nike s release of those retroair jordan s. customers broke down a door in indiana. shots were fired in california. we ll talk about that. and the new company policy means that some volkswagen employees won t be getting work e-mails on their blackberries when they re off the clock. should other workplaces follow suit? it s our gut check on this friday. that s up next. the federal government s former money man is wanting the nation s skyrocketing debt poses the greatest threat to america s survival. he s challenging millions of americans to get online and take a fiscal iq quiz to literally separate fact from fiction about the nation s debt. david walker is the former u.s. comptroller general, founder of the comeback america initiative, the group that created the quiz. david, thanks for being with us. great to be with you. thanks for taking the quiz. i took the quiz. i got a 90. i got 100 on fiscal wisdom but 80 in fiscal knowledge. i have to brush up on that. but one question i d
fiscal irresponsibility in washington lock before it s fashionable. dave walker is the ceo of comeback america initiative. an organization that came out with a new quiz to test your fiscal iq. the results, they say, show republicans, democrats, independents and mega panelists and anchor men all have a lot to learn when it comes to a fiscal responsibility. in fact, surely everybody in america could learn a little bit more than they know today and dave, are you optimistic? look. i m optimistic because the american people are ahead of the politicians. they are absolutely disgusted with what is not being done now. if you look at the results of the quiz to date, people scored 49 on knowledge which is obviously failing. they scored 72 on wisdom, but on the really important questions, wanting to work across the aisle to get things done, even if the leadership doesn t want you to do it, recognizing that it s
it. it s been there for a year now, saved, and tom friedman was here a cup days ago why can t the president say let s go back to the blueprint and let s adopt it. the fact is neither simply bowles, nor the gang of six nor the super committee did anything beyond the beltway. while i agree there s a lot of positive things about simpson bowles, i don t think you want to go to the american people with a particular plan. i think you want to go to the american people with where we are, where we re headed, how we need to make tough choices, and provide illustrative examples. where do you see that happening? what steps would you take? first i think we have to recognize today that there s so many technologically capabilities available through the web, through social networks that just didn t exist in 1992. one of the things that comeback america initiative is going to
you had to love yesterday john mccain, going after the president for showing no leadership, he starts talking about hobbits and middle earth when talking about the republican freshmen. this was john of mccain of old, back swinging at both sides. when we played that clip earlier all i could think of is welcome back senator mccain. this is senator mccain we re familiar with from several years ago taking on both sides, acting very independently, the maverick has returned. he s returned. why don t we talk about who s around the table. it s funny, i was just going to do that. with us in new york the president of americans for tax reform grover norquist. your name is becoming a verb and a noun and a concept and we ll ask you about that. former u.s. comp controller general and head of the government accountability office david walker back with us, founder and ceo of the comeback america initiative. we also have with us for this conversation the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence
you had to love yesterday john mccain, going after the president for showing no leadership, he starts talking about hobbits and middle earth when talking about the republican freshmen. this was john of mccain of old, back swinging at both sides. when we played that clip earlier all i could think of is welcome back senator mccain. this is senator mccain we re familiar with from several years ago taking on both sides, acting very independently, the maverick has returned. he s returned. why don t we talk about who s around the table. it s funny, i was just going to do that. with us in new york the president of americans for tax reform grover norquist. your name is becoming a verb and a noun and a concept and we ll ask you about that. former u.s. comp controller general and head of the government accountability office david walker back with us, founder and ceo of the comeback america initiative. we also have with us for this conversation the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence