if you are saying democrats and republicans in washington, d.c., worked for the banksters. why would they make health care better? on facebook, a lot of you weighing in at facebook.com/cspan. this one says trump and all the republicans ran on repeal and replace. they actually had no plan. dan says it shows what we all knew, that he takes no blame himself. everyone else's fault. he is not a leader but a bully. north dakota, democrat's line. good morning, jim. yes, after finding out that republicans had no plan and the obvious shortcomings of obamacare with a high costs and t and nobodyol in i wants to go back to the way was before a obamacare, it is quite obvious that the only solution is single-payer government-run health care, like 90 9.5% of the world has already. host: thanks for the call. front page of the new york times -- a fiery gop civil war. we go back to the essay in the l.a. times. it has a reference to two former democratic residents. both jimmy carter and bill clinton had rough first years, having a rough time persuading their own parties to a neck agendas, inc

skimming off the top of everything, i don't even give you healthcare, don't do anything ther than banksters who just skim the money off the top. billion.ike $500 guest: yeah, well, this comes back to the fundamental question healthcare sxriet should it be paid for through tax? that is the question. axes support the fire department and police department and you pay taxes now that support medicare. he question is, do people want to trade the sort of hybrid ystem we have when most people get insurance through an employer, do we want to trade hat for everyone to have medicare? there is a lot of support for back to the '80s and '90s, but never been that.ity support for vermont, that wanted to do a couldn't get plan, it over the finish line. it would be a big change, there still be role for insurance companies, there is a medicare.e in medicare doesn't cover as much as people think it does. you need supplemental insurance. for all,o to insurance insurance wouldn't disappear, they would change what they do. included le payer not in the american healthcare bill moving through congress, getting toda

. >> wilf, bankster ceo compensation is a much bigger deal in your homeland than i think here. banks or anywhere. what was his -- he got a raise to what? >> a net pay rise of 17% from 2015 to 2016 to a total of 12.8 million. the reason it's attracted some criticism is that he didn't get a cash bonus. the cash bonus was 1 million. he got a net pay rise of more than that. he gives a solid defense of the reasons behind that, which we'll have later. >> that's not -- compared to some ceos -- i mean, sir martin sorrell wouldn't even show up for a quarter in the uk. i just hope you're not being too judgmental of poor tim here. >> joe, i'm asking the questions and listening to the answers. >> i know, but the way you can ask questions and the expressions on your face. you know, whatever. that's okay. happy st. patrick's day. >> well, joseph, watch back the clips of coverage of this story. see what you think. >> poor bob dimon, my god. he was run out of the uk, like tarred and feathered on a rail. he couldn't even go to a restaurant. someone might recognize him. he was incognito. i don't