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Are in fact the cheap obstacles to fixing our system. they continue to put their short-term gains in quarterly bonus pool ahead of the american investor, the american homeowner, and the american economy. we're joined now by congressman brad miller, who has a plan to keep this from happening any longer. representative miller, it is a pleasure to see you. >> thank you. >> if i understand this correctly, myself as a homeowner and the primary owner of a mortgage, that we both have an interest in reducing my housing payment, but the big banks won't let us do it. is that correct? >> that's right. it...

I'm not sure what their position is. but, again, it may be that we can't have, make an omelet over the foreclosure mess until we break some eggs. that means making the banks unhappy. it's true the treasury department has been reluctant to make banks unhappy the way they need to. >> how am i supposed to get rich as a banker i have i have to do what's right sf. >> maybe you can get just ordinarily rich. just not overly rich. >> i can still have a nice car, right? >> yes, and a nice suit. >> congressman miller, thank you for the interview. thank you for tolerating my joking this afternoon. i thin...

We haven't mentioned that yet. and also to make sure we don't have another crisis like this again in five or ten years. >> representative miller, appreciate your time and efforts to bring back fairness in this country. eliot spitzer sits with us. what's the greatest barrier for any white knight from either side of the aisle that would like to add real reform to this legislation. >> right now the third route which is the one we want to pursue is the desired route. if republicans broke ranks, what would be pushed through would be an inadequate bill. in a bizarre way we want to force a debate bec...

Representative miller, by why has your party had such a tough time convincing members of its own party and the public of what you just said? >> this is a very large bill. it's very dramatic in the kinds of changes that we have to make if we're going to get efficiencies, if we're going to cover 35 million people, if we're going to bring cost savings to this legislation and expand benefits and get rid of the insurance abuses that go on every day in american families' lives. those are controversial. the insurance companies aren't without resources. many parts of the medical community are not with...

Care? >> the money comes from the federal government. goes through the community development block grant which targets those cities that have higher unemployment, have suffered through this economy, have high unemployment rates locally and it is a very efficient, probably the most cost efficient way to create these jobs. these are the jobs that hold our communities together. the health clinics, the health inspectors, food safety people, police, fire, this is what allows the civil side of america to exist in our communities. they are being ravaged by the budgets at the state level and local lev...