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jack bergman has said he does not believe in compromise. that is precisely what has caused sequestration. we need to have members of congress go there and work on a bipartisan basis to get things done. not there representing a party. for 18 years we had that, and as far as sequestration, i do not think it should be applied to our military. we must keep our country and homeland safe. moderator: general? gen. bergman: there should not be a cap on military spending during sequestration, but that does not mean the department of defense should not be held accountable for its spending. ,e don't need $300 toilet seats -- toilet seats. we need ammunition and weapons and gear that will keep our servicemen and women safe to they can win. as far as compromise, i do not compromise. it i will negotiate until the cows come home to make sure we come up with a solution that neither one of us going and -- going in could have envisioned, but it will lead to the greater good of our country because we negotiated in good faith across party lines, and that is wh

bergman: good evening, i'm jack bergman. for our grandkids now is different from the one left by our grandparents, who persevered through world war i, but great depression, and world war ii. we need to make sure that the freedoms and opportunities for future generations are equal to or better than what we received from our parents and grandparents. we all need to step up to make the tough decisions for the future generations. say when youd to sense a problem, look in the mirror. i looked in the mirror, and i am ready to go to washington and .elp solve some problems i hope that other politicians look in american and move forward -- look in the mirror and move forward. through experience of the business and military, i have experience and i am accountable. military service taught us it is service before self. i have lived a life of service and sacrifice just like all our veterans. in the marine corps, we are taught to fight for the marine on our left and the marine on our right, because then we all fight together. we must keep

jack bergman has also talked about privatizing social security. e were to privatize, we would at anywhere from $1 trillion to $2 trillion to our federal deficit. moderator: a rebuttal? gen. bergman: just a minute. we've got a nice example of how political operatives spin, twist, turn your words or part of your citizens -- sentences to deceive the voters. the reality is, by 2032, social security will be broken. 300 used to pay in for one. now we are down to three to one. what do we have to do? we have to reformat so our grandchildren have something to spend. the seniors, your benefits will stay exactly -- moderator: your time has expired. >> some are calling to scale back the air service that subsidizes commercial air service to rural areas that might not otherwise have commercial flights. this is a two-part question. should the service maintain its level of federal funding, and secondly, when cutting funds for the air service arm northern michigan -- would cutting funds for the air service harm northern michigan? gen. bergman: the program needs to

in fact, jack bergman has said he does believe in compromise. that's precisely what has caused the sequestration. we need to members of congress that will go and work on a bipartisan basis to get things done, not the representing a party. for 18 years we've had that and that's the type of them are i will be. as for sequestration i don't believe in sequestration should apply to our military. we must keep our country and homeland safe. bergman: there should not be a cap on military spending during sequestration. that doesn't mean the department of defense should not be held accountable for its spending practices. we don't need $300 toilet seats or $400 hammers. we need ammunition and weapons and gear that would give our servicemen and women safe in the fight so that they can win. as far as compromise, i don't compromise. i won't negotiate with you until the cows come home to make sure that we come up with a solution that neither one of us going in could have envisioned buddy will be to the greater good of our country because we negotiated in good

. >> moderator: speaking of default jack bergman when he was living in we asked anna -- louisiana works for a company called him a d.c.. are now penniless. they produced a for-profit university system. we have enough location to invest in people not to send our dollars off to corporate wall street and get wasted there. we have $174 million going to colleges in the first congressional district. this notion that the federal government can invest in our college kids and into our students is wrong. it was good enough for the g.i. bill and to do it again. >> moderator: candidates you both used your rebuttals. crisply start with general bergman. >> michigan is number two in the nation in terms of human trafficking. what should be done to combat human trafficking? bergman: i know i don't have near bottles left but the bottom line is he at his information wrong on the first and with my role with edm c. but that's okay that's a political operatives do. the twist in a turn and they deceive so the point is human trafficking is related ann joined if you will with how we handle our immigration polic