host: we will try fort lauderdale, fla. again. was wondering, in the 1980's, there was a change in pension regulation. 35% of pension overage was determined an asset of the corporation. i was wondering if that percentage has gone up and what type of role does it have in current pensions? being from florida and our state legislature keeps trying to change our employees from a defined benefit plan to a mandatory defined contribution. luckily, we have staved that off. what affect would that have if they do change that? what effect does that have on each individual employee to know how to get education in how to manage the stock market for themselves? guest: excellent questions. the first question is on defined benefits access. when it was stated that the laws change in the 1980's, i had to laugh to myself. this area above lot is constantly changing. it changed in the 1980's many, many times but it changed in the 1990's and is changing practically as we speak. the public sector is different. this is a function of constitutionality of

our next call is from jacksonville, fla. on the independent line.aller: i see stimulus here in jacksonville. there is a big project going on in downtown, the new courthouse. there are a lot of contractors from out-of-town that have gotten on this project, so it makes it hard for locals to get jobs. host: why you suppose they are letting this business go to out of towners as opposed to hiring more local people? caller: that question, i do not know why that is like that. i felt like the city of jacksonville should have went to the local contractors first to give them an opportunity to be on the job, so they can put the money back into the economy of jacksonville. i am presently working on the courthouse now. i am into professional caulking and waterproofing systems. host: democrats line. caller: i have been hired as an equipment operator on several stimulus jobs, construction, which we desperately need. roads are crumbling and stuff. i was self-employed for the last several years. i did multiple residential jobs, but it went down. i was fortunate enou

crystal river, fla., on the independent line. toni. caller: good morning. i'm calling because this corruption in the united states has been going on for over 60 years. i blame the majority of it on george h. w. bush. he is the only person i know in my lifetime who has been involved in every agency -- the cia, the fbi. his corruption has extended to the pentagon, the private sector with the oil businesses, with all the big corporations, ge, and others. the republicans claim that ronald reagan, the great communicator -- that was the best acting job he ever did as far as i'm concerned. as for george bush, jr., he was a thumb tack president. his father put him into office and his father's cronies' ran it. host: what do you think the president obama should do now? caller: well, what can he do? the corruption is so imbedded. george bush, a senior was involved with bringing drugs into the country. he was accused of it and then they all watched it to. the nixon administration -- the public outcry against nixon got him to resign. there is no more public outcry. the

fort myers, fla., please go ahea caller: i am here in florida and we are anxiously awaiting and prayingat the world does not hit our beaches here in southwest florida. host: right. what did you think of yesterday's congressional hearings? caller: i tink this is a lot of showboating by a lot of ngressmen. we have people from michigan grilling a someone and they have no clue what we are going through in florida and louisiana. we need to put this aside and stop the oil. we

host: next, a viewer from deerfield, beach, fla. richard? caller: good morning. obama is calling to throw $50 billion? it seems like he is spending money without a plan. the more that heespins, the mark hurts our economy because we're going further into debt. one other thing, hh wants to close down all these oilwells out in the gulf. that will affect 40,000 jobs. by closing these wells down, the added pressure they're putting on the valves, pipes -- all this equipment when they shut down, it has the potential to create more of a hazard. host: on the front page this morning, "the usa wins 1-1." the relationship with our great britain is the subject. obama had a conversation with the new prime minister, david cameron. president obama's says that we like the u.k., but do not like bp. the president is asking the congress to vote on monday before july 4. he says the deficit will take care of itself, but we need the multiplier effect spawned by sitting upon the -- that is a message from twitter concerning the president's request for money from congress. caller: i am fr

petersburg, fla., on the democrats' line. caller: a few seconds ago i heard a caller from tampa say there was no problem. there is a problem. two tempo police officers during so-called routine traffic stop were shocked. one was killed, the other is on life support. this is a problem that has been around for many years. what is needed is for federal, state, and local law enforcement to take a leader -- we do not have many leaders in this country, but there are leaders and these various law- enforcement departments, to take a lead and get this business stopped. it must be stopped. host: we will come back to this question in just a moment. the supreme court ruling yesterday involving the second element and jurisdiction of local and state laws versus what is in the constitution. it was also the last day for justice john paul stevens. he has been the longest serving justice on the supreme court. this letter has been reprinted that he delivered to his colleagues. he went on to say it has been an honor and privilege to share custodi

fort myers, fla., please go ahead. caller: i am here in florida and we are anxiously awaiting and praying that the world does not hit our beaches here in southwest florida. host: right. what did you think of yesterday's congressional hearings? caller: i think this is a lot of showboating by a lot of congressmen. we have people from michigan grilling a someone and they have no clue what we are going through in florida and louisiana. we need to put this aside and stop the oil. we had people explain how they had a similar situation on friday and dave were able to drain the oil and -- and they were able to drain the oil and contain most of it. host: has agreed to your beaches in fort myers? caller: no, it has not. host: has it affected the tourism? caller:, it has because of the media -- yes, it has because of the media. there have been a lot of cancellations and people who are afraid to come. host: this is the front page of the miami herald. an ominous turn for the panhandle. this is a picture on okaloosa island right the

host: here's a call from jupiter, fla. on the republican line. caller: good morning. it looks like the pirates are back. i have not heard you talk about something we used to do in the wild wild west. the government put a bounty on the yelloutlaws. they engaged private individuals or companies to go after the pirates. congress used to authorize these private parties -- you could have somebody like blackwater, for example, do this more efficiently than the military. there's too much coast line to cover, as you said. they could specialize and find out where the hideouts are and go after them. the only way the government needs to be involved is to have a bounty. ron paul made a proposal in 2001. he introduced the act in 2001 to also target osama bin laden. that it's when you have pirates or outlaws that do not have an affiliation with a particular country. secondly, i'm trying to understand the israeli boarding of the boat in international waters. that seems to skate around the idea of piracy as well. if america cents a humanitarian ship to gaza -- and let's say they kill

first phone call comes from sarasota, fla.caller: sir, i have followed you for i don't know how many years. guest: just don't say. [laughter] caller: forgive me, i'm calling to ask about a quasi-perronal matter. my sister was reasonabrecently diagnosed with parkinson's disease. were you also diagnosed? guest: yes. caller: could you tell me what you think are the two best web sites for information regarding parkinson's disease? we're doing all we can to help her. for a number of years you talked about the disease. i thought maybe would have a couple of websites to be helpful. guest: sure, i have no secret website. of these days there is so much cross-linking that you can nearly start anywhere. there is the michael j. fox foundation, of course. he has become the leading advocate for parkinson's. his foundation spends its money on experimental research, not on lobbying, which is fairly unusual. the other one -- i think it is the northwest parkinsons association. i do not remember the exact name, but i think if you put in the keyw

let's begin with pensacola, fla. good morning, thomas. host: -- caller: i am surprised that c-span is becoming so thin skinned. host: not thin skinned at all. caller: i strongly disagree with that caller. this is one of the worst catastrophes to happen to the united states of america in our history. . . nightmare. i actually appreciate-span covering this with a number of guts. i think this is the issue. having said tt, you ask what is the concern. until this thing happened, the concern clearly is jobs and the economy. anybody with any sense can look ound and see the sovereign debt of arou the world, here ate, deficits, 18% real unemployment. anybody who has had any longevity on earthnows this is not sustainable and obama ds not seem up to the job. host: let us here next from john, a democrat from portland, maine. what ts your list of concerns? caller: i g the same concerns about the oil spill in the gulf. what it is stunning to mes to see the gulf stes, which have been extremely republican, oft to the far rht, some of the most anti-enviro

a look now at the fact the oil spill may have on pensacola, fla., with a local reporter.riting for a pensacola newspaper joins us on the phone this morning. when the president trels to region, this is his fourt oil spill toeast, but fir florida, alabama, and mississippi. wh wl he see? >> lots ofiety. many people hin -- we have here, easilycs among t most beautifulnd well. it is pure, white sand. the piure of the oicoming ashore is ve ugly. you have pretty much ach economy here that wilbe broug tan abrupt standstill. host we s some of the pictures over the weekendas the oilnow in the form ofarge ball on it hits the sand wte sand melt on the you just referred to. guest: yes, we haveeard various things, inclg that sand is fairly easy to clean up. the problem i that once the weather hits, just kes coming. once you are inside the bay have been active in oyster fishery, onheast bay on the northern part, and we have lot of shrimpn the bay, so y coerned if it ge itbay. ho: what will be the long-term economic impact? guest: we had just be in 2004. ny pple were look guest: the prob

host: fla., rpublican line, go ahead. caller: finally, please don't cut me off.i have a rift with the cspan people there. wout here kno this. i watch c-span all the time. we have a discussion with the republicans are on top. instead of calling a republican first, you always calling a democrat and an independent and another democrat and finally, you get down to a republican column. you always start with democrats. "2w[and independence and thefunl republicans. give us a chance out here. i n't know why this is. that is my thing with you all. i have been holding on for the longest current. oil is a natural resource. please, mr. hoÑ&fmeister, commet on the environmentalists' role in this spirit we have been stifled from making progress in this nation because of the so- called environmentalist was trying to protect what god has given us, natural resources. we should be drilling. we should address for oil and we should grow closer to the sre. there is lots and lots of oil for us to have. we need oil. please speak to what the environmentalists has done to mess up this co

first phone call comes from sarasota, fla. caller: sir, i have followed you for i don't know how many years. guest: just don't say. [laughter] caller: forgive me, i'm calling to ask about a quasi-perronal matter. my sister was reasonabrecently diagnosed with parkinson's disease. were you also diagnosed? guest: yes. caller: could you tell me what you think are the two best web sites for information regarding parkinson's disease? we're doing all we can to help her. for a number of years you talked about the disease. i thought maybe would have a couple of websites to be helpful. guest: sure, i have no secret website. of these days there is so much cross-linking that you can nearly start anywhere. there is the michael j. fox foundation, of course. he has bbcome the leading advocate for parkinson's. his foundation spends its money on experimental research, not on lobbying, which is fairly unusual. the other one -- i think it is the northwest parkinsons association. i do not remember the exact name, but i think if you put in the key