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. >> right after the election the boss of big labor, richard trumka led a delegation of leftists into the white house. afterwards he outlined taxes and spending plans he wanted for the second obama term. that outline is indeed the basis for the fiscal cliff deal that is now taking shape. here's my take. it's a lousy deal! trumka said, tax the rich, promise to cut spending and ignore the debt. looks like that is exactly what we're going to get. the republicans have accepted higher tax rates, rightly or wrongly, speaker boehner has okayed tax the rich. that part of the trumka plan in place. as for spending, the president will not touch medicare or medicaid. he suggests a minuscule trimming of social security and he wants $50 billion worth of new spending for infrastructure. he is very much in line with trumka's thinking on spending. and then there's the debt. the president wants a blank check to run it up as he pleases, no interference from congress with those pesky debt ceiling debates. no, he is following the trumka line again. ignore the trillions in new debt. let the grandkids play

stuart varney is here. >> that's exactly what richard trumka recommended. visit the president and the white house right after his reelection. he comes outside and he says, tax the rich. propose and promise spending cuts down the road and ignore the debt. you know, that's exactly the kind of deal that is shaping up right now. the republicans have accepted tax the rich. it's gonna happen. the president is not proposing any spending cuts of any significance at all. and he wants a blank check to run up the debt as much as he likes for the next two years. that is tax the rich, suggest spending cuts way down the road, and ignore the debt. trumka's idea, maybe it's going to happen right now. >> steve: you know what ronald reagan and the republicans learned the hard way back in the 1980s that essentially fell for the same deal. the democrats said look, we'll cut spending down the road. we're still down that road and spending cut never came. >> that's exactly what happened to ronald reagan. he did actually raise taxes in the late 1980s on a promise from congress, ye

that will happen by age 75 and that will happen by age 85, the union's heatedly opposed this, richard trumkacongress to reject this idea the president is offering to lower government cost-of-living adjustments and also democrat bernie sanders says it will be harder for today's average senior citizen to make ends meet and there's a fairness issue the argument is from the democrats and unions that seniors have high health-care costs and the use of a lower rate is unfair because things like chicken over beef or buying cheaper items when a senior health care costs is going up and does that lower the rate? does not acknowledge that so there's a big fight that is about to be waved over the president's plan to do spending cuts by social security and other government checks that go out the door. tracy: good stuff as always. ashley: one week left until christmas. what are the top toys for 2012? from all terrain hot wheels to a barbie that doubles as the camera, mattel pulling out all the stops this holiday season. for more on the plans to drive holiday sales we are joined by the executive vice presid