you live in hempstead. you may live near hempstead turnpike.ay, the republicans called a bipartisan infrastructure bill socialist. larry, i don't think you would agree that hempstead turnpike is socialist. that the roads that you travel on or the long island railroad, or laguardia airport, or kennedy airport, that those are socialist. i would caution my republican friends not to overplay their hand. if the structure has always been a bipartisan source of agreement , republicans and democrats could agree on things that create jobs and make us a better country. when you call a bipartisan infrastructure bill that 13 republican members of the house supported, and that republicans in the senate also supported, part of a democratic-socialist wishlist, i don't think you are resonating with most people. i do not think that is normal, calling these things socialist. i am hoping we can at least come back to a certain agreed-upon, as you said, norms in terms of the issues that we are addressing. host: what about what progressives are saying, what issues t

the town of new hempstead doesn't pick up the litter. they don't have enough people. pay taxes for that. i go out of town to fill up on gas because gas around here is outrageous. i don't shop in town anymore for groceries. i go to the south shore. i drive out of town. this is how unaffordable it has become for the basics for me. it is not enough for me that janet yellen is saying that it will get better the second half of next year. i am worried. thank you for having me commenting. host: giving us a call on the perspective that she brings. another new yorker, republican line, this is jim. caller: i am surprised i have so much false information to get through. andrew jackson killed the bank, the central bank, and he didn't do it on his first day. there was a lot of work involved. he wanted to stop central banks. the fed does not print money. the fed buys treasury bonds, and then the treasury -- how it works is the fed buys the bonds. the fed pays for the bonds with electronic entry. they simply create this money out of nothing. that is what is causing the inflation. th