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Its about millions of americans who didnt have health care and that worked. if you look at the stimulus program, that was about getting the american economy moving but there were a lot of measures in there that were particularly about lifting up some of the poorest people in the heart that things can actually be achieved and that when you see the chance -- >> as we keep going. you know, its funny you say that because dr.president, president obama took office amid economy with a stimulus and auto...

If you pay cash they will gave gallon of regular for $1.42 a gallon and its going down. its the biggest and best stimulus program in years for the american economy. thats what it is. martha: who benefits from this? >> the biggest beneficiary is the airlines because a big chunk of their cost is jet fuel. outfuel is way way down, so airline profits go way way. so now we have the beginning of a slippage in airline prices. discounts fair prices in part because of the much lower yet fuel prices. i th...

It had a lot of good programs, far-reaching programs. they got outspun by the republicans and they didnt talk about the successes. they didnt market it right. they gave tax breaks to americans and nobody knew they got a tax break from stimulus. i would have sent out a letter signed by tim geithner saying here is your check from president obamas tax cut as part of the stimulus program. they have done a good job in many areas. you outlined it well. the economy is doing great. interest rates are lo...

Infrastructure. it had a lot of good programs, far-reaching programs. they got outspun by the republicans and they didnt talk about the successes. they didnt market it right. they gave tax breaks to americans and nobody knew they got a tax break from stimulus. i would have sent out a letter signed by tim geithner saying here is your check from president obamas tax cut as part of the stimulus program. they have done a good job in many areas. you outlined it well. the economy is doing great. inter...

Experimentation as roosevelt did, that has a cost, too. employers cant decide. >> ultimately essentially with world war ii, it really got us back to where we were in terms of unemployment. isnt that basically a massive government stimulus program? >> thats what my mother told me, and your mother told you. newer economic work, since we grew up, suggests that massive spending is like a transfusion with a sick person. in the short term it makes them feel a lot better. but if the disease, the wound ...

Stimulus program. the veterans are not a top priority. it doesnt matter what he says. look at what he does. lets be clear about this president and the left. the fact of the matter is theyre more focused on building monuments to themselves than they are in managing everything. obama wants to be remembered as the monument builder. he doesnt want to be remembered for and he doesnt care about the particulars of actually managing government. we got a combination here that is really troublesome for th...

Years. >> right. jon: and, you know, within a couple of years the economy had roared back, growth, economic growth was up over 6%. we seem to be stuck in, i mean, malaise is a good word for it. jimmy carter made that malaise speech, but economically we are in a malaise right now, mercedes. >> thats right. i mean, i think that for president reagan it was about rebuilding or restoring the self-confidence of america. something that president obama has failed to do. we saw president reagans economic...

Tensions. the conditions here are very, very different. last year the north tested this multistate throughout intercontinental potential and then conducted a nuclear test. what we have here is very different. its that very short-range scud missile test. its designed to send a message not likely going into north korean waters, not likely to cause any significant rise in militar military tensions. back to you. >> kristie, thanks so much. janet yellen is testifying before the senate banking commi...

Thats what he wants. hes distracting attention here. larry summers was one of the architects of the failed stimulus program on its fifth anniversary of failure up he comes with this article suggesting were a downton abbey economy, going to destroy the rich. >> he was secretary of treasury. what kind of job did he do? we were told the stimulus will keep unemployment under 8%. it took four years for it to eventually dive nose under that. you know what is interesting about the show "downton abbey" ...

Successfully was to be calm at the beginning during the campaign, he projected a sense of continuity and wisdom beyond his years and beyond his station and he continued that with the -- with the stimulus program. and it was helpful. we have borrowed or spent $10 trillion in the last decade to try to dig ourselves out of whats been going on. for being level headed and doing what he could get done. >> i think nobody wants to play the dozens with you because you know how to deliver that