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university perry took classes taught by phil gramm phil gramm who called unemployed people whiners his exact words were back when he this is back when he was john mccain's economic adviser in two thousand and eight he said we have sort of become a nation of whiners is here this constant whining complaining about was a competitive those american decline end of quote phil gramm the guy who put into law the commodities futures modernization act and another piece of legislation called gramm leach bliley which ended glass steagall and set up are too big to fail banks which both by the way helped his wife wendy make a fortune as a member of the board of directors of enron graham's legislative masterpiece is often called the enron loophole and much of perry's wonderful economy in texas is the result of oil prices triple in the last decade and texas is the home to lots and lots of oil refineries so many in fact that texas produces more pollution than any other state in the union. great way to jump start the economy rick it's almost like you're channeling the enron c.e.o. ken lay who convenient
university perry took classes taught by phil gramm phil gramm who called unemployed people whiners his exact words were back when he this is back when he was john mccain's economic adviser in two thousand and eight he said we have sort of become a nation of whiners is here this constant whining complaining about was a competitive those american decline end of quote phil gramm the guy who put into law the commodities futures modernization act and another piece of legislation called gramm leach...
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as one of the authors of the gramm-rudman-hollings act put it, senator gramm, -- quote -- "it was never the objective of gramm-rudman to trigger this sequester. the objective of gramm-rudman was to have the threat of the sequester force compromise and action." close quote. and it did. for example, in 1990, when facing the possibility of unacceptable cuts in defense and other important programs, president bush and bipartisan leaders in congress adopted a balanced deficit reduction plan that included significant new revenues. the damocles sword of the gramm-rudman-hollings deficit reduction act was the reason for that outcome. i believe that any plan from the bipartisan committee that fails the test of balance will have no chance of passage in the united states senate. that means that members of the committee must truly be willing to lead, to put aside partisanship and rigid ideology if we are to avoid triggering unacceptable cuts. success also is going to require presidential leadership and stronger use of his bully pulpit. democrats have demonstrated that we are willing to put forward s
as one of the authors of the gramm-rudman-hollings act put it, senator gramm, -- quote -- "it was never the objective of gramm-rudman to trigger this sequester. the objective of gramm-rudman was to have the threat of the sequester force compromise and action." close quote. and it did. for example, in 1990, when facing the possibility of unacceptable cuts in defense and other important programs, president bush and bipartisan leaders in congress adopted a balanced deficit reduction plan...
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phil gramm's just endorsed perry for president. rick perry's son goes to work for ubs, shortly after this happens, and then ubs makes a big pitch led by phil gramm to privatize the texas state lottery just a few years later so it didn't seem to have much of a long-term impact on his political career at all but still a remarkably morbid scheme for taxpayers to be sort of playing bookie here for wall street gamblers going after you know dead teachers. >> zach, address the cronyism. if you given direct perry's campaign, are you going to get a deal in the end somewhere? >> well, it depends. but generally in politics, you're much more likely to get the ear of lawmakers and elected officials if you spend a lot of money on campaign contributions. now phil gramm certainly spent a lot of money on campaign contributi contributions. he gave hundreds and thousands of dollars to rick perry's gubernatorial campaign but rick perry and phil gramm go way back. perry was a student at phil gramm's texas a&m university who was an economic student for
phil gramm's just endorsed perry for president. rick perry's son goes to work for ubs, shortly after this happens, and then ubs makes a big pitch led by phil gramm to privatize the texas state lottery just a few years later so it didn't seem to have much of a long-term impact on his political career at all but still a remarkably morbid scheme for taxpayers to be sort of playing bookie here for wall street gamblers going after you know dead teachers. >> zach, address the cronyism. if you...
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bob dole and phil gramm tied as winners of the straw poll thanks to fi to phil gramm's texas supporters999, one of the great arms races, george w. bush won that one and the presidency. but not after steve forbes spent 5 million bucks on this thing, which is the only straw poll winner in 30 years to go on to win the white house. so, joining me now from more on the success rate of straw poll winners, the news director of radio iowa, kay anderson and mr. albert hunt. this is your territory, kay. we'll start with you. should we be here? do you think it is a big deal? should we be going home? are we overplaying and overhyping the straw poll? >> your choice. i will say the straw poll means different things in different years. you mentioned 99 when george w. bush won it, that was bush flexing his muscle and saying i'm the guy here, you can all g. in '87 when pat robertson won this, it meant something different. it meant that the evangelical christian movement, which was then known as the christian coalition, was a force to be reckoned with in the republican party. this time around, it may mean
bob dole and phil gramm tied as winners of the straw poll thanks to fi to phil gramm's texas supporters999, one of the great arms races, george w. bush won that one and the presidency. but not after steve forbes spent 5 million bucks on this thing, which is the only straw poll winner in 30 years to go on to win the white house. so, joining me now from more on the success rate of straw poll winners, the news director of radio iowa, kay anderson and mr. albert hunt. this is your territory, kay....
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the gramm rodman hol links president that senator reagan signed in 1985. it put real triggers in and congress did respond to that. we all remember 1990 when george bush sr., george h.w. bush, broke his read my lips no new taxes pledge. he raised income taxes, gas taxes, medicare taxes. he did that because the gramm rudman hollings law was going to force very deep cuts in defense. he decided he'd rather have the tax increases than slash national defense. it has worked. i wouldn't say it has a stellar record. but i think it's certainly better than nothing. >> you don't think they'll be able to come up with some ways down the road to avoid voting or to overcome this kind of what seems to be automatic trigger? >> if this is passed by this congress binding this congress. so it's not like this is a commission that meets 10 or 20 years down the line. here's what we need. maybe if we had somebody every night who's keeping them honest. the whole country is watching and they are going to have to act on this. the i think the panel's right let's watch and see who they
the gramm rodman hol links president that senator reagan signed in 1985. it put real triggers in and congress did respond to that. we all remember 1990 when george bush sr., george h.w. bush, broke his read my lips no new taxes pledge. he raised income taxes, gas taxes, medicare taxes. he did that because the gramm rudman hollings law was going to force very deep cuts in defense. he decided he'd rather have the tax increases than slash national defense. it has worked. i wouldn't say it has a...
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and they like folks like pat robertson and phil gramm and this year, michele bachmann, they also like people who pay for their votes and feed them and provide good entertainment. don't tell the people who make magazine covers or book the sunday shows about this, but iowa, iowa is largely irrelevant to republican presidential politics. we know who the democratic nominee is going to be, the whole contest this year is about who the republican nominee is going to be, and for that question and context, iowa doesn't matter almost at all. which makes it both sad that tim pawlenty got out of the presidential race because of how he performed at something this pointless and irrelevant, but it also makes you think maybe mr. pawlenty is getting what he deserves, since he staked his campaign everybody knows in advance is irrelevant. in any case, no matter why pawlenty got out, none of the other candidates will have tim pawlenty to forget to kick around this year. what does matter on the democratic side and republican side is this. >> we can't afford to lose up to a million jobs in this country. co
and they like folks like pat robertson and phil gramm and this year, michele bachmann, they also like people who pay for their votes and feed them and provide good entertainment. don't tell the people who make magazine covers or book the sunday shows about this, but iowa, iowa is largely irrelevant to republican presidential politics. we know who the democratic nominee is going to be, the whole contest this year is about who the republican nominee is going to be, and for that question and...
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as one of the authors of the gramm-rudman-hollings act put it, senator gramm, -- quote -- "it was never the objective of gramm-rudman to trigger this sequester. the objective of gramm-rudman was to have the threat of the sequester force compromise and action." close quote. and it did. for example, in 1990, when facing the possibility of unacceptable cuts in defense and other important programs, president bush and bipartisan leaders in congress adopted a balanced deficit reduction plan that included significant new revenues. the damocles sword of the gramm-rudman-hollings deficit reduction act was the reason for that outcome. i believe that any plan from the bipartisan committee that fails the test of balance will have no chance of passage in the united states senate. that means that members of the committee must truly be willing to lead, to put aside partisanship and rigid ideology if we are to avoid triggering unacceptable cuts. success also is going to require presidential leadership and stronger use of his bully pulpit. democrats have demonstrated that we are willing to put forward s
as one of the authors of the gramm-rudman-hollings act put it, senator gramm, -- quote -- "it was never the objective of gramm-rudman to trigger this sequester. the objective of gramm-rudman was to have the threat of the sequester force compromise and action." close quote. and it did. for example, in 1990, when facing the possibility of unacceptable cuts in defense and other important programs, president bush and bipartisan leaders in congress adopted a balanced deficit reduction plan...
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in terms of gramm baking paradigm shift innovation.avi why do you think that the fear, the concern, about china is so palpable tax why is it so significant if you believe that the greatest paradigm shifts are coming out of the u.s.? wiry so scared? >> i think the raw numbers are humbling. and also i think when americans first meet a chinese, they tend to be impressed by how hard- working and dedicated the chinese people and students are. that is part of the chinese education-centric heritage. those are perhaps the factors. then there is a lot of misleading that goes on in the media and perhaps some politicians who want to demonstrate a point or get their articles read or win an election. i think the chinese people feel great about america. there are lots of opportunities to work together. i think american innovativeness and chinese execution may be a great combination. tavis: talk to me about that juxtaposition of viewing china as a communist country and capitalism taking over. >> as far as what keeps the chinese economy moving forward
in terms of gramm baking paradigm shift innovation.avi why do you think that the fear, the concern, about china is so palpable tax why is it so significant if you believe that the greatest paradigm shifts are coming out of the u.s.? wiry so scared? >> i think the raw numbers are humbling. and also i think when americans first meet a chinese, they tend to be impressed by how hard- working and dedicated the chinese people and students are. that is part of the chinese education-centric...
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just ask past winners president pat robertson, president bob dole, and president phil gramm. now rick perry is not officially listed on the straw poll because he's not declared his candidacy yet. but for the first time in its history the ames poll is allowing write-ins. this is great news for perry, folks. and great news for his right write-in opponents sarx appaller, buddy roamer and long shot female arab candidate munch maguchi. now if perry-- (laughter) now if perry really wants to be a player, he needs a superpac behind him, as the polit cos tenacious ken vogel tweeted, don't be surprised if all major presidential candidates get a big donor-backed superpac behind them. and kenny's write. for ron paul there is revolution pac. for mitt romney there is restore our future pac. and tim pawlenty just received a value pac. (laughter) so i'm not sure that 10% off dry cleaning is enough to secure the nomination. (laughter) and perry already has seven groups competing to be the rick perry superpac including americans for rick perry superpac. grow pac superpac and jobs for iowa supe
just ask past winners president pat robertson, president bob dole, and president phil gramm. now rick perry is not officially listed on the straw poll because he's not declared his candidacy yet. but for the first time in its history the ames poll is allowing write-ins. this is great news for perry, folks. and great news for his right write-in opponents sarx appaller, buddy roamer and long shot female arab candidate munch maguchi. now if perry-- (laughter) now if perry really wants to be a...
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and also if legislation would cap spending by a congress, gramm-rudman would have worked. it did not. there are other places. if you want to get around caps in this bill, there is one way that does that -- emergency. and 2010, we even had some massive spending that was called emergency even though it was for census. we of known every 10 years since the country was created we would have a census. we call that emergency. so the balanced budget amendment, it was the only way that we would ever be able to restrain a congress, they could not restrain itself. so on friday, when speaker boehner changed his bill from thursday, made it a whole new bill on friday, added a requirement that a balanced budget amendment passed both house and senate, then that was a game changer. that would change the future and ensure that there would be a future for other generations. it was obvious. i would of thought before 2001 republicans would restrain spending. we do not need a balanced budget amendment. but when we went from have a democratic president and republican congress, that was the only
and also if legislation would cap spending by a congress, gramm-rudman would have worked. it did not. there are other places. if you want to get around caps in this bill, there is one way that does that -- emergency. and 2010, we even had some massive spending that was called emergency even though it was for census. we of known every 10 years since the country was created we would have a census. we call that emergency. so the balanced budget amendment, it was the only way that we would ever be...
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bankers would be prosecuted it's a sorie story and it really goes back to nineteen ninety nine when the gramm leach wifely act in the united states repealed glass steagall and created this speculation the engine too big to fail banks that are right now once again teetering on the edge of complete disintegration there's a bill in the united states house of representatives h.r. fourteen eighty nine that would simply reinstate plastique will and other members of congress are saying that in addition to that we should repeal this bill nonsense and go back to the kind of emergency measures that franklin roosevelt talking one nine hundred thirty three when he first came into office without some radical change in policy like that. this system this transatlantic banking system and when the real economy of the united states and europe are in fact doomed and that's fair play out over the immediate weeks and months ahead now how will this play out on ordinary people then you're painting a very bleak picture but how does it affect those who think what i've got nothing to do with trading in the markets i'm
bankers would be prosecuted it's a sorie story and it really goes back to nineteen ninety nine when the gramm leach wifely act in the united states repealed glass steagall and created this speculation the engine too big to fail banks that are right now once again teetering on the edge of complete disintegration there's a bill in the united states house of representatives h.r. fourteen eighty nine that would simply reinstate plastique will and other members of congress are saying that in...
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basically thirty years or reaganomics and eight years of bush anomic reaganomics on steroids phil gramm as a little handywork with graham waged while a glow in a glass steagall in commodity futures modernization act creating all these weird to read all these other things that these fundamentals are trade fundamentals none of these things that thirty years ago provided for seventy years from one hundred thirty five until reagan basically provided a sense of a measure of real stability none of these things which have been pulled out of smashed or thrown away have been replaced and until they are we're going to continue on this rollercoaster is that a a reasonable statement in english of how an economist would would say. absolutely but add one thing for thirty years the real wages of american workers have not been raised average hour of work adjusted for the prices you pay gets you about what you got in one thousand seventy eight today if you create a working class that has no improvement for thirty years and which holds on to the american dream only by borrowing until they literally can't
basically thirty years or reaganomics and eight years of bush anomic reaganomics on steroids phil gramm as a little handywork with graham waged while a glow in a glass steagall in commodity futures modernization act creating all these weird to read all these other things that these fundamentals are trade fundamentals none of these things that thirty years ago provided for seventy years from one hundred thirty five until reagan basically provided a sense of a measure of real stability none of...
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a lot of free trade an gramms have economic and national security benefits.ou don't do free trade agrees just because of economics you do it to build relationships that are important from a national security point of view. the bigger issue is countries competed for those jobs they cut taxes, cut regulation they did the things to attract businesses. i talk to lots of manufacturers in this country. none want to send their jobs overseas. we need to create a tax environment, an environment and regulatory environment that allows them to be competitive here. >> greta: you bring up regulatory. i looked up regulations it is hard to follow, so complicated. let me ask you a question along the same sort of conversation i was having with ambassador bolton. to what is our failing economy here in the united states having an impact on our standing in the world and our political muscle and how we can try to make things better in the world as we seek to make things better in the world so it safer at home? >> no question that america's might is related to our economic might. w
a lot of free trade an gramms have economic and national security benefits.ou don't do free trade agrees just because of economics you do it to build relationships that are important from a national security point of view. the bigger issue is countries competed for those jobs they cut taxes, cut regulation they did the things to attract businesses. i talk to lots of manufacturers in this country. none want to send their jobs overseas. we need to create a tax environment, an environment and...
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if you just look at the straw poll, we're looking at president phil gramm in 1996. in addition to president mitt romney in 2008. and of course that caucus was one three years ago by mike huckabee. so it is not definitive. it can be enormously helpful to a candidate who hasn't been around before. and romney had not in 2008. he has been around before. everybody's an amateur running for president. having run before, especially on the republican side is considered a real plus. and romney last time out was more elbows and seemed to be recreating himself on an hourly basis. and in the process really alienating himself from every other candidate on the republican side. and i think he's avoiding that this time. >> rich, now, the other person who, the person who really wasn't there last night is rick perry who is about to announce, how major an event is this. how major a candidate could he become just like that? >> he could be pretty major. this is the perfect segue. he has never run before. he's trying to put this operation together on the fly in six months rather than 30 m
if you just look at the straw poll, we're looking at president phil gramm in 1996. in addition to president mitt romney in 2008. and of course that caucus was one three years ago by mike huckabee. so it is not definitive. it can be enormously helpful to a candidate who hasn't been around before. and romney had not in 2008. he has been around before. everybody's an amateur running for president. having run before, especially on the republican side is considered a real plus. and romney last time...
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i was involved in the conference on gramm-rudman. i know what sequestration is all about. the fact was, at that time, a decision was to use this tool as a way to force the right decisions. it has not worked. i do not think it will work. but it was the approach that was taken in the past and congress made the decision not to proceed with gramm-rudman and not to proceed with sequestering because the results would be so damaging. every time the trigger was about to take effect, it was postponed. >> another unprecedented thing has been that twice now with a number of months, you have had to say to the troops that you do not know if they would get paid. i don't know if any of us can recall that happening. that has to be very difficult. how do you command in a war when the troops come to you time after time and wonder if they're getting a paycheck? >> i tried to address that in some of my comments today. i think putting them in a position where they have to worry about this and their families is something we just have to make sure in the future, in the future debates, does not o
i was involved in the conference on gramm-rudman. i know what sequestration is all about. the fact was, at that time, a decision was to use this tool as a way to force the right decisions. it has not worked. i do not think it will work. but it was the approach that was taken in the past and congress made the decision not to proceed with gramm-rudman and not to proceed with sequestering because the results would be so damaging. every time the trigger was about to take effect, it was postponed....
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it will only get more gramm in the view of democrats, now that we have this package in place. host: florida, independent line. caller: i am 77 years old. i was a lifelong democrat. i am an independent now. i am wondering why the writers and even c-span, but when they re tobama's speech on thei support this and not one reporter went behind that with his speech he made in 2006 condemning george bush for raising the debt limit. that is why we do not trust anybody in washington, d.c. anymore. guest: i do not know anybody that looks at this debate and thinks it is good. people are frustrated. it went down to the wire. it is not looking very good. i heard this last weekend. [inaudible] peop were blaming washington in general. maybe there were more frustrated with republicans oremocrats, but everyone was frustrated. people are really struggling out there. they are losing their jobs. they are not saying congress and this president deal with that. the frustration will come even louder. guest: especially with the 2006 vote. the white house said it was a mistake and he voted against the
it will only get more gramm in the view of democrats, now that we have this package in place. host: florida, independent line. caller: i am 77 years old. i was a lifelong democrat. i am an independent now. i am wondering why the writers and even c-span, but when they re tobama's speech on thei support this and not one reporter went behind that with his speech he made in 2006 condemning george bush for raising the debt limit. that is why we do not trust anybody in washington, d.c. anymore....
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phil gramm never got to the starting line there. too much texas swagger for the yankee libertarian?ink he has enough of a libertarian streak that he'll do well. but it is a state that abuts massachusetts, romney's home state. but i think he does well there. >> does this become a two-man battle between mr. romme and mr. perry? >> i think so. i think by the time they come out of florida, it's a two-horse race. >> if bachman or others who were to join, obviously a third person deeply involved, how does he stack up against michelle bachman? >> i think he stacks up really well. in this regard, i love michelle bachman. i love what she did for the party last time. i would love to see her do it again. help us expand our majority in the house. help us take over the senate. i would love to see her stay in the house. >> that's what you really mean, stay in the house. bob, americans for perry, thank you very much. so he'll be here tomorrow and we're waiting now to find out who won today on what is obviously the most consequential straw poll on the campaign thus far. bret? >> bret: very interest
phil gramm never got to the starting line there. too much texas swagger for the yankee libertarian?ink he has enough of a libertarian streak that he'll do well. but it is a state that abuts massachusetts, romney's home state. but i think he does well there. >> does this become a two-man battle between mr. romme and mr. perry? >> i think so. i think by the time they come out of florida, it's a two-horse race. >> if bachman or others who were to join, obviously a third person...
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for part of the record, i was involved in a conference on gramm rutgers. i know what sequestration is all about. at that time, the decision was to use this tool to force the right decisions. i do not think it will work. it was the approach that was taken in the past. congress made the decision not to proceed with gramm-rudman because the results would be so damaging. every time the trigger was to take effect, it was postponed. >> twice now within a number of months, you have had to say to the troops, you did not know if they would get paid. i do not know if any of us recall that happening. how do you command in a war when the troops come to your time after time and they wonder if they are getting a paycheck? >> i tried to address that in some of my comments today. putting them in a position where they have to worry about this and their families is something we have to make sure in the future -- in future debates -- does not occur. we have a significant number of our younger force -- be on our part of our force -- who are married and who are living paycheck
for part of the record, i was involved in a conference on gramm rutgers. i know what sequestration is all about. at that time, the decision was to use this tool to force the right decisions. i do not think it will work. it was the approach that was taken in the past. congress made the decision not to proceed with gramm-rudman because the results would be so damaging. every time the trigger was to take effect, it was postponed. >> twice now within a number of months, you have had to say to...
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a white pent gramm was discovered yesterday by dog walker at bernal heights park.isitors say there was also a cross drawn in blood, black candles and a dead bird. one longtime walker believers it's a common site for animal sacrifices and say cat and chicken parts are often dug up by dogs. >> they find goat heads and birds, mostly birds and rabbits, and things like. that the dogs dig them up because they bury them, they wrap them up in cloths or whatever. >> park officials were alarmed when we told them what you was found. crews were sent to clean. the mess and are also sending out investigator to look into the claims of animal sacrifice and other rituals. >>> san francisco's gang task force is investigating a shoot that injured three teenagers in the city's western neighborhoods. it happened yesterday afternoon on eddie and fillmore streets. and police say multiple people shot at three teens. the victims initially ran off but police found them and the victims were taken to the hospitals with non-life- threatening injuries. no arrests have been made. >>> legal probl
a white pent gramm was discovered yesterday by dog walker at bernal heights park.isitors say there was also a cross drawn in blood, black candles and a dead bird. one longtime walker believers it's a common site for animal sacrifices and say cat and chicken parts are often dug up by dogs. >> they find goat heads and birds, mostly birds and rabbits, and things like. that the dogs dig them up because they bury them, they wrap them up in cloths or whatever. >> park officials were...
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i remember we got gramm-rudman on the debt ceiling, and so we're probably going to see more and more of this in the future before it slows down. and maybe when sarah takes us into another cycle of kind and gentle times in the congress -- anacondas will get over. in the meantime i've got to henry's theory, when he described that default is not a great thing for the republican, should be avoided at all cost. >> i'm going to act, i don't want to equate the debt ceiling, the shutdown of the faa but i will. we did see what happens when you take something hostage in congress goes on vacation. and i think part of the returning, putting a fix on that for another month was a part of the public sort of scorn that congress could throw people out of work and go off. so i think it may at the outer limits -- >> some of the people in the audience might have missed that. say that -- >> this is a general question what happens when you take your agencies are debt ceiling's with the federal budget hostage in order to leverage your includes over the final policy outcome. and for the fe -- at the adsl wh
i remember we got gramm-rudman on the debt ceiling, and so we're probably going to see more and more of this in the future before it slows down. and maybe when sarah takes us into another cycle of kind and gentle times in the congress -- anacondas will get over. in the meantime i've got to henry's theory, when he described that default is not a great thing for the republican, should be avoided at all cost. >> i'm going to act, i don't want to equate the debt ceiling, the shutdown of the...
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the art two ways to get it out of the gramm appeared which is more common, the strip mining or the injection strip mining -- steam extraction is what they used more often. but it depends on the mix of the material and what the land is like. this is relatively expensive but with oil prices high, they have a real incentive to expand this perception -- production. one of the things that canada predicts is that they are going to double the amount of oil sands production that they will have by 2020. this is the mcnatt -- this is not a major way the oil is produced but it is expanding because it is a prime opportunity. host: how much oil sands are we talking about here? i've heard estimates as much as saudi arabia in terms of reserves. guest: i do not know the exact amount but they throw out those figures. they are talking metaphorically. if the -- canada is the saudi arabia of oil sands. they have enormous reserves. part of the issue is that it is very dependent on the pipe oil varied if oil is not expensive, then it is not worth it. this is not the way that you extract oil. when you're closer to
the art two ways to get it out of the gramm appeared which is more common, the strip mining or the injection strip mining -- steam extraction is what they used more often. but it depends on the mix of the material and what the land is like. this is relatively expensive but with oil prices high, they have a real incentive to expand this perception -- production. one of the things that canada predicts is that they are going to double the amount of oil sands production that they will have by 2020....
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it will only get more gramm in the view of democrats, now that we have this package in place. host: florida, independent line. caller: i am 77 years old. i was a lifelong democrat. i am an independent now. i am wondering why the writers and even c-span, but when they re tobama's speech on thei support this and not one reporter went behind that with his speech he made in 2006 condemning george bush for raising the debt limit. that is why we do not trust anybody in washington, d.c. anymore. guest: i do not know anybody that looks at this debate and thinks it is good. people are frustrated. it went down to the wire. it is not looking very good. i heard this last weekend. [inaudible] people were blaming washington in general. maybe there were more frustrated with republicans or democrats, but everyone was frustrated. people are really struggling out there. they are losing their jobs. they are not saying congress and this president deal with that. the frustration will come even louder. guest: especially with the 2006 vote. the white house said it was a mistake and he voted against
it will only get more gramm in the view of democrats, now that we have this package in place. host: florida, independent line. caller: i am 77 years old. i was a lifelong democrat. i am an independent now. i am wondering why the writers and even c-span, but when they re tobama's speech on thei support this and not one reporter went behind that with his speech he made in 2006 condemning george bush for raising the debt limit. that is why we do not trust anybody in washington, d.c. anymore....
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the graham-rudman-hollings -- the gramm-rudman-hollings budget law of 1985 had ferocious automatic cuts, which congress turned out not to like." you are on the air. we're waiting for your thoughts. what do you think? caller: i wish you would rephrase that because i was not really paying attention. host: should the super committee hold public meetings? caller: i believe they should, but first of all, we should not have a super committee. our country is not a democracy, it is a republic. we should not have the super committee to begin with, in my opinion. host: ok, you think all lawmakers should be involved? caller: yes, our founding fathers founded it this way for a reason, for balance of powers. of course, i believe there is too much power given over to -- our executive branch is trying to take too much of the power and not even relying on congress. host: alice, from quincy, florida. you're on the air. you have to turn the television now. i will put you on hold. fred, independent, austin, texas. caller: i agree with the previous caller. i think we should run the country to the founding
the graham-rudman-hollings -- the gramm-rudman-hollings budget law of 1985 had ferocious automatic cuts, which congress turned out not to like." you are on the air. we're waiting for your thoughts. what do you think? caller: i wish you would rephrase that because i was not really paying attention. host: should the super committee hold public meetings? caller: i believe they should, but first of all, we should not have a super committee. our country is not a democracy, it is a republic. we...
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documents in our nation's if history, the emancipation proclamation paul fink, and on april 10 -- on the grammln. the civil war, every weekend on american history tv on c-span3. this month, c-span regular features more of the lbj tapes caring for the first time. today, hear conversations between the president, secretary of state dean rusk, and senate armed services committee chairman richard russell. >> i am trying as hard as i know how to get peace in viet nam as quickly as i can. for that reason, i am not running. >> nationwide on channel 19. online at c-span.org. quite the nascent but the economy added one of its 17,000 jobs in july, dropping the unemployment rate slightly to #1%. keith hall testifies about the report before the joint economic committee on capitol hill. this runs about 55 minutes. >> we are grateful for your many years of service. he has been working at the bureau of labor statistics since 1974. he served as the deputy commissioner since 2003, including 1.5 years as acting commissioner during the bush administration. thank you for your years of service and your dedicated co
documents in our nation's if history, the emancipation proclamation paul fink, and on april 10 -- on the grammln. the civil war, every weekend on american history tv on c-span3. this month, c-span regular features more of the lbj tapes caring for the first time. today, hear conversations between the president, secretary of state dean rusk, and senate armed services committee chairman richard russell. >> i am trying as hard as i know how to get peace in viet nam as quickly as i can. for...
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we have senator gramm in south carolina and senator warner on our side. there are also others in the republican side for for this. the bottom line is this. this is why we have to get together. every expert in the country will tell us that we have a $2.20 trillion infrastructure deficit. we would have to spend $250 billion a year for 40 years, which we're not about to do, just to bring our roads up to par -- up to par. china, meanwhile, is putting 9% of gdp into infrastructure. europe puts 5% of gdp into infrastructure and has an infrastructure budget. the good old united states of america that we all love and have enjoyed the pre men -- pre- eminence of puts less than 2% of gdp on infrastructure and we're living on infrastructure. there are no great, enormous, challenging infrastructure challenges. the fact is that we are just falling behind. we have a train that goes from washington to new york that can go 150 miles an hour. it goes 150 miles an hour for 18 miles of the trip. you can go under the baltimore tunnel to fast because the cave will cave in. th
we have senator gramm in south carolina and senator warner on our side. there are also others in the republican side for for this. the bottom line is this. this is why we have to get together. every expert in the country will tell us that we have a $2.20 trillion infrastructure deficit. we would have to spend $250 billion a year for 40 years, which we're not about to do, just to bring our roads up to par -- up to par. china, meanwhile, is putting 9% of gdp into infrastructure. europe puts 5% of...
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is, we are going to see it subjected to too many more of these kinds of things -- i remember we got gramm-rudmanon the debt ceiling, and we're probably going to see more and more of this in the future before it slows down. maybe when sarah takes us into another cycle of a kinder and gentler times in the congress, we will get over it. in the meantime, i subscribe to pann. 's theory, the one that he describe -- to henry's theory, the one that he described, that the fault is not a great thing for the public and should be avoided at all costs. >> i don't want to equate the preaching of the debt ceiling with the shutdown of the faa, but i will, but we did see what happens when you take something hostage and congress goes on vacation. putting a fix on that for another month was in part to public scorn that congress it could throw these people out of work. >> some of the people in the audience might have missed that. it is an interesting point. i had not thought of it. >> the general question of what you -- what happens when you take the federal agencies hostage to leverage the policy outcome. the faa
is, we are going to see it subjected to too many more of these kinds of things -- i remember we got gramm-rudmanon the debt ceiling, and we're probably going to see more and more of this in the future before it slows down. maybe when sarah takes us into another cycle of a kinder and gentler times in the congress, we will get over it. in the meantime, i subscribe to pann. 's theory, the one that he describe -- to henry's theory, the one that he described, that the fault is not a great thing for...
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gramm-rudman was on the debt ceiling. we will probably soon more and more of this before it slows down. maybe when sarah texas into another cycle of kinder and gentler times in the congress, we will get over it. in the meantime, i subscribe to henry's theory, the one that he described, that the default is not a great thing for the republic and should be avoided at all costs. >> i do not want to equate the preaching of the debt ceiling with the shutdown of the faa, but i will point you can see what happens when congress goes on vacation. putting that off for six months putting scorn that congress could actually throw people out of work and then go off. >> and some people may miss that. that is an interesting point. you're talking about the faa thing. >> when you take agencies or debt ceilings are the federal budget hostage, in order to leverage your influence over the final policy outcomes, this is what happens. in the faa do, which had many temporary authorizations -- the last one expert in the middle of july -- and comme
gramm-rudman was on the debt ceiling. we will probably soon more and more of this before it slows down. maybe when sarah texas into another cycle of kinder and gentler times in the congress, we will get over it. in the meantime, i subscribe to henry's theory, the one that he described, that the default is not a great thing for the republic and should be avoided at all costs. >> i do not want to equate the preaching of the debt ceiling with the shutdown of the faa, but i will point you can...
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during the welfare reform debate, phil gramm and i introduced a bill to do exactly what to medicate what was being done to medicare, which is a form of per-capita block grant to the states. give them the flexibility to design their health care system, pushed it down to have the kind of solution that are closest to the people affected by those decisions. whether it is health care, education, housing, food stamps, these programs do not need to be at the federal level. wheres not the 1950's states all over the map -- >> so with all those become block grants? >> they would not be the same structure, but yes, limited, capped, federal participation, and we would orient the programs back to the state level. >> is there any role for the government in health care? >> something i have said for a long time is we need to encourage a market in health care. we have a situation where i believe costs will be controlled in two ways. top-down or bottom-up. can we create a system -- i think we can -- to create a system that will help people better manage their healthcare? one of the things that i advocated
during the welfare reform debate, phil gramm and i introduced a bill to do exactly what to medicate what was being done to medicare, which is a form of per-capita block grant to the states. give them the flexibility to design their health care system, pushed it down to have the kind of solution that are closest to the people affected by those decisions. whether it is health care, education, housing, food stamps, these programs do not need to be at the federal level. wheres not the 1950's states...