. >> my name is david marcus. i am a resident of the neighborhood and have been for the last 12 years. i have three kids. they enjoyed the part and what the part is doing. across the board right now, i think that excellence is being evidenced in this decision. parks are a place for gardens, not for industrial efforts like the one we are talking about here for recycling. i think there are sound ideas on the table as to how that effort could be relocated elsewhere, and strongly encourage you to vote in favor of the plans being put forward. i think it is good for us all. thank you. >> my name is kathy bowen. i have lived in the haight ashbury for 10 years. i am also a public schoolteacher. i heard concern about the well- being of children. as a public schoolteacher, and a fierce advocate of our children. the recycling center an entity that is supporting making this planet a safer, cleaner place for our children. there is also educational programs. children have field trips there. i also support gardens. we have a gar

marcus. mark shields is away tonight. david, erskine bowles, i will not ask you any banana jokes to follow up on simpson but erskine bowles also said that the one thing this commission proves or now sets out is an adult conversation about the deficit. do you agree? >> i do agree. i think simpsons must save those up over the years. >> lehrer: he writes them down. >> i do think it has had an porn effect. obviously it is to the going to go in effect any time soon but in a number of ways, it expanded everybody time horizon so people are looking over debt problem over more than just five years. second it has had a huge affect on tax reform debate. they really put serious tax reform, sort of looks a little like 1986. and that debate has spread and i think that could come more quickly than people think, thereis a serious debate inside the white house about trying to do tax reform. there are serious moves inside the congress. so that i think was really given a boost. and then finally the cuts that were suggested are the sort of thing w

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