eric burks, representing san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization our city. as i often do, i'd like to take this up to the 30,000 foot level and look down on it from the big picture. by the way, we are in strong support of what the laborers are asking for [inaudible] program. in times of economic crisis, and we had many of them since 1980, we see corporations and other [speaker not understood] try to use that economic crisis to do what's [speaker not understood] describes as [inaudible]. you take advantage of the fact that there is an environmental crisis [inaudible]. instead of doing what fdr did and doing a lot more offending of programs. instead, corporations and other [speaker not understood] put pressure for us to cut things. when the federal government cuts a lot, and then that cuts the state and then the state cuts us. and then what that does is it leverages its strong arms, you folks on the board of supervisors and it strong arms the [inaudible]. to start trying to [inaudible]. defend the parks instead of defending it with government money like it sho

burke many disagree on how to go forward. some republican, including lindsay graham want a special prosecutor to investigate the matter. other republicans are wary because the president's own attorney general, eric holder, would appoint the prosecutor. and some say president obama should have known what was happening at the irs. >> the president, as the comeef executive officer has the obligation and the responsibility to stop t. to wait until the investigation is finished. i think the president should have been told. if it's an action by a department or an agency, the president should be told about it to take corrective action. >> reporter: democrats say congress should investigate sips there is no evidence that the white house or the treasury department were involved. president obama forced the resignation of the acting commissioner of the irs. democrats defend him because he was not given all the information, even as the irs audit was being conducted. >> giving the president piece-meal incomplete information doesn't make sense. you want to give the president the complete picture, so the responsible actions can be done comprehensibly. it is important to understand that there is nothing to poin