david bailey, a police scholar, who several people in this room know well summed it up nicely in his 1994 book. i will quote. "the police do not prevent crime. that is one of the best kept secrets of modern life. experts know it, the police know it but the public does not know it. yet, the police pretend they are society's best defense against crime and agree if they are given more resources, especially personnel, they will be able to protect communities against crime. this is a myth." today, of course, police executives are expected to reduce crime in their jurisdiction. policing's potential to impact crime rate is conventional wisdom thanks to the folks in this room like david, frank -- there he is sitting right next to david. and other folks across the midway as well. however, as my colleague noted in his testimony before the task force a few months ago, while police have seemingly become better and better over time at reducing and addressing crime surveys indicating levels of , public support for and confidence in police have remained relatively flat over the same period of time

the police scholar david bailey who several in this room know well and has worked with for this very nicely in the 1994 book police for the future and i'm going to quote the police do not prevent crime. that is one of the best-kept secrets of modern life. experts know it, the police know it but the public doesn't know it yet. the police pretend that they are society's best defense against crime and continually agree that if they are given more resources especially personal, they will be able to protect communities against crime. this is a math. now today, of course, police executives are expected and expect themselves to reduce crime in their jurisdictions. the potential to impact the crime rate is conventional wisdom actually thanks in large part to the work of the folks in this room like david, frank, there he is right there sitting next to david, thank you and other folks across the midway like steve who some of you know. however, as my colleague noted in his testimony before the task force a few months ago, while police seemingly have become better and better over time as reducin

david: what do you think about the van of oil export? sam: we were the largest exporter and we are beginning bailey to export natural gas, i think it was asion and it is great it is being fixed. david: wouldn't the flat tax recap a quick your business, getting rid of tax reductions or interest payments getting rid of tax reductions for mortgage interest? beauty of thehe american system is we have always been hard on how oil changes, and we have been better at adapting to change than almost any country in the world, so it would be a lot of change and require adaptation, and america is probably in a better position to do so than in the other country. stephanie: let's get to halliburton and baker hughes delaying the closing of the proposed $26 billion merger into the end of april. they say they simply need to satisfy government concerns. halliburton says they will sell assets to avoid antitrust issues. is this a case where you are also saying the government should stay out? sam: there is a big difference between antitrust and day-to-day regulation. majorust is focused on a competitive decision that could affect the industry. pm making a car