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Ultimate price. has this become a war that americans would prefer to consign to distant memory? hi, martin. well, i think the short answer is, yes. i also very much appreciate your introduction and starting with remembering our veterans. because i think rather than this being seen as a day to commemorate either a victory or defeat, it s a day to commemorate the service of so many. because as you say, the cost has been enormous and the costs are right before us. the costs have largely already been paid. the benefits, which i hope will ultimately be substantial, are nonetheless very fragile. or provisional. a new iraqi government, which at least is not run by a hussein family member but nonetheless is hardly a stable democracy, for example, and may or may not be contributing to the peace of the broader region. whatever benefits we re going to have from the iraq war are hypothetical in terms of what saddam hussein might have done ....
That sounds to me like voodoo economics. certainly it is, martin. you really only have to hear from two people to know how silly this budget is. the chairman of the appropriations committee is very, very concerned about the cuts in the budget. much too severe particularly on education and children s programs. a new member who s a darling of the tea party said his growth projecti projections, paul ryan s growth projections which he uses to get the balance are much too optimist optimistic. so here you have two republicans who are very much concerned about deficit reduction who say this budget won t do it. okay, congressman. as you know, house democrats are also out with their budget. joining senate democrats in calling for more revenue as well as spending to create jobs. but paul ryan didn t seem too optimistic about this this morning. take a listen to what he said. all the democratic budgets have one theme. more taxes, higher spending, never balancing the budget. if you look at th ....