because as bernie schwartz and others can tell you, we have got to have infrastructure. earch. we have to have a whole host of other programs if we're going to be competitive. and i think you could do that. there are legislative strategies that could put in place that would bridge you to the point that you did that. the dafrpg we are bridges is they first bridge and then they can't agree and then you get to the point where they kick the ball down the road instead of acting. i think you can put in place a bridging mechanism that has real teeth that would increase the probability that they have to act. >> how do you prevent them from building a bridge and then kicking a can over it? >> you're mixing metaphors. >> you mentioned there could be a market crisis if we don't deal with our fiscal problem soon. but u.s. treasury bond interest rates are very low right now. so why do you think we have to deal with them soon? and do you think we should have a public investment program that could help stimulate the economy, maybe raise incomes and help raise tax revenues? i think within the

at least think you would want to have robust public investment within the context, because as bernie schwartz and others can tell you, we've got to have infrastructure, we got the basic research. we've got to have a whole host of other programs if we're going to be competitive. i think you could do that. if it takes you a few months into 2011 to do a, then what you need is some kind of a bridging, a bridging mechanism. i think there are various legislative strategies you could use that would bridge to the point we did it. been the danger of the bridge is always the first bridge, then they can't agree, then you get to the point where they kick the ball down the road instead of acting. but i think you probably put in place a bridging mechanism. that would increase the probability that they would have to act. >> right and how do you prevent them from building a bridge and kicking a can over it. >> you are mixing metaphors, but your point is -- >> let's start over here. please take your name and your affiliation. >> my name is bonnie. i'm an economics supporter at the "huffington post." you menti