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Functionally illiterate. are the people in a position to even pull themselves up anymore after 30, 40 years of this sort of, you know, policies that they embrace? that's the bigger question in my mind. you can throw all the money at it you want. does it fix the fundamental problems? i don't think so. >> no, it doesn't. but it's no shock that the federal government and the white house are at least putting some money into this city. that would completely be expected. what is shocking are some of the payments made to retirees that weren't disclosed by the city pension. again, it's a bigger morass...

That we are hostage to another early bailout so that we can avoid other cities from rolling out with the same sort of problems, and this will ease people's fears that that's going to happen. what say you? >> may i go back to something that my good friend charles said? this is nota i progressive politics problem. this is a racial problem. this is the collapse of black urban underclass america. this is not to do with the unions or the companies. >> can i say something, ben? >> well, i'll just finish, and you can say whatever you want. this is the collapse of black family structure, the legacy of...

Discussion. that's just me. what do you think? >> i agree with everything that everyone said. >> neil: you are like switzerland. you are trying to get along with people. go ahead. >> on the one hand, all sors of students are wasting their time on college. on the other hand, the studies are clear that people with college education get ahead. we have a conundrum there. imagine being a parent watching this and saying maybe my kid should expect to college because o'or she will drink too much beer. but do you advise them not to? >> make them pay. decide before they go to college am i going to pay o...

>> yeah. >> we will chat after this. >> neil: ben, what do you think? >> i love online learning. incredibly great ideas. fabulous innovation in education. if you have a kid who is willing to study and learn and grow himself in to it you have a rare kid. such a kid can benefit greatly from a liberal arts university or engineering college. but for the rest of them who are there getting high all the time it's a colossal waste of money and drain on the taxpayers who have to eat the loss in the student loan program. online education for profit, online education is the wave of the future. >> neil: i...

However sloppily goes about it -- >> because they control taxes. absolutely. they can control taxes and hence -- the bottom line is, i think we need people like ted cruz out there to keep this in the forefront. and it's not a matter of defunding or whatever. it's the fact that we need people who are passionate about an idea and who force it, who keep that passion going. >> i say read the newspaper every day, and you can read about myriad failings in this plan day-by-day about layoffs, problems with the health exchanges. those are the facts, and that's why people don't like the health care law ...