hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free hoveround information kit that includes a video an

. >> sean: you like the penny plan by connie mack? >> i think it's a start.e that's are gimmicky but i think idea is basically right. set a standard, take a penny a year, 1%. >> sean: no more increase autos no base line. eliminate the base line and4  increases is an increase. and i told you on your radio show, imagine your kids talking to you there is a base line allowance. if it didn't go up $20 a month you were cutting it. that is how washington works. congressional budget office invented by liberal democrats in 1974 for the purpose of groiing big government and succeeding. >> sean: mr. speaker, thank you for being with us, there is still more from ames, iowa tonight. still to come, more with rick santorum, herman cane, straight head. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is our beach. ♪ this is our pool. ♪ our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz for an exceptional price. but hurry, this offer ends august 31st. >>> michelle bachmann said she'd

. >> sean: that's call the connie mack-penny plan. get me a list of democrats the next time you come that will support it. >> that is fair. even president clinton obama doesn't have the savvy he had. he signed into law a balanced budget act that is what clinton signed. hold on -- let me finish my point. he campaigned on balanced budget, obama did and broke his promise. he went out and had a bus tour with no plan. which is just a joke. that he would go out a bus tour with no plan. then he says i'm going away and offering a plan with no spending. >> as i said publicly and privately, clinton the greatest president of our lifetime. >> that's not saying a lot for president obama. >> sean: i did not have sex with that woman, not a single time. >> i didn't inhale. >> what does that have to do with how great he was as president. >> let's not get carried away. >> sean: a real class act. newt gingrich and the republicans saved the country. >> reagan didn't do it [ talking over each other ] >> sean: if obama would listen to the republicans would

why wouldn't you support cut, cap and balance, why wouldn't you support the connie mack-penny plan? >> if we get into the details i think it is an extremist version of a balanced budget amendment that even the ryan budget would not satisfy if you start attacking the details, it would hurt the education and the investment budgets of the country. >> sean: balancing our budget is extreme? >> let's have a debate about that. it is not extreme. but we've got to do that in a balanced way. >> sean: 49 states have a balanced budget. >> let's have a discussion about it. they float bonds and issue debt while they balance the budget. so the federal government's accounting is slightly different. my point is, there are things we can agree on. there are hundreds of things that you and i would disagree on. but there are five or six we could agree to do now that would help the economy. so let's start with those. let's put off the argument for six months. let's do the stuff we agree on right now. >> sean: you agree to cut taxes, i'll support you. agree to end burdensome government regulation, i'll su

connie mack-penny plan, cut, cap and balance again in a modified form. >> governor romney is coming forwardwith his plan september 6th, the day after labor day. he's decided to put himself out there with details so he can become the pinata. i think that is right at this point in the republican primary. >> sean: i agree. you gotta lead. go ahead. >> i want to bring up the earthquake today. >> sean: i felt it, i was shaking. i was thinking left wing for a few minutes. >> i didn't feel a thing. supposing it had been more serious? supposing there had been serious damage up and done the east coast? suppose the an -- suppose the hurricane approaching does serious damage? we have no margin for error, no financial cushion this president has spent us into massive debt. we are completely in debt. we have no cushion to deal with any kind of emergency. >> sean: good point. you hear the left wing base of the president turning against him. i say all the left wingers will go back. they are not going to opportunity tea party, the republican candidate. but, -- some may stay home. >> enthusiasm is big and tu

quite honestly i like that one cent solution, connie mack, the 1% debt reduction act for 2011 over theending 1% per year across the budget. you can hold off on entitlements until appropriate. at 2017 you get to 18% spending as a percentage of gdp and balance the budget and start really reducing the debt. there are a number of things we can do if we can work together. that's the reason why standard & poors downgraded you. they don't think we can work together. bill: the political situation was not the only thing they cited. there were 9 or ten things on the list. phil gingrey thank up for your time. the georgia republican from atlanta. did we deserve that downgrade? what do you think? we ask that question, yes or no. more than 96% of you say, yes we live beyond our means. thousands of sroebgs so far. you can log on right now. ali. alisyn: syrian government forces opened fire on mourn earns at a funeral as the brutal crackdown intensifies. 300 died in the last week alone making this the bloodiest time since it started five months ago. eight babies died when the government cut power to th

here is a tweet from congressman connie mack saying that "mac again calls for geithner to resign in the wake of market fears and permanent unemployment of 9%." about: i'm wonderg more campaign reform. host: what about it, dennis? caller: is c-span taxpayers? host: no, it is part of your cable bill every month, brought to you by your cable service. caller: get the presidential campaigns to use that. host: we're getting way off topic here. go ahead, john. caller: i have been working since 1976. since the epa came in to the government, our government has shut down a bunch of different companies due to the epa regulations. is there any way to get epa to relax on businesses and do a corporate tax on companies that are moving to different countries? guest: diane not addressed that. i want christian to address that. why do you think the epa should not relax the regulations? guest: well, it is not just simply giving polluters what they want. it is protecting natural resources while also protecting the health of people. when you look at countries like germany or spain, and armenta releases are a

here is a tweet from congressman connie mack saying that "mac again calls for geithner to resign in thee of market fears and permanent unemployment of 9%." about: i'm wondering more campaign reform. host: what about it, dennis? caller: is c-span taxpayers? host: no, it is part of your cable bill every month, brought to you by your cable service. caller: get the presidential campaigns to use that. host: we're getting way off topic here. go ahead, john. caller: i have been working since 1976. since the epa came in to the government, our government has shut down a bunch of different companies due to the epa regulations. is there any way to get epa to relax on businesses and do a corporate tax on companies that are moving to different countries? guest: diane not addressed that. i want christian to address that. why do you think the epa should not relax the regulations? guest: well, it is not just simply giving polluters what they want. it is protecting natural resources while also protecting the health of people. when you look at countries like germany or spain, and armenta releases are a d

let's listen to what republican connie mack had to say from florida and then we'll listen to steny hoyerl. it went to the senate. the one person that has the power to bring it u for a vote chose not to. and that is senator reid. so i would say that and maybe the secretary didn't want to say it, but senator reid should call the senate back in, take up the bill and pass it. >> we need to get this done and we should get it do today. unfortunately, republicans continue to practice the politics of confrontation and hostage taking. and it is severely damagi our economy and the livelihoods of people across our nation. >> now at issue is -- are his two big issues, one is funding for rural subsidies to airport service in rural areas. small towns and places like nevada, montana, new mexico. republicans say that they want to see -- to save some money. they don't want to spend these subsidies to these rural airports. democrats say it's not about that. democrats say republicans are using the smaller issue to try to force democrats to change on a larger issue about making it easier for airport workers

here is a tweet from congressman connie mack saying that "mac again calls for geithner to resign in theof market fears and permanent unemployment of 9%." about: i'm wondering more campaign reform. host: what about it, dennis? caller: is c-span taxpayers? host: no, it is part of your cable bill every month, brought to you by your cable service. caller: get the presidential campaigns to use that. host: we're getting way off topic here. go ahead, john. caller: i have been working since 1976. since the epa came in to the government our government has shut down a bunch of different companies due to the epa regulations. is there any way to get epao relax on businesses and do a corporate tax on companies that are moving to different countries? guest: diane not addressed that. i want christian to address that. why do you think the epa should not relax the regulations? guest: well, it is not just simply giving polluters what they want. it is protecting natural resources while also protecting the health of people. en you look at countries like germany or spain, and armenta releases are a double-e