I believe there’s room for us to compromise

Obviously this is an issue that has been contentious.

But as I said, I think what's going to be useful is for us to go through the issues that Republicans have issues on, not sort of talking generally, but let’s talk specifics.

Does this particular provision, when it comes to preexisting conditions, is this something you’re for or you’re against?

Helping seniors get their prescription drugs, does that make sense or not?

I don't think that if you ask the American people, should we stop trying to close the doughnut hole that will help senior citizens get prescription drugs, should we go back to a situation where people with preexisting conditions can’t get health insurance, should we allow insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick even though you’ve been paying premiums.

I don't think that you’d have a strong vote for people saying those are provisions I want to eliminate.
 
I think the American people are absolutely concerned about spending and debt and deficits, and I’m going to have a deficit commission that is putting forward its ideas.

It’s a bipartisan group that includes Republican and Democratic members of Congress.

Hopefully they were able to arrive at some consensus on some areas where we can eliminate programs that don’t work, cut back on government spending that is inefficient, can streamline government, but isn’t cutting into the core investments that are going to make sure that we are a competitive economy that is growing and providing opportunity for years to come.
 
We already had a big deficit that I inherited, and that has been made worse because of the recession.

As we bring it down, I want to make sure that we’re not cutting into education that is going to help define whether or not we can compete around the world.

I don’t think we should be cutting back on research and development, because if we can develop new technologies in areas like clean energy, that could make all the difference in terms of job creation here at home.
 
Now, the single most important thing I think we need to do economically, and this is something that has to be done during the lame duck session, is making sure that taxes don’t go up on middle-class families next year.

So we’ve got some work to do on that front to make sure that families not only aren't seeing a higher tax burden, which will automatically happen if Congress doesn’t act, but also making sure that business provisions that historically we have extended each year that, for example, provide tax breaks for companies that are investing here in the United States in research and development, that those are extended.
 
Without any Republican support on anything, then it’s going to be hard to get things done, but I’m not going to anticipate that they’re not going to support anything.

I think that part of the message sent to Republicans was we want to see stronger job growth in this country.
 
Watermarx said:
I can't believe this is still happening. Is this all one person?
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yes, its legion troll, aka zurt, obama, wilson, etc....

amazing that this person has such an abysmal life that logging in, logging out so many times in order to troll a message board gives him happiness...
 
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