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Both parties can share the blame on the deficit spending. the deficit as you know is the highest in history. right now this can can hardly be deemed a surprise. weve had a failed stimulus bill. we knew this was coming and what we republicans in the house say is it ought to be offset. thats what the senate democrats are saying. thats why the senate left town without extending unemployment much insurance. were somewhat in agreement with them that it ought to be offset before we do it. >> give me a...

Interest tere prices. do you hire people in those circumstances. no you cutback,. megyn: what about the stimulus, for example, that was $800 billion dolled out to businesses. you see the signs your stimulus dollars at work wasnt that supposed to turn this around. >> reporter: the president says it is working, it is not. im sorry to contradict the president directly but it is not working. we were promised if we spent the near trillion dollars the unemployment rate would be held to 8%. wrong its g...

Like to do business. unfortunately theres a long tradition in both parties. >> neil: youre going to vote yes. youre going to do it. >> the important thing is im going to vote for it because i want to get the fund to the troops. i want to make sure general petraeus has resources he needs to accomplish the mission. im supportive of what were doing in afghanistan and i want to make sure secretary gates points out we dont put impediments in terms of getting the money in the pipeline. i agree on -- >...

Both parties can share the blame on the deficit spending. the deficit is the highest in history. r right now this can can hardly be deemed a surprise. we had a failed stimulus bill. we knew this was coming. what we republicans this the house say is ought to be offset. thats what senate democrats are saying. thats why the senate left town without extending unemployment benefits. we were in agreement with some of them that it ought to be offselt before we do it. >> give me an array of programs tha...

Balance which is very difficult now. very tenuous balance between ending stimulus, remember here in the united states and around the world, stimulated by pouring a lot of money into the economy. thats ending. in fact, the presidents stimulus program is now going to be soon running out and it will be the end of that. and how do you not tip things over? how do you keep that going? how do you keep the growth going without overheating and it is a balance between a stimulus and, lets say, fiscal disc...

Sentences. they obviously did not deserve or qualify for the home buyer tax credit. in fact many cases it was a tax preparer who helped them do it. there was $17 million who went to people who had bought homes before the stimulus program even began. so they didnt qualify for it. and 34 people were irs lemployes who scammed the system for the first-time home buyer tax credit. basically tax credits for people who had no business applying for or getting tax credits. a previous inspector-general rep...

I think right now the situation being as volatile as it is we need to be careful. >> another big debate happening here in washington that would affect every governor around the country is the debate over spending and whether the federal government should step in and try to help the states more. there was a big stimulus program early in the obama administration. the administration now wants something thats quite smaller in terms of the price tag but still says that states are in this recession, s...

It doesnt remove the hurt or the grief. these things are still terrible. but with a sense that god is good and god is in charge at the end of the day, it helps people. i send this book to people in deep trouble, something to grab on to. the remarkable thing is the men and i have met every other monday for over 20 years. i think this book will help people who have tragedy and people who are searching, because we all ask the big questions in life from time to time. >> rick: i hope people will read...

York. manhattan rates are high but its 10 grand. she is far and away of paying a bit more for this. >> she is the speaker. >> liz: is this significant, make toog big of a deal or something of importance? >> this is a federal office building. if she doesnt pay for it, the taxpayers pay for it. she writing a check, taxpayer money to go in an account for the taxpayers who own the office building. is if it stood empty we are losing $18,000 a year. the fact of the matter is -- >> so its a stimulus pr...

He didnt do anything else to call us to service as then-senator obama did. >> of course, he did. >> now the president has a multifaceted approach to dealing with. this he has got people coming into the gulf. he is asking people to come and volunteer and he is asking them to help the very serious problem that the local fishermen, the local shopkeepers, the local restaurant owners are facing and that is their economy is dying. he is asking people to come help with that as well. it is part of a bro...