we've got a few senators that to paraphrase dave berry, think out of the hamilton style musical about their lives. i get all that. you got to remain independent. the -- political fads come and go, but the dollar doesn't. i hope not. the dollar underpins the entire world economy. politicize it at your own risk. let me shift gears, question. professor keynes, he has seen a resurgence in the last few decades in his number of followers. of course we both know he said one way to get out of a recession is to have the government spend money it doesn't have to deaf spend. stimulate the economy. to deaf -- deficit spend. stimulate the economy. he said something else the media usually doesn't quote. he also said when you get out of the recession, pay the damn money back, didn't he? didn't he say that? chairman powell: i was going to add that. what he said, it's ok to do deficit spending, you should be doing surplus in good times. senator kennedy: behind me is a chart of our public debt going all the way back to i think 1990. you don't have to be euclid to see the direction is up. and it's been

they have strong opinions and strong personalities we've got a few senators that -- to paraphrase dave berry -- think they ought to make a hamilton style musical about their lives. i get all that but you've got to remain independent. the dollar -- and political fads come and go. but the dollar doesn't i hope not the dollar underpins the entire world economy. p politicize it at your own risk let me shift gears question professor cane, about who you know i know more than i do, but professor cane has seen a resurgence in the last few decades in -- in his number of followers. of course, we both know professor cane said one way to get out of the recession is to have the government spend money it doesn't have, to deficit spend to stimulate the economy but professor cane said something else that the media doesn't usually quote. he also said when you get out of the recession, pay the damn money back, didn't he? didn't he say that >> i was going to add that he said it's okay to do deficit spending but you should be doing surplus in good times to keep it -- >> yeah. now behind me is a chart of our pub

my thanks to halle berry, dave franco, henrik lundqvist, dijon, once again.onight -- cynthia nixon. star of "b positive," actress annaleigh ashford. music from del water gap featuring the 8g band with elena bonomo and now seth meyers. [ cheers and applause >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night," and we hope you're all doing well tonight. and now we are going to get to the news supreme court justice stephen breyer is reportedly planning to retire at the end of the current term, which would allow pr