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Casey, Libby - Host
BY MATT KIBBE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FREEDOMWORKS. . SEEING SOME SPECULATION THAT SPEAKER BOEHNER MAY BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT TAXES. WHAT DO YOU THINK...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
WILL GO UP AUTOMATICALLY. SPENDING, THE SEQUESTER, WILL HAPPEN UNLESS REPUBLICANS ACT. IT IS LITERALLY TRUE THAT REPUBLICANS DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY...
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| 00:01:11 |
Casey, Libby - Host
THE THINK OF THE SPEAKER'S ROLE IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS? HOW DOES FREEDOMWORKS FEEL ABOUT THE AGENDA HE'S BRINGING TO THE TABLE? HE'S ONE OF THE TWO MEN...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
IT'S FRUSTRATING. I'M NOT TERRIBLY HAPPY WITH HOW THE SPEAKER HAS DEALT WITH THIS. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS YEAR'S CRISIS HAS BEEN 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING....
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| 00:02:14 |
Casey, Libby - Host
ROLL CALL THIS MORNING. BOEHNER WERE PREPARED TO OFFER THE MILLIONAIRE TAX RATE INCREASED IN RETURN FOR ENTITLEMENT CHANGES IN FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS....
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
DEBATE IDEAS IN 2012? WE HAVE A LONGER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT MET ROMNEY PUT THE FAMILY DOG ON THE ROOF OF HIS CAR THAN WE DID ABOUT HEALTH...
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| 00:03:36 |
Casey, Libby - Host
THE TEA PARTY IS POWER IN WASHINGTON AND WHO YOU HAVE THROWN YOUR SUPPORT BEHIND RECENTLY. THEY HAVE LOST POWER IN THE HOUSE WHEN THEY HAVE DECIDED COMMITTEE...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
HOSTILE ACT BY LEADERSHIP. IT IS QUITE UNPRECEDENTED TO REMOVE SOPHOMORE MEMBERS FROM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS THAT THEY WERE ALREADY ASSIGNED, SO CLEARLY...
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| 00:05:02 |
Casey, Libby - Host
HOST: LET'S GO TO THE PHONE. I'VE GOT MATT KIBBE IS OUR GUEST. INDEPENDENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, HELLO. CALLER: I THINK WE
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CALLER, -
HAVE BEEN MISMANAGED. WALL STREET ROBBED THE COUNTRY AND NOW THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR WALL STREET. NOW THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR WHAT...
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Casey, Libby - Host
TO YOU? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN? CALLER: SOME PEOPLE
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SHOULD HAVE GONE TO PRISON FOR ROBBING US. SOME PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE POLITICIANS AND WALL STREET ARE TOGETHER, BUT IT...
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| 00:05:47 |
Casey, Libby - Host
MONEY. HOST: MATT KIBBE. GUEST: I
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH YOU. THERE IS THIS UNHOLY COLLUSION BETWEEN, WHAT I WOULD CALL INSIDERS, THE CHRONIC CAPITALISTS, ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HIRE LOBBYISTS...
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| 00:06:46 |
Casey, Libby - Host
COMMENT ON TWITTER OFF OF SOMETHING YOU SAID. WAS IT THE FAULT OF THE MEDIA, THE CANDIDATE, OR THE PARTY? GUEST: THE CANDIDATE,
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
THE PARTY, THE MEDIA. THE MEDIA SHOULD HAVE INSISTED IN TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER. WHY DID WE NOT HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT HEALTH CARE? I WOULD NOT...
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| 00:07:44 |
Casey, Libby - Host
IN CAMBRIDGE, MD.. CALLER: I JUST TRY TO PLAY
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CALLER, -
THE GAME THAT THE GOVERNMENT GIVES ME TO PLAY, BY THE RULES, DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. WE'LL LET THESE PEOPLE TO GO IN. THEY ARE SACRIFICING OUR TAXPAYER...
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| 00:09:32 |
Casey, Libby - Host
HOST: LET'S LEAVE IT THERE. GUEST: I THINK
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| 00:09:36 |
Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
THAT YOU DESCRIBE THE CLASSIC PROBLEM FROM PUBLIC CHOICE ECONOMISTS. THE PEOPLE THAT PAY THE TAB FOR WASHINGTON, D.C., ARE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO GET THE...
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| 00:10:54 |
Casey, Libby - Host
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "HOSTILE TAKEOVER: RESISTING THE CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA." DICK ARMEY HAS LEFT FREE WORKS. "HE IS OUT WITH...
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| 00:12:03 |
Casey, Libby - Host
GET AN $8 MILLION PAY OUT? THE GRASSROOTS PRINCIPLES? GUEST: FREEDOM WORKS
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT. THE $8 MILLION DOES NOT COME FROM FREEDOM WORKS. I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS, ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I READ IN THE PAPER. YOU...
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KNOW HOW THE COUNTRY WILL EVER GET IT TOGETHER, ECONOMICALLY. I AM NOT INCLUDING C-SPAN. YOU ALL PRETTY MUCH TELL IT THE WAY THAT IT IS, BUT THE NEWS...
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| 00:14:22 |
Casey, Libby - Host
TO FIND THE VIDEO THAT WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, THAT VIDEO IS ON OUR C- SPAN ONLINE ARCHIVE. YOU CAN SEARCH THERE FOR A RANGE OF TOPICS AND GUESTS. OLD...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
TALK ABOUT GOVERNING BY CRISIS. THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE MORTGAGE BUBBLE CREATED BY COLLUSION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, POLICY WRITERS, PARTICULARLY...
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Casey, Libby - Host
CALLER, ENGLAND, TONY. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. CALLER: I HAVE A COMMENT AND
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A QUESTION. MY COMMENT, IN ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THE BUDGETARY PROBLEMS. WHAT IS THE TARGET NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF LOWERING...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
QUESTION. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WE DO BUDGETS DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DO BACK HOME. WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A BASELINE BUDGET...
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| 00:17:29 |
Casey, Libby - Host
KIBBE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF, AMONGST OTHER THINGS THIS MORNING. NANCY PELOSI, LET'S LOOK AT THE COMMENTS SHE MADE THIS WEEK TALKING...
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HAS BEEN VERY SPECIFIC. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HE PUT FORWARD, I WOULD NEED SOMETHING THIS HIGH WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FINE PRINT IN TERMS OF THE...
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| 00:18:27 |
Casey, Libby - Host
MINUTE -- HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, NANCY PELOSI ON THURSDAY. YOUR RESPONSE TO ENOUGH CONCRETE IDEAS? GUEST: THIS IS SUCH AN
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
INSANE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THE PRESIDENT DOES ZERO VOTES FOR HIS OWN BUDGET. HARRY REID HAS FAILED TO PASS A BUDGET RESOLUTION...
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| 00:19:30 |
Casey, Libby - Host
NEXT CALLER, WISCONSIN. DEMOCRATIC LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
HOW ARE YOU?
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Casey, Libby - Host
HOST: GOOD. CALLER: IT IS FUNNY,
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CALLER, -
EVERYONE KEEPS CALLING IT THE TAX HIKE. IT IS NOT A TAX HIKE. JUST SIMPLY GOING BACK TO THE OLD RATES UNDER CLINTON. LET'S TAKE IT BACK TO 32.9, LIKE...
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| 00:20:46 |
Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
THAT YOU AND I COULD CUT A BREAK -- CUT A GRAND BARGAIN. THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID TIME AND AGAIN THAT HE WANTS TO GO BACK TO THE 1993 RATES SENT BY BILL...
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| 00:22:09 |
Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
MIDDLE- CLASS, TEA PARTY MEMBERS THE ASKED TO PAY A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN A MITT ROMNEY? GUEST: I DO NOT THINK
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
THAT THAT IS FAIR. THIS IS WHY WE SUPPORT THE FLAT TAX. IT IS NOT ABOUT PAYING A FAIR SHARE. FAIRNESS IN AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEFINED AS TREATING EVERYONE...
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GOOD MORNING -- HOST: GEORGE, NEW CASTLE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: MY WIFE AND I ARE
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CALLER, -
ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND WE HAD SOME SAVINGS WITH INTEREST ON IT. THE PRESIDENT CAME ALONG AND SAVE GENERAL MOTORS, WHICH COST US $25,000, PLUS $150 PER...
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| 00:24:57 |
Casey, Libby - Host
TAKE YOUR SUGGESTION AND HEAR WHAT'S MATT KIBBE HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT. GUEST: WHAT THIS DOES TO
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
PEOPLE WITH FIXED INCOMES, LIVING OFF OF THEIR SAVINGS, IF I OF THE STAND THE CALLERS SITUATION, IT IS THAT WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY THAN YOU DO NOT HAVE,...
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| 00:25:57 |
Casey, Libby - Host
TODAY." "MYSTERY OF GOP SUPER DONOR." HOST: CAN YOU TELL US MORE
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Casey, Libby - Host
ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM AND IF IT IS ANY OF OUR BUSINESS? GUEST: WE DO NOT
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
TALK ABOUT OUR DONORS. I THINK THAT WILLIAM ROSE, ALONG WITH OUR 50,000 INDIVIDUAL DONORS, THEY WROTE THE OUR SUPERPAC WAS THE MOST DIVERSE. WE DO HAVE...
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CALLER, -
GUEST WOULD NOT BE HIDING SO MANY SECRETS FROM AMERICA, WHICH WE DO HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, SPECIFICALLY, WITH REGARDS TO THE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
HOST: RESPONSE? GUEST: YOU WILL BE
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
SHOCKED TO KNOW, ABSOLUTELY NOT. THE TEA PARTY ECOTOURISM'S, WE DO NOT JUDGE PEOPLE BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER....
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| 00:30:02 |
Casey, Libby - Host
KIBBE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FREEDOM WORKS. NEXT CALLER, HELLO. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
RONALD REAGAN LOWERED TAXES AND REVENUES FELL. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED HE RAISED TAXES SEVEN TIMES OR EIGHT TIMES, NOT AS MUCH AS HE CUT? . HE CALLED...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
GREAT QUESTION. IT IS NOT RATES TO GO UP AND DOWN, IT IS A RATE THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO INVEST. WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN DRAMATICALLY CUTTING RATES....
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| 00:32:09 |
Casey, Libby - Host
HOST: NEXT CALLER. CALLER: OUR INTEREST
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CALLER, -
RATES HAVE BEEN ARTIFICIALLY LOW. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP FROM GOING INTO DEFAULT IS GOING TO RISE DRASTICALLY. I WORRY THAT OUR LEADERSHIP DOES NOT...
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| 00:32:35 |
Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
AS I AM CONCERNED WE LAUNCHED OFF OF THE FISCAL CLIFF QUITE SOME TIME AGO. REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR, THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE DEBT SERVICING...
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| 00:33:42 |
Casey, Libby - Host
AT "THE WASHINGTON POST" AND WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS AT AGAIN. WHERE DOES FREEDOM WORKS FIT IN, IF YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE CORRIDORS WHERE...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
THE HOUSE AND SENATE, THE SO-CALLED FEE PARTY HAS LOST SOME IMPORTANT PEOPLE. BUT THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS LOCKED IN THE MAJORITY'S WITH A NET OF SEVEN...
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| 00:35:19 |
Casey, Libby - Host
THE AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION, YOU WROTE A PIECE LOOKING AT WHAT THE ELECTION MEANS. I THINK THAT THE TEA PARTY IS REPRESENTED IN WASHINGTON. YOU TALKED...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
MOVEMENT THE PROGRESSIVE -- FEDERAL LEVEL OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT HAS RULED OUT BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS. YET WHEN THEY RUN, THEY RUN ON OUR ISSUES, AGAINST...
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| 00:36:40 |
Casey, Libby - Host
THE PIECE THAT I MENTIONED BY MATT KIBBE. LET'S GO TO SHEFFIELD IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HEAR FROM ALLEN, JOINING US NOW.
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
GUEST: GOOD MORNING. -- CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS TEARGASSED. IF YOU WERE SO CONFIDENT -- CONFIDENT IN YOUR VIEW, YOU WOULD PUBLISH...
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Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
WE VOCIFEROUSLY OPPOSED WALL STREET. I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE VERY MOMENT THAT PUBLIC POLICY WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT IN THIS COMPANY. 700 BILLION BAILED...
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| 00:39:11 |
Casey, Libby - Host
LINKS, THIS RECENT PIECE IN ROLL-CALL SAYS THAT FREEDOM WORKS AS THE DIRECTION ITSELF AND THAT THE TEA PARTY MAY BE IN DANGER OF LOSING ITS MOST POWERFUL...
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| 00:39:50 |
Kibbe, Matt - President and CEO
CHALLENGES IN ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCED STRENGTH IN THE LONG RUN. WE HAD IT 122 PARTY LEADERS GATHERED LAST WEEKEND IN HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL THESE...
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| 00:40:41 |
Casey, Libby - Host
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FREEDOMWORKS. FREEDOMWORKS.ORG. . YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. NEXT, WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON IN EGYPT. STEVEN COOK FROM...
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NOON EASTERN, REPAIRING THE FIVE NETWORK TV TALK SHOWS BROUGHT TO YOU AS A PUBLIC- SERVICE FROM THE NETWORKS AND C- SPAN. THE FOCUS TODAY, THE SHOOTING...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.