Page 121 - Worrying News Today

Everyone has been in a panic this week over americas impending fiscal collapse. but i think the reality is that america does not face an immediate debt crisis. take a look at the simplest indicator, the day that standard & poors raised its now famous warnings about americas debt. markets decided to lower americas borrowing costs and the dollar rose against its principal alternative, the euro. see, the real problem for america may well be that it does not face a short-term crisis. over the last f...

That and much more. but first heres my take. everyone has been in a panic this week over americas impending fiscal collapse. but i think the reality is that america does not face an immediate debt crisis. take a look at the simplest indicator, the day that standard & poors raised its now famous warnings about americas debt. markets decided to lower americas borrowing costs and the dollar rose against its principal alternative, the euro. see, the real problem for america may well be that it does ...

People. and i said something to him i believe even more strongly now at the top of my 20 minutes of remarks, i said to him i believe presidential politics needs to be about truth telling and educating the people and not about pandering. and if there was one basing idea that would help us to do what we need to do, it would be for the president to tell us the bitter truth. no politics, no worrying about the next election, but a truthful telling of where we are and the things we need to do in order...

At the top of my 20 minutes of remarks, i said to him i believe presidential politics needs to be about truth telling and educating the people and not about pandering. and if there was one basing idea that would help us to do what we need to do, it would be for the president to tell us the bitter truth. no politics, no worrying about the next election, but a truthful telling of where we are and the things we need to do in order to be in a place where were a sustainable america. >> and did he do ...

Sensational and not something people need to worry about. but, but, of course, when you hear this, you think -- im going to start worrying, right? but the issue is, should they be focusing on staph and figure out a way to get it out of the meat. its naturally in the meat. you an i have staph in our bodies, this is resistant to antibiotics, if it gets in your hands you could be in trouble. >> the prevention is washing your hands. >> prevention, washing your hands and some people use gloves when t...

You are sort of hard pressed to say are whats been the big explosion in spending here? this is what the republicans jump on, the reality was, there was an increased spending associated with the recession, unemployment benefits and programs like that because of the recession. there hasnt been this crazed rush of spending. there certainly are areas we could cut, and i would highlight the military budget. thats in the area, and president obama did propose some cuts, i would like to see more there. ...

Every $1 in tax increase. you are sort of hard pressed to say are whats been the big explosion in spending here? this is what the republicans jump on, the reality was, there was an increased spending associated with the recession, unemployment benefits and programs like that because of the recession. there hasnt been this crazed rush of spending. there certainly are areas we could cut, and i would highlight the military budget. thats in the area, and president obama did propose some cuts, i woul...

Every $1 in tax increase. you are sort of hard pressed to say are whats been the big explosion in spending here? this is what the republicans jump on, the reality was, there was an increased spending associated with the recession, unemployment benefits and programs like that because of the recession. there hasnt been this crazed rush of spending. there certainly are areas we could cut, and i would highlight the military budget. thats in the area, and president obama did propose some cuts, i woul...

Accept it. because it means we could continue government and get on with the business that were supposed to do. >> president obama went on the offensive today. i thought he had just a hell of a press conference. here he is saying what he thinks the american people are concerned about. >> theyre worrying about gas prices and thats what they want us worrying about. theyre worrying about jobs. thats what we should be focused on. theyre worrying about what -- everything happening in the middle east....

Very clearly they want $61 billion in cuts. the reality is that the president has proposed a reasonable approach to a continuing resolution. the democrats have signed on to that approach and the republicans would rather shut the government down than to accept a compromise that even im not happy with but id accept it. because it means we could continue government and get on with the business that were supposed to do. >> president obama went on the offensive today. i thought he had just a hell of ...