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Years? >> well, no, i think the state and local department of transportation officials work very hard with the resources that they have to try to keep our bridges as best that they can. i'm assuming you're referring to the stimulus, $787 billion. i recall about 3% of that only ended up going to infrastructure projects. a lot of that was for a little bit of deferred maintenance, which is considered relatively minor, like replacing a guardrail, things like that. but really, as president obama noted, there really aren't any shovel-ready infrastructure projects that are all ready to go but lack fu...

Tracks. would he need to spend more to get this economy going. listen to the president. >> we still have too many ports that aren't equipped for today's world commerce. we have still got too many rail lines that too slow and clogged up. we have still got too many roads that are in disrepair and too many bridges that are not safe. we don't have to accept that for america. we can do better. we can build better. in a time of tight budgets, we have got to do it in a way to make sure that taxpayer dollars are spent wisely. >> alisyn: that was the president's what was touted as new plan as a port in...

To know about the duck again taila? >> no, this is what we want to get rid of. >> sean: there are so many billions that are poured down the sewer just like the 787 billion dollar stimulus debacle. >> it's at the margins until we deal with entitlement reforms, let's be honest. >> sean: how about we get a new president and a new senate. that would be a start. dana lash, i got it down pat. >> thank you, sean. >> sean: and coming up next, president obama took time out of his busy schedule to fill out march madness brackets. he continues to break the law, he has yet to submit his >> with hotwire's ...

To know about the duck again taila? >> no, this is what we want to get rid of. >> sean: there are so many billions that are poured down the sewer just like the 787 billion dollar stimulus debacle. >> it's at the margins until we deal with entitlement reforms, let's be honest. >> sean: how about we get a new president and a new senate. that would be a start. dana lash, i got it down pat. >> thank you, sean. >> sean: and coming up next, president obama took time out of his busy schedule to fill out march madness brackets. he continues to break the law, he has yet to submit his budget. and karl r...

Unless you go into a specialty. that is why we have a shortage of primary care physicians because everybody is going into specialties. >> and there are 48 million seniors that rely on medicare. since medicare money, $787 billion was diverted or stolen, depending on your point of view, from medicare to pay for obamacare, a lot of physicians are saying, you know what, i can't afford it anymore. the reimbursements are awful, i'm not going to take anybody on medicare. >> 8 million people -- you have more need for health care and that is definitely a problem. >> gregg: here a recent article that i ...