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Some combination of that and as i understand it that the stimulus program that the democrats and president obama pushed and got passed in february of 09 is one where because they went farther into debt essentially that they could create more jobs and there would be more tax revenue to overcome the imbalance of what we spend in terms of what we take in. is that a fair assessment of their ideology. >> that is exactly what they were thinking and really any kind of stimulus whether, it is true spend...

One day you say we are exceptional country. next day sarkozy and france take the lead. who are you? are you a milk toast guy or tough guy? >> other problem. he has laid claim to awful these issues, health care, stimulating the economy, replacing oil with other sources, liberating the middle east. humanitarian response in libya. and as they go wrong. >> bill: none of them really work. >> then is he on the hook for all of them. coal lip pauls line is the most important here. you break it, you own ...

One day you say we are exceptional country. next day sarkozy and france take the lead. who are you? are you a milk toast guy or tough guy? >> other problem. he has laid claim to awful these issues, health care, stimulating the economy, replacing oil with other sources, liberating the middle east. humanitarian response in libya. and as they go wrong. >> bill: none of them really work. >> then is he on the hook for all of them. coal lip pauls line is the most important here. you break it, you own ...

Billion dollar stimulus program and one could cynically look at that as a buy out, but we wont be so cynical. but do you think that could could be contain problems there and in yemen, bahrain and syria, would that be enough? as long as it tonight include saudi arabia to keep it lid on it? >> well, in particular because these states that are having the problems are not very large oil producers, other than libya, and syria is not a major oil producer, not anymore, and so, as long as thats out ther...

So to speak, is the federal reserve and treasury department trashing the dollar. you cannot have a weak currency and get a real recovery. its never happened in discovery. if you take the gold prices on proxy. if thats up, employment goes up and the economy goes down the this is a key reason why the recovery is weak. it encourages currency speculation, encourages commodity speculation, sends capital overseas. its a weak dollar, huge, huge drain. >> it was a clear strategic decision as a way to --...

Ability to investigate, and i know youve talked about investigating everything from wikileaks, to afghan aid, to fannie mae, to the stimulus program and the bank bailout, all of it. let me ask you something about what you said on rush limbaughs program of president obama. hes been one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times. what did you mean? >> well, first of all, i walked back from that very quickly as a misstatement. the corrosive or corrupting influence of loose money in washington d...

But, things are tight. right now. we have been going as far as indiana and arkansas looking at work. >>reporter: the media progress moses is not cheery with folks not knowing if there will be construction jobs in the near future. you have her criticism of the stimulus program all over today, regarding republicans saying it did not work. and this is a republican area but dont criticize this bridge project and here for a couple of reasons. this brenham was very badly needed in this area. and folks...

Right? 1700 small breweries in the united states. >> 1689 to be exact. >> 5% of the business, 5% of the total beer production is small brewers but were 50% of the job. >> because youre small businesses, you know accident were talking about local businesses. at the local level. >> big impact on our local communities. big impact on the local economy bringing in tourism and retail dollars and even helping for us local farmers. >> i read a harvard study that said that if they enacted this law, this ...

That number, 60 billion dollars, about the interest on the stimulus program, the 852 billion dollars could have had strings attached to it, should have had strings attached much like the aid we put out in the stimulus, should have had strings when we loaned it to companies and banks, its not just 60 billion dollars, its here, you have money for whatever you want to use it for and they did. >> well, jonas, maybe we should better call it a bribe, not an investment. >> yeah, i think people get mad ...

Hampshire, in those states based far less on real estate and the question i have now, eric, if the government decides to give them relief, you know, on money owed back to the government, will that be with strings attached? or, spending cuts need to be attached to the relief. >> that is a great question, if you listen to the answer governor palin said. there were no strings attached and there should have been fat strings attached and that was the problem. we have begin the states, we, taxpayers, ...