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with xerox, you're ready for real business. here we go again, another budget from paul ryan, another lightning rod for democrats to attack the gop's economic proposals. remember when mitt romney picked paul ryan to be his running mate? we predicted then it would turn a spotlight on paul ryan's budget proposals and we were right. joe biden and president obama wasted no time using it to bludgeon the gop nominees. >> romney said, quote, it was marvelous, and that had he been president if it passed, he would sign it. now, that same budget, the ryan budget, the "new york times" in the past called him, i quote, the most extreme budget plan by a house of congress in modern times. >> i want to bring in republican senator johnny isaacson of georgia, not only a senator, but a former businessman and a member of the senate finance committee, good friend to the show. senator, good to see you again. thank you for being with us. >> great to be here. >> paul ryan's budget is similar to the one he proposed last year you just heard joe biden cri

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