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American recovery and reinvestment act passed the house and the senate. well, it was a big one. some think it should have been bigger. it was a $787 billion economic stimulus package that did create jobs. it's a fact. infrastructure, investment, and assistance to the unemployed in this country, it was definitely needed. and there is no debate. there's no debate here. the 2009 stimulus package pulled this country out of the great recession. now back then, both houses of congress were controlled by the democrats. i guess you could say a pretty good thing that was happening because if boehner wer...

Ubs. >> do you great deal that inequality is a problem? >> yes, it's getting worse. you would think they weren't in power. the fact is the democrats have the house and senate. they did a $787 billion stimulus plan, the cash for clunkers, all these things that didn't grow the economy. they exacerbated the problem. we have literally more than 66,000 federal workers on the federal payroll. the deficit has just exploded. the pope actually blamed income and equality, and rush limbaugh

The morning papers at the "army times." the government shutdown is forcing the benefits administration to begin closing its regional offices today. 7,000 employees will be furloughed, which means phone lines will be closed. officials say the shutdown may cause a delay in benefit payments for november. hospitals, clinic, and counseling centers will remain open. >> and "the new york times" rorpts puerto rico may be on the verge of a debt crisis worse than detroit. currently the territories racked up $87 billion in debt compared with $18 billion in detroit. that's about $23,000 of debt per person...

Talking and negotiating with the very person who has been giving all of the resources to syria in the first place. i hope that some time people will pay attention to the real problem with intervention is that we have a degraded military now. no one understanding this or believes it and yet i've been saying for 4 1/2 years. in his first budget he did away with our only fifth generation fighter, future combat system, the ground base interceptor. that was just one budget. since then, he's taken on his extended budget $487 billion out of the military. so i'm not the only one who knows that that is...

>> never thought i'd hear those words. mark, when john kerry ran for president people like pat buchanan and i were making fun of his "i voted for the $87 billion before i voted against it." now john kerry is saying the words that he pledged the syrian attack would be unbelievably small. huh? help me out with that. >> sure. >> who telegraphs that? >> americans are tired of war. it's been ten years and over a trillion dollars of taxpayer dollars spent. more importantly over 6,000 american lives lost. yes, is america reluctant to -- >> you're not answering my question. he telegraphed it would be ...