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Busines community because they recognize the olitical jujitsu. >> is it going to stop the democrats? been veryhem who hae g we needut it, sayin to keep the 2003 tax rates. is this obama proposal going to stop that? >> no, and heres why. the president and those who support his latest proposals have two problems, and remember the proposals are more than tax cuts. he put forward $50 billion in new stimulus spending in new infrastructure projects, he calls them. heres the problem. number one, stimul...

Got a decent education. >> the president outlined his latest plan to fix a broken economy, including a business tax credit a payroll tax holiday, extending middle class tax cuts, and spending $50 billion on new infrastructure projects. senator sherrod brown got a shoutout at the beginning of the presidents speech. its good to see you. thank you for joining me, senator. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> we have two very opposing view, one from your fellow ohioan, john boehner, one from the presi...

Pictures, 24/7. as campaign season sicks off, president obama is hitting the road to unveil some new proposals to try to jump start the u.s. economy and create some needed jobs. mr. obama is about to head off to a labor day event in milwaukee where hell announce a $50 billion plan to invest in the nations roads, theral way -- railways and the air force. mike emanuel traveling with the president is in milwaukee and how will this infrastructure proposal work? >> reporter: well, gregg, essentiall...

Republicans for opposing just about everything the president proposed? >> there was a better way. there was a bipartisan approach to health care that was rejected. there was a $450 billion stimulus package that cut taxes and helped the unemployed and did infrastructure projects. they rejected this approach and went hard to the left and have nothing to show for their efforts but bigger government and more debt. there was a better way. they chose not to go that way. now they own this agenda that i...

Particularly on infrastructure projects, are so long that it wont do anything before the end of the year or even in 2011. maybe well see something by the end of 2011, but remember, much of the stimulus that was earmarked for infrastructure has not yet been spent. in fact, only 18 mibillion or 1 billion was actually spent. so we still have money in the pipeline d to to help the elficit when it wont do anything real soon sden help right n. >> theres been a lot of discussion, peter, in the last wee...

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