CSPAN Washington This Week December 20, 2014
Budget for the year. The highway trust fund. There are a number of things that have been fixed, patched, for a couple years at a time. When you look at the big picture, that is what is happening in the big picture. So one could say, all right, maybe we can keep doing this, pushing things off. I think all of us have alluded to why this is different. I want to see if i can summarize. The demographics are different. In 1994, you had a favorable demographic scenario in the short term. The baby boomers were in peak earning years. And it was a much smaller elderly population. Now the boomers are pus...