If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.

We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates.

You know, there are people making a lot of money in this country who can actually afford their own health care. We are in a situation where we got a safety net in place in this country for people who frankly don't need one. We got to focus on making sure we got a safety net for those who actually need it.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

I want what I want when I want it.

We believe very strongly that you stop that denial of coverage by promoting choice. Let people make the decisions.

We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the programs in Medicaid, that we can actually get to a better result and do what most Americans are learning how to do, which is to do more with less.