never saw that with george clinton, -- bill clinton and george bush. are there threats against his life or putting officers in overtime. this is part of his plan to create royalty in your office or his office and i think the budget has to put a stop to that. realize where this city is going, off the cliff financially and this commission should understand that starting now with the new chief. i thank you for your time. >> welcome back. >> good evening. i'm barry toronto. been a while since i have been here, but i thought it would be a good time because i have another meeting here this afternoon and i wanted to welcome the new chief. i think chief suhr, it's telling when the chief doesn't come with a whole bunch of bodyguards and shakes your hand right away. that's a good sign, not just for the officers, but the citizens of san francisco and the bay area. a good sign and ought to take that note. so, it means that if you have a problem or concern, he will at least talk with you and that didn't happen with his predecessors, i'm sorry. but i do want to say,

over in prince george's county, clinton and andover, 46 degrees. 47 just to the north up in gaitherburg, maryland. and aspen hill. so at least the temperatures are okay. you can see to the north, the white. that's the snow, and even some pink there. snow and rain mix as that storm system moves away. but there is a we can system that will move through tonight and for the day tomorrow. and so that's why i've got clouds for at least part of our weekend. our temperature will drop to 43 degrees by 11:00 p.m. so chilly, sprinkly kind of evening for us. some spritzes and even light showers are expected saturday. and sunday is looking much better. we'll talk about how warm sunday is going to be, and really how, well, i dare to use the word "hot." it could be hot next week, compared to how the last couple of weeks have been. barbara? >> i don't mind you using the word "hot." i'm ready for that. thanks, veronica. we'll talk to you again. >>> today's clearing weather may be a good thing for the cherry blossom festival. the national park service predicts the peak bloom will end today. that's when 7

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president clinton, $5.7 trillion. george w. bush and two wars nearly doubling it. $10.7 trillion. and president obama, the stimulus, and we've topped $14 trillion. so close to that ceiling. so, what does congress do now? david kerley is live from washington. david? >> reporter: good evening, david. raising the debt ceiling is usually routine. ten times in the past decade. but tea party republicans say they won't vote for it unless they get a serious commitment to more spending cuts. this, after they just reached that agreement on friday to fund the government. but as we learned, that was just round one. coming off his budget deal victory lap, president obama will try to grab the mantle of budget cutter in chief. in a speech wednesday night, he'll lay out plans to slash the deficit, even willing to cut medicare and medicaid. but his top adviser said today his cuts can't hurt the economic recovery. >> i think if they're not careful, yes, it could. that's where the president said, we can't take a machete, it has to be a skal pl. >> reporter: on the table from the president? spending

foundation of next year's election, and joining me today to make sense of it all, abc's george will, alice rivlin. bill clinton'smer budget director who worked closely on medicare overhaul with congressman paul ryan. matthew dowd. former chief political strategist for george w. bush and president obama's close friend, massachusetts governor, deval patrick, his new book is called "a reason to believe." thank you all for joining me today. good morning to you all. george, the president came out and presented his vision. the battle is enjoined, as we saw. is this a beginning to a great compromise to where this country needs to be? >> i don't think so. not yet. he didn't present an alternative budget. i can't, in 40 years, remember a president submitting a budget and saying two months later, oh, never mind. a mulligan, in effect. in effect. he has not presented other than a critique of paul ryan's budget. both parties are clearly making a wager, the republicans wagering that the american people mean what they say and it's different this time. the president's party is wagering that they don't. that they are still rhet

continuing the policies of bush go shoot basically continue the policies of clinton clinton who continued the policies of george herbert walker bush you see congress with an eleven percent approval rating the government is discredited and these big mega monopolies are becoming discredited and so you have many of rupert murdoch's ventures imploding or falling on their face you have many of the old established mint liberal publications floundering around also losing readers to the internet but we are in a very dangerous area of history right now because the system still has a lot of power and has the incentives now try to discredit and begin to carve away and shut down the free internet as we have known it because that level playing field is allowing true diversity a true spectrum of ideas and debate to take place and it's expanding people's awareness and giving people more options you know it's like going back decades ago when you couldn't go to a grocery store and buy organic food but slowly as people demanded it now you go to a major grocery store more than half the vegetables and fruits and other foods are or

from the first bush to clinton to george w.bush, to barack obama, americans have been told they are at war because al qaeda and its allies are motivated by hatred for our liberty, way of life, and democratic institutions. this is a palpable, lethal line. we are being attacked because of our elites half-century record of relentless intervention in the muslim world. it is in a candidate impact of 50 years of interventionism that we find the main motivation of americans islamist enemies as well as the principal organizational glue that provide the unity to the movements always fragile cohesion. the islamist motivation is to be found in the perception of u.s. foreign policy as an attack on the islamist region and its followers. this is a view that is held not only by those carrying ak-47s, but extensive polling by reliable western pollsters is reliable. binary 80% of all muslims worldwide, young and old, moderate, milton, men and women, now no america must accept the islamist indictment of the anti-muslim and 10th of u.s. foreign p

let's go back 20 years. 1991, there was a sense among democrats that george bush was strong, a ward 0, unbeatable, and it took a clinton from the outside to do this. obama is strong, and they are overestimating how strong he is, but look at the unemployment number. it went down, and it looks like we are at the beginning of a self sustaining recovery, which means that if you look into next year, he will be strong on election day. second, the republicans have a strong young bench. marco rubio, nikki haley, chris christie, paul ryan, but they all look like they will be candidates in 2016. a little bit presumptuous, a little bit young. that is why everybody sort of hesitated and looking around --- >> they lose their fox contr acts -- to be virginia, now it i fox. >> they are writing into the ambush -- >> going after a medicaid and social security? >> some obviously do. there is a time when the father is were jefferson and jackson, now it is roger ailes and rock -- and rupert murdoch. cash the check. as mike huckabee was candid in saying, a tough race for the nomination, and then the president is sitting there a year from n

ronald reagan never apologize for jimmy carter or bill -- or george bush or bill clinton. each present set their own agenda but they each did so base and a view that our power and our greatness was what was most important. , not our own domestic political victories and recriminations. each understood this because each understood the long term virtue and value of america, both here at home and abroad. now we have caused "various stages things on the world stage, confusion and doubt. we now have a confused foreign policy in the hottest spots of the world especially in the middle east. we have allies and freedom fighters all over the world who doubt our time tested and time- honored commitment to them. of the past four years, i focused my time and attention on national security matters through the ethics and public policy center's program to promote and protect america's freedom. it is a program i found it to write and talk about the great threats that continue to face our country. and from the world around. my work has been focused on two countries, iran and venezuela and pe

clinton. that is where we created something like 17 million jobs. with the reduced tax rate under georgee had a net loss of private-sector jobs. there is an opportunity without being punitive to be able to restore some revenue that comes into the federal government. there are other areas that republicans turn their backs on. a federal aviation has passed twice. there were some 80which sounds , with their plans, you are able to look through the roof because the top of the airplane has ripped open. these are things that are acceptable to the industry, would take billions of dollars to do with airline safety and necessary improvements to the system, turning their back on it. these are things that are not rocket science, are not going to bring the economy to a halt. we have been there before and a lot of people and that we should be there now. host: we have heard reference to the bowls-simpson commission. most of those reckitt -- recommendation were ignored. guest: that is not my approach. they lay out a reasonable path. the numbers add up. my point, at that juncture, was, let's move on the

however, bill clinton was followed by george w. bush and immediately in the very first queer of the bush administration, the clinton period policies, some of which were voted on by republicans as well as democrats were terminated. massive tax cuts put in place. not only in year one but in year two. two wars started, the afghanistan war and the iraq war, neither of which were paid for, first time in american history that wars were not paid for but rather borrowed. who did we borrow the money from? china. other foreign countries. so now you had two massive tax cuts, two wars, and then the medicare drug program, again, about $700 billion a year, not paid for but rather borrowed. not one year but every year on into the future. thirdly, a whole set of policies where the government stepped back and let wall street do whatever it wanted to do. what they wanted to do was reckless profiteering. resulting in 2008-igget -- 2007-2008 with the crash of the american economy, the wall street crash of 2008. bringing down the american economy to its

george w. bush. in the latter stages of his presidency, bill clinton bemoaned the fact that his presidency was devoidthe great challenges that marked a great president. george w. bush was not so handicapped. he had many challenges. he lacks the wherewithal for greatness and possibly even competence. he came into office in the most inauspicious of circumstances. a drawn-out election outcome that was decided by a bizarre decision by a 5-4 supreme court majority that lacked grounding in constitutional law. someone had to be inaugurated on january 20. the result was that a close election was preceded by the democratic base as a corrupted outcome. and bush as an illegitimate president. get over it, the republicans said. but it was not so easily gotten over. given the results produced by the election outcome, bush came into office as a conciliator. his victory speech and his inaugural speech had heavy emphasis on reconciliation. things went south by the second year. the toxic political climate was fed by hyper partisanship. the bush administration political gurus did little to relieve that during the admin

think it was clear that david cameron felt that the relationship between tony blair and george bush and bill clintoneen a little too close. therefore, i think there was a feeling of standing back. what i think we're seeing now is iraqi president and prime minister are beginning to learn the world is not so easy as that. you cannot say to the rest of the world we will leave you alone. therefore i think there is a process every discovery under way. -- of rediscovery under way. host: we have seen egypt, libya, tunisia, and ivory coast making a lot of headlines. how do the british folks view all of these different -- guest: i think it is a little divided on how the british public see it. on the one hand there is no doubt that when david cameron suggested britain could no longer be the world's policeman and should not be involved in intervention around the world, there was public sentiment because they knew what went on in iraq been pretty skeptical about what went on in afghanistan, but, and as i think is where things change, britain and british people do like to see themselves as being players in the w

nor george bush for bill clinton. they each did so based on the view that our power and our greatness was what was most important not our own domestic political victory. each understood the long term virtue in value of america both here at home and abroad. with a cause she very dangerous things on the world stage, confusion and doubt. we have freedom fighters all over the world to doubt our time honored commitments. i have focused my time and attention to national security centers. it promotes america's freedom. they talk about the great threats that continue to face our country. we are focused on two countries. that thing has illustrated the failure of the foreign policy more. it has been at war for 30 years. there is a chance to end that. there is a chance for freedom. i've been a believer for that possibility. i offer the support act. it provided millions of dollars. the employment of their provisions. rather than supporting this, and asking for our help, the president continued his policy of engaging in supporting

. >> reporter: diane, at this point in bill clinton's re-election effort, seven republicans had declared their candidacies against him. for george w. bush, nine democrats had thrown their hats into the ring. so far, not one republican has declared their candidacy against president obama, diane. >> not yet. i want to switch though, jake, to another big headline out of the white house today -- a switch in positions on a big terrorism trial coming up. tell us about it. >> reporter: well, that's right. the obama administration had originally announced it would try khalid shaikh mohammed and four other 9/11 co-conspirators in a criminal court in manhattan but congress intervened, passed a law saying he could not try any guantanamo detainees in the united states and president obama signed it into law, it was attached to a pentagon spending bill, rather than have a big fight with congress. democrats and republicans were against him on this. so ultimately he blinked and they'll be having a military tribunal trial for them at guantanamo bay, despite his promise to close guantanamo bay. >> and not in the united states for that trial. than

think of bill clinton, he ran as an outsider, already mentioned george bush, so that's interesting. a group that's really very much working the outsider stick today would be the tea party, very, very energized by that sense of opposition to a kind of corrupt mainstream america that's gone astray. >> how did you grow up, white middle class? >> i did, i did. >> were you attracted to outside causes or events? >> i think it's really hard to be -- to be a young people in america since the 50s, especially since the era of holden cofffield, and not see yourself as an outsider. i was attracted to that too, went to chicago, then to the university of georgia, which at that time was breaking out with crazy musicians, rem was playing for free in venues around town, and people thought it was the music capital of the nation -- capitol of the nation, so, yes, i enjoyed that and certainly took part in it. >> what do you teach here at university of virginia? >> i teach 20th century u.s. cultural history, and the history of the u.s. south and do work for the history department as well as the american

who really didn't pursue a kind of narrative as an outsider can think of bill clinton ran as an outsider. we mention george bush. so i think that's interesting. a group that is very much working the outsider shtick today would be the tea party here very, very energized by that sense of opposition to a kind of corrupt mainstream america that's gone astray. >> how did you grow up, white middle-class? >> i did. >> were you attracted to outside causes? >> i think it's really hard to be a young person in america since the '50s, especially since the era of holden caulfield and not see herself as an outsider. and certainly i was attracted to the. i went off to college from atlanta, suburban atlanta where i grew up to the university of georgia which at that time was breaking out with all kinds of crazy bohemians and musicians, rem was playing for free and venues around time. people thought it was the music capital of the nation. so yes, i certainly enjoy that, and certainly took part in it. >> what do you teach your at the university of virginia and? >> i teach 20th century u.s. cultural history and the history of

clinton. we are here to talk about george w. bush. stages of his presidency, bill clinton, be loaned to affect his presidency was devoid of the great challenges that could mark him as a great president. there are many challenges, very severe ones in his tenure as president but lack the wherewithal for greatness and confidence. bush came into office and the most inauspicious of circumstances, a drawn out election outcome that was ultimately decided by a bizarre decision of the 5-4 supreme court majority that lacked grounding in any constitutional law. someone had to be inaugurated on jan. 20th. a close election was perceived by the democratic base as a corporate outcome and bush as an illegitimate president. get over it was the republican mantra but it wasn't so easily gotten over. it was, and over by the public at large. given the resemblance produced by the election outcome bush came into office as a conciliator. his acceptance speech, his victory speech after the supreme court decision in his inaugural speech all promised heavy empha

president clinton, as he left office and handed the keys to the white house to president george w. bush, said, and next year, this coming year, fiscal year that you will inherit, 2001, you'll have $120 billion surplus. welcome to washington. well, now fast forward eight years later, the year is 2008. president george w. bush is leaving office, handing the keys to the white house to president barack obama. what was the national debt? it was $5 trillion when he came into office, president george w. bush, and as he left, the projected debt for the next year was $11 trillion. in eight years, he had more than doubled the national debt in america. and we were witnessing record deficits. and he said to president obama, here is next year's budget and, incidentally, it's a $1.2 trillion deficit. how did this reversal occur in just eight years? it occurred because the policies of the bush administration called for waging two wars and not paying for them and doing something that had never been done in u.s. history by any president -- tax cuts in the middle of a war. a war, of course, is over

were projected to last for the next decade and pay down the entire federal debt was bill clinton, a democrat. if george bush came into office with the active assistance and the fundamentally dishonest chairman of the federal reserve, the tax cuts would not hurt us in any fundamental way in terms of fiscal policy and the debt and a matter of fact it has bled the treasury dry. the second thing that occurred with republican complicity in warsess was starttw two that were entirely unfounded. the first time we went to war and did not pay for them, did not ask anybody other than our soldiers on the ground to pay any kind of price or sacrifice. by the way, you may remember, at the time there was a general who honestly said these wars are going to be expensive. he was fired because donald rumsfeld and president bush did not want it to be known that it would cost well over a trillion. the third thing they did was to create a drug benefit that was entirely and paid for. that took the record projected surplus and turned it into a record deficit. on top of that, we have a great recession. revenue goes down, in fac

bill clinton absolutely ran as an outsider. we already mentioned george bush. a group that is really very much working the outsider shtick today would be the tea party. very, very energized by the absence of opposition to a kind of corrupt mainstream america that has gone astray. >> how did you grow up? >> white middle-class. >> were you attracted to outside causes? >> i think it is really hard to beat agon person in america this the 50's especially since the era of holden caulfield and not see yourself as an outsider. certainly i was attracted to that.

warning that it would lead to a great depression bill clinton raised taxes on the rich and bingo gave us not just a balanced budget but a surplus until george w. bush became president of course and reverted back to full blown reaganomics we went from deficit to surplus america was actually on track to becoming completely debt free and we were prepared for the retirement of the baby groups but after democrats and republicans committed to fiscal discipline during the night we lost our way in the decade but thought we increased spending dramatically for two wars and an expensive prescription drug program but we didn't pay for any of this new spending instead we made the problem worse with trillions of dollars in unpaid for tax cuts. tax cuts that went to every millionaire and billionaire in the country tax cuts that will force us to borrow an average of five hundred billion dollars every year over the next decade to give you an idea of how much damage this caused to our nation's checkbook consider this in the last decade if we had simply found a way to pay for the tax cuts and the prescription drug benefit our deficit would currently be at low

clinton administration. under the current tax rates, after eight years of george bush, private sector lost 630,000 jobs. mr. chairman, can i inquire how much time i have remaining? the chair: the gentleman has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. van hollen: i yield myself 30 seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. van hollen: so you see the pattern here, during the clinton administration economic growth booming, 20 million jobs created, during the eight years of the bush administration net loss 653,000 jobs. we need to continue to invest in this country and make sure that the entrepreneurs of this country can continue to thrive. we need to do this in a balanced way and i would point out that the folks who said that the republican plan this republican plan debate would increase jobs are the same people who predicted that the bush tax cuts would create jobs. that's the blue line is the prediction of the heritage foundation about what that would happen. the red is the reality. if we want to create jobs and reduce the deficit, we need to do it in a balanced way. that's what the fiscal c

george h.w. bush read my lips no new taxes that was one of the things that got him defeated by bill clinton in ninety two when a president makes that makes claims like this and doesn't follow through. it's bad for the american people if you're going to say that and that gets you will work to then the american people have said you said you do it now do it and he's not what's happening is he's getting sucked into the political world that military industrial complex that machine that keeps these wars going on and on as as well as the u.n. you would the u.n. is based in new york but they don't really care what the american people think it's definitely become never ending like he said you know he said i probably didn't mean it you can look at george bush an example. i'm fortunate the american people are getting used to this these days broken promises michael thank you so much for joining us thanks for having me now coming out we have our friday fireside chats and it's time for happy hour tonight obama's true feelings are caught on an open mike r.t. producer jenny churchill and alex science hall reporter a

and people watching on television right now that within the next few months george mitchell, secretary of state hillary clintonlestinians achieve a peace agreement. >> i want to answer you seriously. it's a possibility, not a certainty. i wouldn't exclude it. i can't say that it was already achieved because all of us, including the palestinians and israelis know that to move ahead calls for taking reasons, and people don't feel easy with taking risks. it's not a game, you may endanger your life, but not taking a risk is even more risky because you're not trying to make peace. i spoke with president abbas and said look, for years and years and years, egypt really helped us arrive at peace. now that egypt has had problems we have to come on their side, too. how can we help them, to answer their economy problems and so on, what we can do is take out the conflict between us as a reason for who will win the confrontation between the younger generation that wants to introduce freedom, and the old gentleman who want to continue. there's going to be elections in egypt for parliament, for the president, then the israel

clinton administration. it seems like there are some things, you know, that george h.w. bush administration i want to talk about. i talk about the gulf war a little bit. in the book. some of act up's activities are in the later '80s and car carry on into the '90s. but things seem to change with the clinton administration. there you really do have, you know, a democratic president and administration that's sort of committed to the, you know, liberalism, the free market principles and, you know, welfare reform and things of this nature. so the, i think that's a good way of framing it, that potentially, you know, the economic outlook is maybe a casualty of that social and cultural transformation. which is not to minimize the social and cultural transformation. >> absolutely not. >> >> you know? >> yeah. so from what i've heard what do you think are the primary accomplishments of the groups that you chronicle, i mean long-term accomplishments of the group that is you chronicle, you know, in the book? >> yeah. boy, so, you know, i could go through group by group. maybe i shou

people here and watching on television right now that within the next few months george mitchell consider a state hillary clintonow the president, someone can really break through and help the israelis and the palestinians achieve a peace agreement. >> seriously it's a possibility of certainty. i wouldn't exclude it. i can say that there was already achieved because all of us including the palestinians and the israelis would know that to move ahead calls for taking risks and people don't feel easy with taking risks. it's not only a game, you may endanger your life by giving it. but not to take a risk is even more risky to not try to make peace. i spoke with president abbas and said for years and years and years would have helped us to hire peace. now that egypt has providence we have to come on their side, too? not great enough to answer that but we can do this to take out the conflict between us as a reason for what will win the confrontation between the generation that wants to introduce freedom and all the gentlemen to continue and there were going to be elections and it will not be on top of the consideratio

george w. bush administration, before bill clinton took office, there was a projected additional deficit of about $3 billion additional dollars -- $3 trillion additional dollars. bill clinton came into office, changes were made, balanced budget act went into effect, pay-go, which required laws to be paid for with new taxes or with cuts, no more deficit financing for new laws, came into effect and at the end of the clinton administration the normal process took plait place at the end of that year, what will be the deficit going forward? whoa. you mean there is no deficit? yes. the congressional budget office estimated at the end of the clinton period that there would be a $5 trillion surplus, literally paying off the entire debt of the united states. policies were put in place during that presidency, democrat and republican votes on both sides, that would in the 10 years, 2001 to 2010, terminate the american debt. however, in 2001 george w. bush and the republicans in control of the congress and the senate passed a massive tax cut that immediately turned that projected surplus into a projected def

been peter jennings or ted copplo or dianne sawyer, but i was chosen, and i had covered clinton, an i had covered george h. w bush for eight years so i knew him very well, and they approved my being the moderator, and it was very scarry to me because it was this town hall format, and we http://had one of those -- hadn't had one of those before. they were all panels asking questions of the candidates. there were no films to go back and look at and see how you do this. it was really, you know, on-the-job training, but i was seen by 91 million people, and i go overseas and people still remember me overseas because they were watching. >> host: right. >> guest: the red suit was so the camera and director could spot me. >> host: in the crowd. >> guest: well, if i was in another dark suit like the candidates, it would have been hard, but i do love red. >> host: yes, yes. in 1996, that was the year you felt like things went south at abc. tell me about that time. >> guest: you want to make me cry again? >> host: i think we have tissues. >> guest: trying to make me cry, nia. no, there were two people at abc that

relief and so much anger george bush they gave it to two different people the one who really deserve the nobel peace prize who didn't get it i'm sure easy as i doubt is bill clinton and he would course did make war in kosovo but that war was seen as a no other humanitarian intervention but clinton has probably done more for peace than any recent president jimmy carter really hard to bring out jimmy carter. ok but i mean if i go to john and bill clinton deserve more fish man don if you go you ok thirty go ahead go ahead to go ahead and i'm going to deserve the peace prize this guy impose sanctions maintain sanctions on iraq and madeline albright his secretary of state defended particularly for at least a million iraqi children because of sanctions saying it was necessary imposed a no war zone on iraq destroyed virtually everything so softening the country for bush and cheney to take away heat or serve the. right give us a break ok don what about what about former politicians foreign policy look at jimmy carter because jimmy carter if i were a lot of people criticize him for some of his thoughts since spread his presidency but he i think it's fair to say that even

nor george bush for bill clinton. yes, each present set their own agenda, but they each did so based on a few that our power and our greatness was what was most important, not our own domestic political victories. each understood this because each understood the long-term virtue and value of america, both here at home and abroad. but now we have caused very dangerous thing from the world stage, confusion and doubt. we now have a confused foreign policy in the hottest spots of the world. especially in the middle east. we have allies and freedom fighters all over the world who doubt our time-tested and time-honored commitments to them. over the past four years i focus my time and attention on national security matters, as randy making, the ethics of public policy centers, program to promote and protect americans freedom. a program i found it to write and talk about the threats that continue to face our country. and from the world around. my work has been particularly focus on two coaches, iran and venezuela. and perhaps

relief and so much anger george bush they gave it to two different people the one who really deserve the nobel peace prize who didn't get it i'm sure is eating is our now is bill clinton and he did make war in kosovo but that war was seen as a no other humanitarian intervention but clinton has probably done more for peace than any. president jimmy carter really carter you bring out jimmy carter. ok but i mean if i go in john places turned off a command and i've done if i go you ok go ahead go ahead take your hand and i'm going to deserve the peace prize this guy impose sanctions maintain sign comes in iraq magilla an old bright his secretary of state defended the killing of a least a million iraqi because of sanctions saying it was necessary in close to no wallsten on iraq destroyed virtually everything so softening the country for bush and cheney took a couple he deserved the peace prize give us a break ok don what about what about former politicians foreign policy look at jimmy carter because jimmy carter if i were a lot of people criticize him for some of his thoughts since spread his presidency but he i think it's fair to say that even his detractors while he was

because of some tough decisions that had been made by president clinton, a republican congresses, democratic congresses, and president george h. w. bush. they said let's make sure we are spending wisely on the things that matter. let's spend less on things that do not matter. and let's make sure that we are living within our means -- that we are taking in enough revenue to pay for these basic obligations. we went through 10 years where we forgot what had created the surplus in the first place. we had a massive tax cut that was not offset by cuts in spending. we had two wars that were not paid for. this is the first time in history where we had gone to war and not ask for additional sacrifice from american citizens. we had a huge prescription drug plan that was not paid for. by the time i started all this, we had about 81 tree in dollar -- 8 $1 trillion deficit. we had massive accumulated debt with interest payments. then we had this huge recession. what happens is less revenue is coming in because the company's sales are lower and individuals are making less money. at the same time, we are having to help state and local gov

because of some tough decisions that had been made by president clinton, republican congresses, democratic congresses, and president george h.w. bush. and what they had said was let's make sure that we're spending wisely on the things that matter, let's spend less on things that don't matter, and let's make sure that we're living within our means, that we're taking in enough revenue to pay for some of these basic obligations. what happened then was we went through 10 years where we forgot what had created the surplus in the first place. so we had a massive tax cut that wasn't offset by cuts in spending. we had two wars that weren't paid for. and this was the first time in history where we had gone to war and not asked for additional sacrifice from american citizens. we had a huge prescription drug plan that wasn't paid for. and so by the time i started office we already had about a trillion-dollar annual deficit and we had massive accumulated debt with interest payments to boot. then you have this huge recession. and so what happens is less revenue is coming in -- because company sales are lower, individuals are making le

george w. bush was the opposite of bill clinton and obama was nothing like bush as a candidate. mike from youngstown, ohio, welcome to the conversation. caller: good morning. host: calling on the democrats line. caller: i think donald trump is a spokesman for special interest money. they have so much influence in washington that we have the best government money could buy on both sides but especially the republican side and trump is a spokesman for them. god help us if he is elected. host: the republican line, susan from fort lauderdale. host: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i'm a small business owner and i have been a small owner six years. and i was originally a legal assistant. i have come to realize that the world is a business. this country is a business. and therefore i felt for many years we need a successful business person running this country. let politicians stick with enforcing the law. but we need a successful business person to bring this country back and run it. host: what do you think of donald trump as a potential candidate? and we have herman kane and mid