calvin coolidge said you don't improve the week by tearing down the strong. i want more people to the rich and independent. i want more families to be stable. all these things. who could be against that? that a lot of the families and democrats are out there bashing success, penalizing success, subsidizing failure and what you penalize you get less and you subsidize you get more of. >> host: you have a background having worked for the majority. and then in this book is about joshua who was at the white house as the president kind of spiritual advisor in the office of public service. i might be misquoting the exact title. he is pretending that and talks about how the president reads daily meditation meditations ine and it talks about other people in the city, washington, d.c. and the federal government. >> guest: that you think that he is off when he comes to his message because what he talks about is the idea that the government should care about people who are in need as opposed to individuals. if you make it seem as if he is saying god wants us to have comp

he cut government spending in half and the economy, boom, grew 7% a year under calvin coolidge. tell me which hike creates a middle class job and the interesting statistic. >> easy for you to say. >> exactly. >> i'm speechless by this. you have rarely seen median household incomes decline through a recovery as has happened under this president. >> median household income in 2012 by the way, according t ce $51,000. mow, guess how much money you get if you're in hawaii on welfare? you get so much money -- you'd have to make $61,000 in salary, which is more than the median income to equal the amount of money you get on welfare if you happen to live in the state of hawaii. something is askew here. >> well, when you have a size of government as we do that is about 23% of gdp, it should be about 18% of gdp. study after study proves the economy grows best when it's smaller at about that range but we're subsidizing all kinds of things. i don't want to beat up on welfare recipients. why are we subsidizing houses. >> it has a higher rate without those subsidies. those people opt out of so

calvin coolidge once said you don't improve the week by tearing down the strong. i want more people to be rich. i want more people to be independent. i want more families to be stable. all of these things i'm for and who can be against that?

to paraphrase calvin coolidge, the business of america is big business.ge and crucial industries are dominated by a few powerful companies, which have grown with the economy and rewritten the rules of competition. what are the economic and legal rules these companies live by? what has big business done for and to the consumer? "whatever happened to price competition?" with the help of economic analyst richard gill, we'll examine these questions on this edition of "economics u$a." i'm david schoumacher. there's no business bigger than the auto business. if you've shopped for a car recently, this is a familiar sight. it looks like real competition, a variety of products at a variety of prices. but is what you see what you get? it was when you bought one of henry ford's model ts. henry ford didn't invent the car, and he didn't invent the assembly line, but he brought the two together and gave america its first mass-produced and mass-purchased car. ford was an inventor and mechanic by trade, and no effort was spared to improve the car and to improve the proce

calvin coolidge once said you don't improve the week by tearing down the strong. i want more people to be rich. i want more people to be independent. i want more families to be stable. all of these things i'm for and who can be against that? .. the voice is off when he comes to his message because what he talks about is the idea that government should care for people who are in need as opposed to individuals. if you make it seem as if he's saying god wants to us have compassion and therefore the boys, obama and the liberals thing that means government should be compassionate. and you're saying, no. >> guest: i'm saying the government ought to be a last resort not a first resource. government can become addictive like a drug. you rely on a government check rather than yourself inch britain -- i go the or four times a year -- the "daily mail" did a story on a family, three generations of people who had never been, at been on their version of public assistants, and theyexpect to have a job, and when they were told by david cameron's administration they should start l

calvin coolidge once said you don't improve the week by tearing down the strong. i want more people to be rich. i want our people to be independent. i want more families to be stable. all of these things i am four. who could be against that the president is out there and a lot of democrats frankly are out there constantly bashing success penalizing success and subsidizing failure. what you penalize you get less of in what you subsidize you get more of. >> it's interesting you have a background working with the moral majority in this book you talk about joshua dubois who was at the white house says the president's spiritual advisor but also head of the office of faith in public service and i might he miss quoting the exact title. he has written a book and he talks about how the president reads daily meditations and scripture and talks about other people in washington d.c. in the federal government to do the same thing that you say to blot is off when he comes to his message because what he talks about is the idea that government should care for people who are in ne

but again, calvin coolidge, i want people to be taxed less so they have more. when you and i have more money to spend, we are going to spend it or invest it and that's what creates jobs. rating it as. bush 43 new this. even bill clinton the way down to speak to a group of houston businessman right after a tax increase he helped push the congress said you probably think i raised your taxes too much. so do i. there's a case of having it both ways. >> host: what's interesting been listening to this, you will remember that under clinton we actually had not only the same tax rates we have now, in fact they were a little higher, but we had a surplus. >> guest: we have a surplus because the democrats led by the president were cutting defense and cutting spending on some of what most people would agree, particularly in the age of terrorism and that the rise of china and iran's nuclear program, even the president announced he wants to cut the military more. others are getting this message that the united states doesn't have the will much less the wherewithal to stand ag

to paraphrase calvin coolidge, the business of america is big business.

what i found fascinating, i recently interviewed amity about her book about calvin coolidge.he was extremely resistant and quite confrontational when i tried to suggest that she was trying to us have calvin coolidge shoehorned into the 21st century. what we learn from that? perhaps it was the use of the word shoehorn. you make no bones that your intent is to try to put what washington do today? >> i do try to abstract away a bit. what i'm getting at is the concept of original wasn't in interpreting the constitution based on what the people who ratified it bought. you know, there is tremendous debate amongst judges throughout the country, academics about how much weight to give that history i try not to get into the thick of that debate. the vast majority did this history at least some way. at least a starting point. i'll i'm eager to show that this is how they're thinking about the gruesome subject -- subjects there is much to learn. i try not to say george washington did x. but do try to recognize that. >> and in your conclusion, your apologue you really try to make that fin

. >> calvin coolidge and ronald reagan both did. >> in recent history for me is really not ronald reagans i don't think it's the government's -- this isn't about the government. i think what he was talking about is people being more. >> you don't think the obama administration is he promoting. >> dependent on parents not the government. >> i will take it as a no that you don't think the obama administration is -- >> -- but i don't think that they are not. i don't think they are or are not. i just don't think that that is the role of the government it to promote self-reliance. >> i do. if i were president i would be running around saying. >> you would be cutting everybody's benefits and starving them to death? >> i would have that scarfing to death gool log wouldn't give them any food. you know that i would encourage people who did get a little food to work hard. okay, now, kate, what mr. kutcher is saying to younger people you have got to work yourself up. you have got to start at the bottom as i did. i don't know but, ladies, but i started way at the bottom. and you shouldn't be whining

>> my answer is that when you show weakness, whether your calvin coolidge, jimmy carter or barack obamaings get worse. last word. >> okay. you know what? invaded georgia in 2008. crushed country in 1956. they crushed prague in 1958. still martial law. they have a way of doing their own thing in that area of the world. then our mad as hell segment. those reports after these messages. ♪ [ dog barks ] ♪ [ male announcer ] imagine the cars we drive... being able to see so clearly... to respond so intelligently and so quickly, they can help protect us from a world of unseen danger. it's the stuff of science fiction... minus the fiction. and it is mercedes-benz... today. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my

along came calvin coolidge in 1927 he decided to rebuild the third floor and the roof. it needed to be done but mr. go to rebuild it out of cement. by the time this was done, the two upper floors of the white house had risen to 180 does. finally, i'm afraid i have to explain harry truman, as much as i like the man, for adding a balcony to the south portico right here, even though he was aware that the house was in trouble while it was going in. the balcony was made of steel and concrete, 18 inches thick. icac laid it waste another 62 tons. so do we understand why we're seeing cracks in the walls? why these walls are sinking? these problems sell to these men. this is the commission. this is their meeting room in the east wing. these men were trusted with solving a big problem, which is what a north with you going to do about this house? battled to get to decide what to do about the house but they also had to face off with those who said at the time, you know what? if the white house if the white house isn't as bad as you can maybe we should just rip it down. who on earth

i think of calvin coolidge who was mentioned as someone who understands the proper role of federal government in our society. think ronald reagan understood the necessary role in producing freedom and protecting freedom of our country but sometimes we ignore the fact that there are historical figures who were heroes. the heroes are with us today and still contribute to us today. my friend newt gingrich is one of those heroes. my friend who is an architect of the 1994 revolution is with us. days contributing to this to a conservative thought. he is someone that we can constantly learn from. he is someone that i am always anxious to hear. he is here with us today. i introduce to you speaker needs ingrid. -- speaker newt gingrich. [applause] >> i want to thank speaker o'briant for making sure i didn't fall down. correct emphasis he put on heroic action. up theireople to give daily activities, their hobbies. many of the things they can do to run for office this. it is hard. being a free people is hard. one of the reasons i have so admired eaker o'briant is that citizenst calmly as a living out th