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Final. the fighting rages on. >> why does obama keep talking about the stimulus? look at all the spending in this bill. this ethanol is just the tip of the iceberg. they are loading all kinds of spending into this bill. thats why obamas calling it stimulus. hes getting effectively what hes getting here is second stimulus bill. in exchange for the republicans going along with this know of keeping tax rates the same. >> the president: the issue is not whether i think that the tax cuts for the weal...

We all want growth. growth is the key. we want sustainable growth. the question is, how can we promote growth? in europe we believe you cant promote growth without restoring confidence in the physical stability of some of our members. that is the question. we call it consolation growth friendly. what does it mean? it means the different positions of member states of our country, and also it should be more addressed to reduced expenditure than to world revenue. >> would you call it stimulus, thou...

Get people working on transportation infrastructure projects. ed henry live at the white house. stimulus was the dreaded s word on capitol hill for a long time. will the presidents new plan fly? >> well, gretchen, its going to be a hard sale for republicans. you know that. its part of the presidents new budget that will be unveiled in about a week. hes going to turn away from deficit reduction, go to government spending. he doesnt call it stimulus, spending but instead calls it investment. infra...

It could be used, just add up the things that republicans have said will create jobs if the government would just spend money on it and just start there. you dont have to call it a jobs program, you dont have to call it stimulus if you dont want to, just start there. all their bridges and road building projects that would create jobs, approve it. yes, every program they lobby for that is a national program that would create jobs and help the economy, approve it, even if they are only asking for ...

Lets knock him for giving it. >> bill: i dont knock him for giving money but what the organizations do with the money he gives them is pretty vicious. >> we have all this secrecy on the right. we dont know what the chamber of commerce. we dont know where the foreign money is coming. lets have transparency. >> bill: this is what your tombstone is going to read. here lies alan colmes justifies bad behavior by pointing to bad behavior. >> double standard hope you come to the funeral. >> bill: when ...

Very much. good seeing you. >> thank you. >> a democrat who supports what the president is doing wholeheartedly. that is more spending. ohio congressman dennis kucinich joining me on the phone. the president refusing to call it stimulus at all. sounds like a duck and laying itself out as a duck, it is a duck, right, it is stimulus, right? >> well, we better stimulate this economy. there is 15 million americans out of work, you know that. >> so the stimulus, what the president is talking about is...

>> neil: we do not know the economists with whom the speaker was speaking but it was probably not peter, who says extending benefits makes things worse. explain. >> i went to school for eight years and i took some is hundred hours of economics from 30 or 40 professors, liberals, conservatives, not one ever said to me unemployment benefits were the most important form of stimulus that you can have. history shows us whenever weve had long recessions, extending unemployment benefits encourage peopl...

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