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That was a decade ago. i think there is like consistent of objective analysis by the congressional budget office that shows that program worked well. the important insight here is that pretty much the only response you can expect from administration like this is going to be like cutting taxes as oppose to more direct. i offer a quicker acting more effective stimulus program. it has not done any of the things i promised. >> why would the administration be thinking about this? jared, i am not an economist, the fact that just because of the length of this expansion, one has to think about a reces...

>> the bottom line is, i know you like me. you had no choice to vote for me because you're 401 k. down the tubes. everything is down the tubes. whether you love me or hate me, you got to vote for me. >> needless to say that needs a little fact-checking. >> joining me now is our former economic adviser, jared bernste bernstein. there is a lot to deal with here. we are ten years and two months into an expansion thinking people would say recession comes, we have not beaten them but the idea that one would come and a president and an administration dealing with it.

Not only dysfunction, but a kind of political pathology that is diply rooted. >> and to professor dieson's point, jared, republicans have spent the past two years crying about the deficit. you know about the deficit better than anybody. the president said, the deficit has been going down faster than in any point in 60 years. but we know the deficit is no longer an issue for republicans. the deficit is what happens on tuesday when people can get affordable health care. >> look, the deficit is falling actually too quickly, from my perspective. that is, the fact that the fiscal policy is kind of ...

Msnbc political analyst, professor michael eric dyson. and msnbc contributor, jared bernste bernstein, who is, of course, from the center on budget and policy priorities. and former adviser to the vice president. jared, if i might begin with you, did it not strike you that when the president was speaking, it was obvious that he had learned a hard lesson from 2011 when he involved himself in a negotiation with speaker boehner that went nowhere, and when republicans caused the credit rating of this nation to be downgraded, the aggression in his voice today seemed to me to suggest that he has had...

High-profile media campaigns featuring dueling op-eds. to talk about we have jared bernste bernstein, and cnbc contributor ron ensana. good to see both of you. >> good morning. >> all of this politicking, the fed's supposed to be apolitical, the white house doesn't like the vetting process to be public. why, jared, has this gotten so wild? >> well, i'm sure from the white house perspective, that's a great question. this is not at all the fight they want to have right now. i think it's gotten wild because the president himself came out fairly strongly suggesting even though it's not been comple...