Merrill Cook: “The gentleman from Michigan and my colleagues, I honestly believe we can do tax cuts this year if we just get our nerve…”

I ask them all a question out there in Wisconsin, and the question goes like this: Which one of these 2 things do you think is more likely to happen?

I ask how many people own a stock or a bond, almost every hand in the room goes up.

I think it is important we put this in perspective for any of them pointing fingers over here at that Republicans that Republicans want to use Social Security money for tax cuts.

I think what is real important here is to understand that, if we had not done the tax cuts, that we were actually getting this money back to the people, and we could not frame it in this framework of, well, listen, we are going to do one…