david frum just made an important point. the statement from speaker banor and eric cantoror said, we can do a lot of this. a lot of republicans are saying, stimulus two, same old failed policies. the leaders who matter most say, we'll do some of this. why? because the president repackaged a lot of thing. we don't pass on a bottle of wine just because it's old. we want to know if it's any good. some of these proposals republicans like. they will get some of them. the bigger question is, what will the president have to give to get some of this from the republicans? how will they pay for this? the republicans won't agree for how the president wants to pay for it. the bigger question is, will it have an impact on the economy in those 14 months as the president noted between now and the next election? most republicans anderson believe they can agree with the president on much, if not most, of this because, a, fill sof fully they do agree with it and, b, politically they don't think it will have such a big job creation um of that

david frum made a very important point.he statement from leader boehner and eric cantor said we can do some of this. other republicans are saying stimulus two, same old failed policies but the leaders that matter the most say we will do some of this because the president did repackage a lot of this. we don't pass on a bottle of wine because it's old. we want to know if it's any good. some of these proposals republicans like so they will pass some of them. the president won't get it all. the bigger question is what will the president have to give to get some of this from the republicans? how will they pay for this? the president won't agree to how the president wants to pay for it and the billinger question is will it have an impact on the economy in those 14 months, as the president noted, between now and the next election? most republicans, anderson, believe they can agree with the president on most of this, a, philosophically they agree with it and, b, politically they don't think that it will have a big impact where it w

i don't know if david frum has really analyzed it the right way, frankly, though.f consumers hunker down and do what he seems to be suggesting like repay their personal debts, that leads you right into recession. you know, the problem with recession, the definition of recession is that not enough people are spending. and when not enough people are spending, the stores start slowing down and the credit starts to dry up and the whole machine grinds to a halt. so what can the president do in the president can do what he's been trying to do which is sort of get the morale back, get some kind of stimulus going and hope he can get somewhere with congress. >> he's got to do it in 12 to 14 months. >> he's got to do it. he's got do it in a shorter time than that because this election is starting in earnest now. i don't think this country is going to be in any better shape should we have a republican take control of the white house next year. in fact, i think we'll be in worse shape. but the fact is, in terms of african-american wealth, it's dried up and evaporated with the

differently then so much for being on our side today less south university history professor dr lawrence david frum thank you. well it's now day twelve of the occupy wall street protests and while they continue to garner minimal attention by the mainstream media it's clear the protests are growing in strength and number not only in new york where hundreds of people are turning into thousands but also all around the country los angeles denver and even chicago now these are people who've come out who say they're angry at the power of wall street and that the system that gives it so much power so they're also angry no one responsible for the financial crisis has been arrested yet more than one hundred protesters have been many more have also had their eyes burned by pepper spray sprayed by police officers one of those people of the young woman named chelsea eliot you may have seen her in a video that is now making its way around. that is her on the ground there and earlier we actually spoke to chelsea to get her firsthand account of what happened. i was just walking down the sidewalk we just finished

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david frum made an important point. the statement from speaker boehner after the speech was we're going to work with the president. a lot of other republicans are saying stimulus two, same old failed policies but the leaders are saying we will do some of this. why? because the president did repackage a lot of things. we don't pass on a bottle of wine just because it's old, we want to know if it's any good. some of these proposals republicans like. the president won't get it all. the bigger question is what will the president have to give to get some of this from the republicans? how will they pay for this? the republicans won't agree how the president wants to pay for it. the bigger question is will it have an impact on the economy in those 14 months, as the president noted, between now and the next election. most republicans, anderson, believe they can agree with the president on much, if not most of this because, a, philosophically they do agree with it and, b, politically they don't think it will have such a big job

host: let me read one of the critical views of the book from david from. -- frum.st: one of the things that everyone is looking for is the press the button, and we go back to where we were. the reason there is no press here button is because we got here by getting away from our formula for success. the only way to get back is to get back to the formula for success. education, infrastructure comic imitation, incentivize, and government-funded research. i do not know how to be more specific than that. everyone wants a simple, quick answer. we are are there going to have a hard decade or a bad century. we're going to spend this next decade, and do what got us here, this formula for success, or we will have a bad century. there is no quick fix. there is no simple answer to this. do what we were -- getting back to the fundamentals. host: in history, when was the last time that we rolled up our sleeves and got back to work? guest: we have the example of the greatest generation in world war ii and then we sacrifice during the cold war. we understood we had a major challen

host: let me reaone of the critical views of the book from david from. -- frum. guest: one of the things that everyone is looking for is the press the button, and we go back to where we were. the reason there is no press here button is because we got here by getting away from our formula for success. the only way to get back is to get back to the formula for success. education, infrastructure comic imitation, incenvize, and government-funded research. i do not know how to be more specific than that. everyone wants a simple, quick answer. we are are there going to have a hard decade or a bad century. we're going to spend this next decade, and do what got us here, this formula for success, or we will have a bad century. there is no quick fix. there is noimple answer to this. do what we were -- getting back to the funmentals. host: in history, when was the last time that we rolledp our sleeves and got back to work? guest: we have the example of the greatest generation in world war ii and then we sacrifice during the cold war. we undstood we had a major challenge, th

host: let me read one of the critical views of the book from david from. -- frum. guest: one of the things that everyone is looking for is the press the button, and we go back to where we were. the reason there is no press here button is because we got here by getting away from our formula for success. the only way to get back is to get back to the formula for success. education, infrastructure comic imitation, incentivize, and government-funded research. i do not know how to be more specific than that. everyone wants a simple, quick answer. we are are there going to have a hard decade or a bad century. we're going to spend this next decade, and do what got us here, this formula for success, or we will have a bad century. there is no quick fix. there is no simple answer to this. do what we were -- getting back to the fundamentals. host: in history, when was the last time that we rolled up our sleeves and got back to work? guest: we have the example of the greatest generation in world war ii and then we sacrifice during the cold war. we understood we had a major cha

host: let me read one of the critical views of the book from david from. -- frum.uest: one of the things that everyone is looking for is the press the button, and we go back to where we were. the reason there is no press here button is because we got here by getting away from our formula for success. the only way to get back is to get back to the formula for success. education, infrastructure comic imitation, incentivize, and government-funded research. i do not know how to be more specific than that. everyone wants a simple, quick answer. we are are there going to have a hard decade or a bad century. we're going to spend this next decade, and do what got us here, this formula for success, or we will have a bad century. there is no quick fix. there is no simple answer to this. do what we were -- getting back to the fundamentals. host: in history, when was the last time that we rolled up our sleeves and got back to work? guest: we have the example of the greatest generation in world war ii and then we sacrifice during the cold war. we understood we had a major chall

host: let me read one of the critical views of the book from david from. -- frum.est: one of the things that everyone is looking for is the press the button, and we go back to where we were. the reason there is no press here button is because we got here by getting away from our formula for success. the only way to get back is to get back to the formula for success. education, infrastructure comic imitation, incentivize, and government-funded research. i do not know how to be more specific than that. everyone wants a simple, quick answer. we are are there going to have a hard decade or a bad century. we're going to spend this next decade, and do what got us here, this formula for success, or we will have a bad century. there is no quick fix. there is no simple answer to this. do what we were -- getting back to the fundamentals. host: in history, when was the last time that we rolled up our sleeves and got back to work? guest: we have the example of the greatest generation in world war ii and then we sacrifice during the cold war. we understood we had a major challe