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Highest for any developing country in the world today. that is a high number. the u.s. comparable number is 350%. but, remember, the u.s. per capita income today is that of china. so, adjusted for that, i would say chinas debt problem today is more than that of the u.s. >> how do you feel about the u.s.? >> that is the way i end this book, which is i travel the world and i come to the conclusion that the u.s. is not such a bad place. it really feels increasingly as the best house in a bad neighb...

Today. it is a really high number. the u.s. comparable number is 350%. but, remember, the u.s. per capita income today is that of china. so, adjusted for that, i would say chinas debt problem today is more worrisome than that of the u.s. >> how do you feel about the u.s.? >> that is the way i end this book, which is i travel the world and i come to the conclusion that the u.s. is not such a bad place. it really feels increasingly as the best house in a bad neighborhood. and especially in the dev...

Actually, exodus 20:13, you are encouraging people to get out and your organization, you say, will help them get out, offering support. maybe even career counseling as well. and certainly, abbey, johnson, very strong charges you have leveled at planned parenthood. well continue to reach out to them for the other side of the story. but thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> the budget debate rages on here in washington. but one republican governor has his own eyes to get the economy back on t...

President. i mean, what do you think? >> i think he deserves a tremendous amount of credit, reverend. this is a big move. its a bold move. its a format that can really begin discussions and lead us to a grand bargain and if anybody doesnt think that we need to resolve this debt problem now, todays jobs numbers should lead us to know that its going to straighten us out. its going to cause him to lead with his own caucus. the progressive left of our party and congress in the senate has got to be w...

Not happening yet and we have at the same time the incredible income inch quality issue. whatever you think about the tax cuts, when you have a middle class that doesnt have the economic oomph, thats a numbers problem. we need to get the middle class -- helping the middle class will help the overall growth picture, which will help the debt problem, which is significant, well come to a point where the debt is eating into our economy. but not as far as most people think. it is an issue. >> the onl...

Ceiling negotiations in the summer of 2011, john boehner saying in effect the president played loosesy and -- lucy and yanked football and was not keeping his word on obligations he said he would undertake. i wonder if joe biden going back to offer a at this time for at that time argument? would be interesting to for reporters would follow up. what were the five occasions? what were the specific deals and how did republicans back out at them? bill: what date did it happen and what did republican...

Creating jobs fast enough, that you have to invest in strategies to create jobs, number one. and number two, we have a debt problem which is substantial and growing unless we deal with it. the only way you can do that is to have the kind of balance that we had, frankly, at the end of president clintons two terms in office where you had a balance between the investment of the revenues youre putting into the system and, secondly, that you had the spending levels which we have to bring down to get ...

Residents. they paid themselves inflated salaries of up to $100,000 a year in the city of 36,000 people where one in four people live below the poverty line. forgot the fourth of july. the air force academy is canceling its annual celebration of the military officials are blaming the sequester. its usually in colorado, featuring games, music and fireworks. a director from the academy says they have to look for ways to save money because of the budget. >> brian: theyre going to roll footage of ...

If the sequester stays in youve got over 3 1/2 trillion dollars of deficit reduction already so we dont have an immediate crisis in terms of debt. in fact for the next ten years its in sustainable place. >> we do not have an immediate debt crisis, but we all know we have one looming. >> greta: turns out a majority of americans disagree with the president and the speaker of the house. a new poll showing, a fox poll, that 68% of americans describe the national debt as an immediate problem. only 27...

If the sequester stays in youve got over 3 1/2 trillion dollars of deficit reduction already so we dont have an immediate crisis in terms of debt. in fact for the next ten years its in sustainable place. >> we do not have an immediate debt crisis, but we all know we have one looming. >> greta: turns out a majority of americans disagree with the president and the speaker of the house. a new poll showing, a fox poll, that 68% of americans describe the national debt as an immediate problem. only 27...