Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100205:18:05:00
I think he truly understands the need for jobs. we're trying to get everybody to look at the scale right now. remember what happened in japan. in the '90s, they would spend a little bit. when things got -- they got a few green shoots around the edge, they would stop spending. that went on for a whole decade. >> you saw the size of the deficit in his proposed budget. that kind of deficit environment, how do you get them to buy off on as large a program as you're talking? >> first of all, we don't have a short-term deficit problem in this country. we have a mid-term or long-term deficit problem ...