john: i understand, why most politicians are rebuc relug tano propose -- reluctance to propose cuts, mitt romney proposed to stop throwing government money at public television. television. $300 million, pbs is rich, it does not need, that yet look how or fiscally responsible president responded. >> thank goodness someone is getting tough on big bird. it is about time. >> bernie madoff, den is kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed. and evil genius who towered over them, one man. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> we didn't know that big bird was driving the federal deficit. john: and senator it and i clever smear. big bird is not driving the deficit, but it iss are 300 million. >> john, there are 10,000 big birds. america is -- as a whole is a pretty mature group of people. and if you really talk with them anywhere we are, and what is going to happen, what we have to do, and say, it is not pain or no pain it is some pain now. or significantly pain later. and we don't have any politicians to tell the truth to the american people. >> and the pain that comes later by not addressing these is