beyond that, there is no expansion until 2014. in the first three years, would that be 2014, 2015, and 2016. >> the first three years of the budget window. >> they will be getting extra money now. >> right away. >> honestly, if there is to be shared responsibility in this country and it is all to be on the federal government, the state have no responsibility for anything when this expansion does not even begin until 2014 and then the estimates are it has a combined impact of 1.3% on average. we are good to have a real hard time dealing with problems across the country if it is all supposed to be in the federal government. it has record deficits and record debts. they expect the federal government to write a check for 100% of everything. i do not think that is a reasonable expectation. to be asking them to put out 1.3% on average over the next 10 years and the expansion does not even begin until 2014, i do not know of any prognosticator who thinks that the economy in the united states is going to be in recession until 2014. i would

did you make a decision on i- 270 expansion yesterday? >> we are waiting to hear back from the state. the council proposedded a number of questions on the use of different options so we are waiting to hear back. but the state saw numbers saying if you added two reversible lanes rather than four lanes having two each way you accomplish the goals of providing sufficient capacity. most of the traffic is going south in the morning and north in the eveningings. so you don't need two lanes each way. reversible lanes would make money available for projects. so we have to do something to improve congestion on 270. it is very bad. >> light rail or rapid bus? >> transit is a very important part of it and the state's plan calls for the transit way. that needs to be done. but there needs to be more transit than that. we should expand marc service and more bus service on 355. so needs to be more transit and i don't think there needs to be four lanes. think two lanes, zero re versable, would do the trick. >> we will be following this as will be going o

some say the medicaid expansion is not the way to go.is a program that is big, unsustainable, inflexible, and we ought to think of something new and different and a more creative way to expand coverage. our approach in vermont has been a public, private partnership. i think it has been pretty successful. i am sorry that we have to beg the federal government for permission for the waiver process to implement some of the reforms that we have. i have to tell you a little story about that. when i came down here several times to request the waiver to put in place the reforms that i described. i came in with the secretary in number of times. somebody said, now you have to go over to omv. i did not know that. they sign off on all of these financial own arrangements. i made an appointment to go meet with the folks over there. i went into the old executive office building. the then governor of texas was coming out of a similar meeting asking for a medicaid waiver from the folks there. i said, jeb, how did it go? he said that i do not think it got

some say the medicaid expansion is not the way to go. it is a program that is big, unsustainable, inflexible, and we ought to think of something new and different and a more creative way to expand coverage. our approach in vermont has been a public, private partnership. i think it has been pretty successful. i am sorry that we have to beg the federal government for permission for the waiver process to implement some of the reforms that we have. i have to tell you a little story about that. when i came down here several times to request the waiver to put in place the reforms that i described. i came in with the secretary in number of times. somebody said, now you have to go over to omv. i did not know that. they sign off on all of these financial own arrangements. i made an appointment to go meet with the folks over there. i went into the old executive office building. the then governor of texas was coming out of a similar meeting asking for a medicaid waiver from the folks there. i said, jeb, how did it go? he said that i do not think it

>> it's a huge expansion of the federal government and it's also a huge new cost. i think people right now are very concern the about expansions of government when we're running trillion dollar deaf fits as far as the eyes can see, larry. >> we appreciate it as always. coming up, michigan representative peter hofstra is here to share additional health care solutions. i don't know, is it too liberal? is it just too big? that's the issue tonight. "the kudlow report" will be right back. she wants to make up. we decide to turn in early. we just know. announcer: finding the moment that's right for you both can take some time. that's why cialis gives men with erectile dysfunction options: 36-hour cialis or cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pre

part of a $3 billion airport expansion project opening later this year. >>> playgrounds in rockville are going smoke-free. last night's city council unanimously approved a smoking ban. it makes it illegal to light up with and 40 feet of the city's 37 public playgrounds. it is also banned in bars and restaurants. >>> still to come, president obama takes his economic plan on the road. he is talking to automotive workers hard hit by the recession. >>> and we will look back at the life and legacy of patrick swayze when we talk to barbara walters live. >>> it ready for more rain beard brian looks ahead at a >> the sudden death of a healthy young boy is raising new questions about treatment for the swine flu. a tennessee newspaper reports a five-year-old boy developed a 102 degree fever which doctors say is fairly common. his parents suspected aear infection. the fever went away on sunday but it suddenly returned on monday, with shells. a clinic doctor cleared him but his parents still wary and took into the hospital. apparently he had a bacterial infection on top of buffalo and he died wi

program, the recovery act, has operated and functioned more rapidly, i think, than any economic expansion program in memory. but as yet, well under half of the funds under it have been disbursed, and they're going to be disbursed going forward, and disbursed-- disbursed at a growing rate. so these a great deal more we're going to do through the recovery act, through our approaches to the housing market, which are gaining, gang-- >> even with that-- >> so-- >> there's a great deal more i'm sure will come forward as the president talks about subjects like innovation, subjects like the future of the manufacturing sector that will point to undergirding this economy with a strong foundation. >> okay let me ask you this-- some of the people in the markets that i've talked to say the next bubble they're worried about is treasury debt. there's so much out there, and they think that interest rates could go higher and this could be a bubble in treasury debt. is that a fair concern here one year after lehmann brothers? >> i think it's very important that we manage the nation's finances as carefully

officials announced new expansion plans to disney world. the dumbo ride will add in size, an added mermaid ride. four princess characters will get their own fantasy land. my daughter would love that. new restaurants will be added as well. to make room the park is tearing down tune town and mickey and mini are moving their houses elsewhere in the park. if you missed out on free vein etch in etching, you're in luck. the free etching will take place from 4:00 to 7:00 at the oaklandmills police satellite office. your car says personal vin number will be engraved on major pieces of glass. the event is weather permitting. looks like a good day so it should happen. >> investors are following moves in the health care debate while president obama takes a trip to wall street. jane king joins us live this morning with a look at the day's business news in the "bloomberg business report." happy monday, jane. >> happy monday to you, too. president obama poised to revise calls for more financial regulations. this is coming as wall street narkz a somber an

to you think the expansion of this that has exacerbated the too big to fail problem? >> yes, i think the whole discussion we have been having here is trying to figure out some way of pulling this out. >> i'll have to ask him to get the rest of his responses in writing. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we thank you for being here. i do this on behalf of our share. we will be coming back after this vote. it is a great pleasure that we of have you here today. thank you. >> thank you for having me. we are going to get started. chairman frank asked me to give the committee started. we will try to follow the instructions given to me by chairman frank in terms of who will ask questions and in what order. i think we will go ahead and begin with the testimony. we appreciate you donating your valuable time. we are going to begin with the former chairman of the sec and senior advisor to the carlyle group. >> thank you for the opportunity of appearing before the committee to discuss the critical issues and assessing a systemic risk regulator and resolution authority. i wi

i'm wondering about the underlying picture about where it goes in the expansion of liberties. some of those are commenting favorably on your years on the court and have depicted you as someone who moves slowly and cautiously -- cautiously in a direction. >> fair enough. there has to be a direction. at the end of the day, you have to say something. bear in mind two different types of common law judge in. one is the historical context of the judge who was there, whether it be civil or criminal cases, in places where there were a total absence of statutory laws. you have to start from scratch. the value of propositions whether they are for constitutional law or criminal responsibility are propositions that you have to derive by whatever method you do so. the second sense of common law judging is the judging of common-law method, that is what you were principally referring to. i think it is inappropriate in a constitutional context. it is secretion very -- it is accretionary has a respect for facts. a go-slow. as you say, when one gets to the fork in the road, one has to go one wa

urday, people are so angry about the massive expansion of government, people are not in the mood for this bill right now. they do want to see reform, they do not know how to do it. host: mason, republican line. good morning. caller: hello. i was just thinking, like, does cost make any difference? looking at cost as a whole, would we not have to add it up as cost for the nation? looking at it in a completely different way? say that an illegal mexican comes over here, why not treat him and sent him back to mexico if he catches the flu? that is all i got. host: kevin baker? guest: there is a problem with excluding illegal immigrants from all of this, which obama is doing. i know that that is a big issue with the astroturf protesters. health problems do not stop at an individual. in new york city, this is a city where four years the wealthy would be dying of the diseases of the poor. cholera, typhus, eventually people got the idea. these things spread, we need have decent health care for everybody. the latest version is that the legal immigrants will not even be able to buy, with their o

>>> tonight on "worldfocus" -- >> defying the obama administration, israel announces an expansion of settlements in the west bank, but is an accommodation in the works? as congress and the president try to fashion a grand compromise on health care, we will bring you part two of our series looking at other health care systems around the world. tonight, british health care under the microscope. we begin a "worldfocus" "signature series" on women in the muslim world. tonight, the very complicated situation inside iran, a unique look. and what are these little penguins in australia telling us about climate change? >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. we're going to begin tonight with a deeper look at a story that you will be hearing a lot about in the coming weeks but is under the radar for most american television news. the middle east peace process and what many see as a pivotal issue. it is the building of jewish settlements in the west bank on lands that the palestinians claim as theirs. it's also about a potential freeze on such building, something that the obama administration is

i think expansion of market economies ensuring that everyone is able to participate in the market it will help to flourish that and also that is good for democracy. >>sager: can democracy, islam and modernity coexist harmoniously and peacefully? >>baswedan: yes, i think so. people understand that it is not about whether the state is islamic or secular, it is about whether people of religion are able to practise religion freely and that the state is not hostile to religion. and that i think is in the mind of indonesians. so the majority having that view, therefore, in the context of indonesia, islam and democracy is walking hand in hand. >>sager: indonesia is a democratic and economic success story. but do you think it is still overlooked though? >>baswedan: we democratised, de centralised from one of the most centralised government to one of the most de centralised today. and the economy was hit badly by the crisis. so three things happening: recovering,decentralisation and democratisation. but now ten years after the reforms started, indonesia started to look at the international wo

some say the medicaid expansion is not the way to go.inable, inflexible, and we ought to think of something new and different and a more creative way to expand coverage. our approach in vermont has been a public, private partnership. i think it has been pretty successful. i am sorry that we have to beg the federal government for permission for the waiver process to implement some of the reforms that we have. i have to tell you a little story about that. when i came down here several times to request the waiver to put in place the reforms that i described. i came in with the secretary in number of times. somebody said, now you have to go over to omv. i did not know that. they sign off on all of these financial own arrangements. i made an appointment to go meet with the folks over there. i went into the old executive office building. the then governor of texas was coming out of a similar meeting asking for a medicaid waiver from the folks there. i said, jeb, how did it go? he said that i do not think it got too well. he said that if you ca

. >> it still terrifies many other countries around the world, the scale of the expansion within china. >> absolutely, david. it has only just got started. china is the world's biggest polluter, about 1.8 billion tons of carbon back in 2007 released into the atmosphere. but still some way to go. the country is expected to continue growing at a huge economic growth rate for many years to come. but there is a recognition, not just around the world, but here in china, that the current path is not sustainable. this country is regularly flooded in the south, it has huge desert in the north. this is a country that is at risk. so china wants to keep the economic miracle going, but it needs to take climate precautions, too. >> thank you for joining me in the studios. our environment correspondent richard black. richard, give us the context of this summit? >> it could be a big deal because the u.n. negotiations that have been going on all year have become deadlocked. this is a chance for leaders to talk person to person, in small groups to thrash out differences. the hope is in the context, rel

>>namoff: if you look at the expansion team of seattle, they're averaging upwards of over 25000 a game. for anexpansion team that's unheard of... >>courtemanche: in other clubs such as toronto they play in a 20000 seat stadium and have sold out every match in their 3 years of existence. >>reporter: in philadelphia...they're confidently building a soccer specific stadium that'll be ready for the team's first mls game, with a 19000 capacity... >>debusschere: the public response has been phenomenal. we have over 7000 season tickets already and that's with a very limited, if nothing at all marketing campaign. >>reporter: a new mls franchise now costs $30 million dollars, up from just $10m four years ago. but tv revenuesare still meagre, average attendances are struggling to get beyond the 16000 mark, and a study by forbes last year estimated only 3 franchises are actually operating at a profit... >>: our revenues haven't grown the last few years the way we'd like them to. >>reporter: and if you listen to a typical sports radio station, like this one in washington dc, home of the league's m

the g-20 is the expansion of the old g 8 -- >> which was an expansion of the g-7. >> we go backwardson that they have broadened out in effect the economic's board of directors to include developing growing countries like brazil and india and china and they made that permanent. that's pretty interesting. they tried to come up with a plan that doesn't seem to have very many teeth for continuing economic cooperation and decision-making to keep the recovery going. my favorite part, though, is that they issued a communique, all of these leaders saying earlier this year we met and talked about launching a recovery for the economy and one of the lines reads simply it worked. so they patted themselves on the back. >> doyle, you mention the russians and how they changed their position in light of this news. are there any other countries you're waiting to hear from? gwen: china? >> of course, china. actually, though, the first question is, what will russia really do? russia has said some things. dmitry medvedev, the president of russia says we don't like sanctions but we have to go do them. no

the medicare expansion. -- the medicaid expansion. we took several conference calls, agrippa 6, and on the conference call yesterday, maybe a dozen governors, bipartisan, explaining what the net result would be to governors with an expansion of medicaid. essentially, when you factor in the rates that of assam is going to pay -- that local sam is going to pay -- that all sam -- uncle sam is going to pay, when you factor in chip flexibility that states will have, and some other provisions -- on and net basis throughout the country, states will say, according to the most recent calculations, 0.89% increase in the state medicaid obligation over the baseline, other than what they would otherwise pay. i can take a few more questions. sorry? [inaudible] >> anything that would affect physician payment in medicaid? >> well, a key point here clearly is delivery system reform. that is a key point of this bill, and regrettably in my judgment as has been lost in most national debate on health care reform. we have to begin to change the way that we

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we'll tell you about an expansion at dulles international airport. and lindsay will have another live report from redskins park on yesterday's game with the rams. >>> people in baltimore county are still cleaning up the mess caused by friday's huge water main break. the six-foot broke. sent water rushing into the streets. inspectors have deemed 70 of the homes uninhabitable and nearly three dozen are still without power. kate amarah has our report. >> reporter: where the water was, there's now a layer of brown dust covering the streets and alleys, covering the cars. while the water is gone, the damage to resident's homes and cars remain. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, right about here. that's quite a bit of water. i guess you can call that four feet of water. >> reporter: he and his neighbors filled their backyards with their waterlogged possessions. herb ford's 81-year-old mother lives in this home. >> we have containers here full of pictures from when i was a baby which was a while ago and my mother's taking good care of them. trying to put t

it did not support the medicaid expansions in this bill. medicaid is not working for the present population, much less the expanding population that would be called for. 40% of physicians restricted access for medicaid patients because of concerns about reimbursement and billing paper where -- paperwork. in california, only 51% of family physicians participate in medicaid well in michigan, the numbers of doctors who receive it has fallen from a high of 88 serve half a the sermon haag to 64%. medicaid patients are almost 50% more likely to die. according to a recent survey, there is an acute -- an excuse -- an acute lack for medicaid patients. why we do expanded program program rather than fix it? if it passes and they believe it is a worthy program that provides access to quality care, we should lead by example and be willing to enroll ourselves and our families. we do not deserve to get health care benefits and choices that are unavailable to the people that we serve. this amendment would require all members to enroll in the medicaid progr

third is international expansion. there's still a couple of markets out there.it russia, call it china, call it korea, where there are market share challenges for google. it would be nice to expand their region from those countries. fourth would be local or geo targeting capabilities. the ability to put researchers on space exactly with what zip code or streets you're walking on. and this company's done a lot with green technology. probably not quarter with its business but as they think about infrastructure and investments and use a lot of technology, what green technology investments could they put money into to improve their profitabilities. >> talking about china, we're talking about google. google versus the chinese government. can they survive there? >> and also, mark, google losing its head recently. i don't think the russian government would allow them. that's part of the challenge google has. they have $16,000 on their balance sheet that's really burning a hole many their pocket. it's making less than a percent a year in terms of returns. you would thin

they see this as the expansion of government under president obama. also, people carrying signs, erin burnett, saying "you lie." there is some grass roots organization in rallying behind, not only congressman wilson, but the opposition as well. the republicans are united on this one. >> i would say so. from the business perspective, newt gringrich said to focus on the economy and getting jobs, but health care is central to that and getting it done is crucial. 58% of small businesses said they didn't give raises last year because health care costs were going up so much. you look at some of the numbers for big companies and they are saying 30% of them are going to play people off because of health care. this comes when incomes are back to levels of 18 f 1977. getting something done is crucial and maybe the step you are talking about that the republicans are starting to see there's going to get something done moves us in the direction of getting something. >> does this move galvanize republicans? >> i think he did. it is hard to imagine his apology was r

. >> we will show some of the debate from the committee on the expansion and the potential cost. we touched on medicaid briefly. cattell's what they're proposing. >> the health committee bill would expand medicaid to all individuals with incomes up to $100,000. the house bill would only expand up to 133%. this provision is very costly. it is also very complex. medicaid is administered by states and through a matching program with the federal government. a lot of states have extended their medicaid programs to offer coverage to people at 1 under 50% or even higher in some cases. -- 150% or even higher in some cases. but for states who are going above and beyond and how to help states cannot afford to extend the coverage, the finance committee negotiators had a big conference call with a bunch of the governors before the rest -- before the recess. >> we have about 20 minutes of debate on the expansion of medicaid. >> the amendment i would like to offer, and i will try to respect time is very simple. it says that if congress decides as a result of the work of this committee in this

at the tketing level, it is part of a $3 billion airport expansion projec which includes an underground train system that is set to open later this year. >>> there is a traffic alert. vdot will close the beltway in both directions at the chain bridge road exit for up to 30 minutes at a time. this will be on september 25 and september 26. dominion virginia power needs to relocate power lines. >>> the latest round in the battle between fairfax and arlington county over the hot lane proposals -- five supervisors have issued a statement urging tim kaine to end a state imposed delays on the project. the administration put the project on hold citing financial problems. arlington county has sued to halt the project. >>> there are renewed concerns over growing traffic problems in northern virginia. >> they are looking at interstate 66. >> 66 has a lot of problems. >> eight hours of concession daily in both directions, slowing down the 200,000 cars a day. vdot expects a 50% increase in drivers. that is not good news. >> it will be more traffic. no, that will not work. >> vdot one-out look at imp

yet, despite this, every single proposal we've seen would lead to a vast expansion of the government'sole in the health care system. it's not that the democrats in congress don't sense the public's unease about a new government plan for health care. i think they do. the primary reason some of them are backing away from proposals that include it. what some americans don't realize, however, is that even without a government plan -- even without a government plan -- the health care plans democrats are proposing would still vastly, vastly expand the government's role in our health care. and that's what i'd like to discuss in a little more detail this morning. let me list just a few examples of how government's role in health care would expand even without -- even without -- a government-run plan. even without a government plan, the proposals we've seen would force employers to pay a tax if they can't afford insurance for their employees. employers have warned that this provision would kill jobs. at a time when the nation's unemployment rate stands at a 25-year high of 9.7%, we should help

say you yourself have written to decisions -- through the decisions that there is a directional expansion of liberty because that is the direction of what has come before. that seems different than your formulation that speaks of reasoning from empirical fact. >> my formulation and minute ago when i did not speak of the significant of precedent, and of course it is one of those principles of decision were the a great respect. regionalism is something different. -- originalism is something different. the force of president is something great. one has to remember in every case in which there is a genuine issue is that maybe we are at the point at which to line up president has been developed as far as it should be developed and there should be in effect a counter-line, that a line should be drawn. if an appellate judge will not accept that as a possibility, then the fix is in when he goes on the bench. no line of precedent is, as it were, the embodiment of an absolute value. the notion of a constitution in which we want it both ways is sensible by accepting the proposition that we cannot ha

our challenge is to create economic expansion and growth, not based on financial bubbles, but instead, based on real production of goods and services for the benefit of all the citizens of our country. there are many parts of this agenda. the new american economy needs to be more export oriented and less consumption oriented, more environmentally oriented and less energy production oriented, more bio and civil engineering oriented and less potential engineering oriented, and more oriented to the interest of the middle-class. i would suggest that a stronger, better regulated financial system is crucial for all that, and all of us working together can do much to bring about such a financial system. thank you very much. [applause] >> we have time for a few questions, and let me begin with one. in retrospect, was it a good idea to repealed glass-steagall provision separating traditional banking from investment banking insurance? >> i think have to go meet my plane now. [laughter] i should say before anything else, i said a variety of nice words that i meant very sincerely about georgetown

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and they observed that if the bbc suffers any setback in expansion, it is merely tipperary.there will soon be another initiative requiring yet more management time to fight off. as new entrants like to have discovered operating alongside the bbc, without access to its content for a cross if emotional about it is not a task for the fainthearted. you need deep pockets, sheer bloody mindedness and an army of lawyers just to make the trust set up and pay attention. most importantly, and it's all media marketplace, the expansion of state-sponsored journalism is a threat to the plurality and which are so important to our democracy. dumping freak state-sponsored news on the market makes it incredibly difficult for journalism to force on the internet. yet it is essential for the future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged for newto people who value it. weeem to have decided as a society toet independent and plurality with her, to let the bbc throttle the news market and then get bigger to compensate. most policymaking with the supposedly malign interven

some believe that medicaid expansion is not the way. it is a program that is big, unsustainable, and flexible. we ought to think of something new and different. the approach in vermont has been a public-private partnership. it has been successful. sorry we have to beg the federal government for permission through waivers to implement some of the reforms. it has been successful so far. i have to tell a story about that. when i came down here to request a waiver and met with secretary levitt a number of times. we got the sign off. then someone said by the way, that you have to go over to omb. i did not know that. they sign off on all these financial arrangements. so i made an appointment to meet with them. i went into the old executive office building there. the of then-governor of texas was coming out of a similar meeting asking for medicaid waiver. i. jeb how would wind. he said he did not think it went too well. i said if you can i get a waiver from this administration i don't know about me. we both got it. >> do you think reform propo

palestinians to work and removed some illegal settlements but netanyahu has refused to stop settlement expansion, which is a palestinian condition for peace talks. >> we are continuing our discussions on that issue and we're trying to bring it to a point where we can relaunch the negotiations, and we will move forward on negotiations. >> permanent negotiations must begin soon, and we must give those negotiations the opportunity to succeed. >> those negotiations would decide whether and how israelis and palestinians shared jerusalem, which israeli settlements would be dismantled to give palestinians a con tig ewous west bank and what to do about three generations of refugees living in jordan and sir ra, but now netanyahu feels they have more urgent concerns than a peace agreement with palestinians. >> the real control doesn't come from palestinians t comes from iranians, and therefore, the israeli willingness to make really serious compromises to the palestinians is lower because of a sense that it's not necessary. it's not urgent. >> senior administration officials say the president was blunt in

the bill he did with orrin hatch, the serve america act, the greatest expansion of national service since the new deal. and it goes on and on and on: big bills; bills that changed people's lives. not just in a county or a city but all across this great country. in civil rights, as you look across at that deck, he had no peer, he would stand up and i would watch the lower jaw would quiver slightly and he would begin and the thunderous tones either in the judiciary committee or here that would fill the room, filled with passion, filled with conviction, filled with filled with passion, filled with conviction, filled with determine apings. he played a major role in every civil rights battle in this congress for 40 years. who can say that? he fought for people of color, for women, for gays and lesbians, for those seeking religious liberty. his amendments to the voting right act in 1982 led to significant increases in minority representation in elective office. he was a major sponsor of the americans with disabilities act to insure that americans with disabilities could live productive lives. t

one is mandated expansion of medicaid. the other is mandated increase in provided payment rates. we are not mandating either one of them. this is something that senator enzi set, under hashed or any other republican -- senator hatch, it would be entirely inappropriate amendment at that time. but this amendment here, to have this committee go on record trying to dictate what happens with medicaid payments i think would be a big mistake. i would oppose it on those grounds. >> technically, my friend from new mexico has a point. we are in an unusual situation. we work for the united states senate. we're taking a big subject and splitting it up and saying, you work on some of it and you work on some of but in one committee. we each have our responsibility for the hall. i have a copy of the bill we are working on. it is marked with collars all of the provisions of the bill -- is marked with colors all of the provisions of the bill. this is part of what we're trying to do here. we're trying to look at health care as a whole. it is the position of those who wrote the bill that the way to

biggest expansion of entitlement spending since t gat society. george bush runs as a compassionateonservative, which is said here worked as a human being is measured by your i.t. here in steve largent fishin and ultimately counterproductive government programs. you can go down this list. meanwhile you talk about h consvatives find extending their hands. national riew supported bill clinton, supported bill clinton when he bombed the sudan. we are dogmatic and refusing to criticize our roane site as lynnlle buckley said those things about the primary slossburg of the national reew of posey george bush's oppose no child left behind( opposed his immigration plan and that may be a separate issue, opposeuch of bush's domestic agenda and so meanwhile usaid that a sure sign of dogmatism and curt cultural is when people believe in secret cadres. this afternoon the new republic ran a piece@ by john mcwhirter saying who cares if their people and the administration who believe in truth, who cares if they believe their own government cspired to kill 3,000 of

and get -- yet, even as we remain vigilant to ensure continuing expansion, it would be irresponsible for us not to learn the lessons of what took place and focus our efforts on assuring that our system becomes much less vulnerable to this kind of instability in the future. whatever plausibility the view that the right posture for policy is to not seek to prevent crisis, but simply to respond aggressively after crisis takes place. whatever plausibility that view may once have had, it is much less plausible after the events of the past two years. just as the cuban missile crisis spurred a focus on arms control and a reconsideration of the then prevailing system of mutually assured destruction, the events of the past two years have raised grave concerns about the soundness of current public policies towards the financial system. these concerns are framed often as the need for regulators to do a better job, and they do need to do a better job, but to frame these issues only in terms of the quality of regulators' judgment is, i would submit, to frame the issue too narrowly. consider this

the microwave backhaul radios are going to be a major part of the wireless infrastructure expansion in the world's greatest capitalist country, communist china where the brilliant communist government shelled out $40 billion for a wireless stimulus plan. and in india which is expected to start awargd 3g licenses to wireless players by the end of the year. something that will then allow them to start building out their own networks. man, this is a lot. this is big, big, big. how come i've got two speculative stocks to play microwave backhaul radios? because i'm a true play guy. the biggest companies in the industry are ericsson and n krechlt but they've got so many other business which is why we've got to go speculative. this doesn't even move the needle for ericsson and nec. harris, this is the largest independent player in the industry, 12% market share. i think they're in the best position to benefit from the wireless backhaul buildout. if you're willing to take the risk on the speculative $6 and change stock, market cap slightly below 400 million. hstx. $2.15 in cash, very little de

this erosion has occurred as members of the alliance had expressed less enthusiasm for nato expansion and found an increasing number of reason to avoid committing forces to afghanistan. the decline in the deterrent value of article 5 became more apparent with the onset of the energy crisis in europe and the adoption by several western european governments with policies respect to oil and natural gas or arrangements with the russian river -- russian federation. the perceived success of moscow's foreign energy policies has and live in a spa said in russia for privilege sphere of influence, calling allies on the periphery to be increasingly nervous about the credibility of article 5. in this context, the recent decision by the obama administration to alter alliance missile defense plans has the potential to further damage confidence in article 5. at the time of the russia- georgia conflict, and u.s. negotiators were engaging poland and the czech republic on the terms of deployment of theater missile defense shields to protect against an iranian missile threat. in response to the rising d

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one barack obama talked about the fact that his massive government expansion isn't going to cost average americans anything, it will only be paid for by the rich, that is all a sham. they're not raising taxes on the rich nearly enough. there are enough rich people to attack that the more they tax the fewer there will be. we have this huge growth of government, it has to be paid for. even if we succeed in borrowing the money from the chinese for a while, theoretically we have to pay it back, we have to raise taxes in the future by an even larger amount than we would have raised them today but i don't see that as a realistic political possibility. they are going to print money to pay for the government. that doesn't mean it is free, that doesn't mean the average american gets all this government for nothing. when the government prints money they brought -- rod every american citizen, it hurts most people who are retired and living off of their accumulated purchasing power. but they tax every american wage earner whose wages are constantly being debased and when he goes to the grocery store

expansion of the money supply, all right? you have all those things. the third one, which the united states has got to do in a very careful way, is to basically ease off the currency and take it down and continue to get that export strength. we're getting our streng economically from a slight upturn in housing, a slight cash for clunkers, the auto sales, and exports. you've got to basically buy time until the consumer can come in. it's like a picture for the new york yankees where you're waiting for rivera to come in and be the closer. the closer will be the consumer. we're not having that yet. the weakening in the dollar, you don't want to cause people at pittsburgh next thursday/friday to start talking about that stuff on the 24th, 25th. >> they're talking about it -- i mean, in terms of publicly talking about it. >> maria, you've been in jackson hole, london, you've talked to these folks all over the world and it is in the back of their minds is the overhang and overflow of dollars. so the united states has got to be very judicious, very, very measu

george bush increasing inerms of the prescription drug benefit the biggest expansion of entitlement spending since the great society. george bush runs as a compassionate conservative buyi into the philosophal precept of liberal schism which is that your worth as a human being is adherent to counterproductive government programs. you can go down this list. meanwhile, you talk about how nservatives aren't extending their hand. nation review supported bill clinton in the balkans, supported bill clinton when he bombed the sudan. you say that we're sort of doatic in refusing to sort of criticize our own sid as when bill buckley said, you know, those things about the primary lots. national review opposed george bush's creation of the department of homeland security, opposed no child left behind, opposed his immigrati plan. now, that may be a separate issue. opposed much of bush's domestic agenda. and so when i look -- and meanwhile, you say that a sure sign of dogmatism and bultural enmity is is when people start believing in secret cadres. a piece was run saying that who cares if there are people

. >> we will show some of the debate from the committee on the expansion and the potential cost.we touched on medicaid briefly. cattell's what they're proposing. >> the health committee bill would expand medicaid to all individuals with incomes up to $100,000. the house bill would only expand up to 133%. this provision is very costly. it is also very complex. medicaid is administered by states and through a matching program with the federal government. a lot of states have extended their medicaid programs to offer coverage to people at 1 under 50% or even higher in some cases. -- 150% or even higher in some cases. but for states who are going above and beyond and how to help states cannot afford to extend the coverage, the finance committee negotiators had a big conference call with a bunch of the governors before the rest -- before the recess. >> we have about 20 minutes of debate on the expansion of medicaid. >> the amendment i would like to offer, and i will try to respect time is very simple. it says that if congress decides as a result of the work of this committee in this b

fallin4% as the home provement retailer offers a cautio outlook and scales back its expansion plans. >> paul: i'm paul ngas. >> suzanne: ani'm suzanne prat susie gharib is on assignmt. this is "night business reportfor tuesday, september 22. "nightly business report" is made possibley: thisrogram was made possible by contributions tyour pbs station from viewers le you. thank u. >> suzanne: goodvening everyone. one-sih of the economy is getting a make-or today on capitohill. the sete finance committee has taken up an historic rorm of the nation health care system. and before it was even out o the starting gat it was already being changed. senatomax baucus, the author of the bill s agreed to scale back the t on so-called gold- plated health insurance policies. but darren gersh reports, a key concern remains homuch the erage american will have to pay to buy covage. >> reporter:rom the very beginning, the hard work othe senate finance cmittee came down to balaing the cost of panding health care coverage with affordability strikinghat balance is the job of committee chairman ma baucus. >>