i asked a member of the european parliament daniel hannan. you have tried on a couple of occasions to warn america, and you describe us as a friend, as an ally, a supporter, you're fond of america, you know american history. let's start with a broad overview, and then i want to get into the specifics. why do you warn americans that nationalized health care is a nightmare has we're calling it? >> well, i'm already living in that system. i'm the man from your future who can see how it isn't working, and the clearest proof of that is to compare which country you'd rather get ill in statistically. this isn't an opinion thing, there's empirical data. if you get prostate cancer, you are four times as likely to survive in the u.s. as you are in britain. breast cancer, the same thing. stroke, heart disease, surgery, your survival rates are way, way better, and that shouldn't surprise anyone. we have a system that is run along marxist principles, funded out of general taxation, contribution according to ability, distribution according to need, and lik

of this year or early next year, but it is going to take a while, given the pace of growth for the hannanlenary to come back down to levels that we would be more comfortable with. so in that respect it should take time for the labor market to return to normal. >> in your op-ed in today's journal and it your testimony you spend a great deal of time talking about preparations for the fed-- the fed is making in terms of the exit strategy. what metric or metrics are most compelling that allow you to read a recovery and given, in your testimony there is a correlation between inflationary fears and your prediction of when the recovery begins, essentially munaf villosity kicks then and the money supply, the recovery and the inflationary pressure or concurrent, so what metrics the u.s. valuate that allow you to get ahead of that curve when that knock on the fed has always been that they are too late reading the trends? >> it is a very difficult problem and even though we have these unusual circumstances it is really the same problem we always face as you just pointed out, picking the right moment

of this year or early next year, but it is going to take a while, given the pace of growth for the hannanplenary to come back down to levels that we would be more comfortable with. so in that respect it should take time for the labor market to return to normal. >> in your op-ed in today's journal and it your testimony you spend a great deal of time talking about preparations for the fed-- the fed is making in terms of the exit strategy. what metric or metrics are most compelling that allow you to read a recovery and given, in your testimony there is a correlation between inflationary fears and your prediction of when the recovery begins, essentially munaf villosity kicks then and the money supply, the recovery and the inflationary pressure or concurrent, so what metrics the u.s. valuate that allow you to get ahead of that curve when that knock on the fed has always been that they are too late reading the trends? >> it is a very difficult problem and even though we have these unusual circumstances it is really the same problem we always face as you just pointed out, picking the right momen

and i will do a song, a "red, white, and blue" or "hannan them high -- the "hang em high" or somethingand get them blogging about it. and but in every one of their problems, it is like, he has got a bum out. [laughter] -- he has got a new album out. [laughter] >> what are you seen in iraq every time you go? >> i have got a very eloquently written letter from a major in iraq. there were building schools and a reporter came in and spent three days with him. he took him around and showed where the community was, how is developed, how the school system is working, how the hospital is operating, how locals have taken to having the military there and understanding that they are going to leave them with it. and a whole store that the woman came back and road was so opposite of everything that happened that he felt compelled to write to this newspaper publication a letter. and i have got a copy that he gave me when i was over there. just like i was telling you çearlier, all of the people who do not support the military or the war -- i mean, i have talked with people that do not believe we eve