he reluctantly handed over the country to herbert hoover. but he wasn't crazy about herbert hoover. said coolidge, that man has given me nothing but advice and all of it bad. [laughter] >> in retirement coolidge dabbled at law. he earned $3,000 a week authoring a popular syndicated column and he composed his autobiography, the autobiography of calvin coolidge. his world was now a different world. he had moved back to his house and discover an ex-president cannot live in a two-family house upon an ordinary smalltown street. autos crowded with curiosity seekers rolled by in constant procession. admirers trampled his lawn and trespassed upon his tiny porch. they peered through his windows. he and his wife paid $40,000 a house far grander than the other house, far less grand than pennsylvania avenue. it was there that he died on thursday january 5, 1933. disturbed by the great depression still saddened by his young son's passing and possessing fewer and fewer reserves of energy, he returned home from his offices at noon. as he shaved, a heart attack fell him. they buried calvin coolidge

but in 1929, herbert hoover was president. calvin coolidge called herbert hoover mr. wonderful. and calvin coolidge, my model president, he believed according to amity slays, coolidge had long ago determined the world would be better if he involves himself less. and that to me was what a president should do. hoover was mr. acted. he called, coolidge called him wonder boy. he said he never stopped giving me advice, and all that was bad bad. he was the first president, he was the first government official to insist that the government had the responsibility for people in homes and to make programs better. this all started under hoover. he was a total activist, just all the activity he did starting with the depression, starting with the crash, was wrong. disastrous. he browbeat banks into keeping interest rates low. he browbeat employers into keeping people on the job. he tried to rally wall street, all this was running contrary to what he said have led to, is what coolidge and harding had been earlier in the decade when there was a recession in 1921. just let it play itself out. t

necessarily lead to a depression but we had a tremendous stock market crash in 1987 but in 1929 herbert hoover was president coolidge called him mr. wonderful and coolidge was my model president who believed that too which of long ago determined the world would be better if he involved himself less. however coolidge calls him wonder boy he never stopped giving me advice and all of it was bad he was the first secretary of commerce the first offical to assist the government have the responsibility to put people in homes in programs to facilitate that. he was a total activist is just all the activity he did was wrong in disastrous. he browbeat thinks to keeping people on the job and wall street pushes the price up running contrary to what coolidge and harding had done it earlier when there is a recession 1921. let it play itself out. then if they let it play itself out who who hurt by a group bated it that is nonsense. 1933 fdr takes over pro is he was too hoover what obama is to bush. some were interventionist. they wanted to recreate government. fdr takes over 1933. first thing he does, a sound

briefly and several different schools but as far as presidents who went to them i don't know but herbert hoover lied about going to one. by the time hoover is president we are starting to sentimentalize the school because fewer kids were going to a 1-room school. it became political to say you were at one. >> it is called small wonder and you were hoping this would be read. >> people who would like to read at more than anyone else, teachers, students and parents. that is all of them. that would be two hundred million people. if people who are interested in education can get something out of the book because it was held earlier in ideas of education achieved overtime also it calls your attention to certain shared ideals. no matter how much we distorted it it also symbolized the american faith in education which despite the lumps it has taken remains. >> thanks. >> thanks for having me. >> american expatriate and journalist john ross says globalization may cause the unique culture of mexico city to disappear. this program is an hour and a half. >> thank you. i want to apologize for the bright lig

>> no, the mood of the country seems to be that -- in some sectors of the economy, herbert hoover seems to have won the economic argument. i thought this country had learned that in times of economic recession we needed to be inflated economy by providing temporary tax cuts and temporary spending increases they seem to be so focused on the federal budget of the zapata they are recognizing more the problem we are facing. i'm tired of fighting that fight. >> can you talk about the millions of dollars in the health-care system [unintelligible] tell us about the effect that has had on health care. >> i'm sorry what? >> [unintelligible] >> if you take a look at the page labeled healthcare, public safety, you will notice a lot of items describing the clinics with able to establish in the district. i am going to dedicate a new clinic that is going to surf and area -- serve an area in my district. i met a man -- a woman who told me about your problem. her husband was sick. i think he had ms and could not work. her son had braces on his teeth. he had them on for a long time. she called every one

unintelligible] >> frankly, the mood of the country seems to be, in some sectors of the economy, herbert hooverems to have won the economic battle. in times of economic recession, i thought we needed to inflate the economy by providing temporary tax cuts and temporary spending increases. people seem to be so focused only on the federal budget deficit, which i agree it's a long-term obligation for us to deal with, but they seem to be so focused on that in the short term that there are recognizing the more important problem we have taken -- facing us is the jobs deficit. i am just tired of fighting that fight. i want somebody else to step in with fresh legs and a new pair of boxing gloves. >> you talked about the health care votes and the millions of dollars in your district. [inaudible] >> tell you what? [inaudible] >> in this packet, if you take a look at the page labeled health care and public safety, you will notice a lot of items described i remember going to dedicate a new dental clinic that was going to serve a three-county area in my district. i met a man who told me about his problem. t

if you don't know the difference between fdr and herbert hoover and obama and bush.hey're human beings but they're politicians first. and they're coming up there and representing the party and the party platforms while they may swing back and forth somewhat, they're well defined. if you're a corporate c.e.o., vote for the republicans. if you're a union member or union center like my grandfather was in brooklyn, vote for the democrats. the people that are going back and forth so much it shows people don't have an academic understanding of the process. host: thanks for your call. rhodes cook. guest: boy, that sets the mind running in a lot of different directions. you know what line he was calling in on? host: i believe he was calling in on the democratic line. guest: that's interesting. because i think he was raising the point that the woman from texas was beginning to raise before she got cut off, which was there is a dime's worth of difference between the two parties. you know, back when george wallace ran in the late 60s he said there wasn't a dime's worth of diffe

it's frankly the mood of the country seems to be that, well, in some sectors of the economy herbert hoover seems to have won the economic argument after a long debate in this country. i thought this country had learned that in times of economic recession we needed to reinflate the economy by providing temporary, i emphasize temporary, tax cuts and temporary spending increases. but people seem to be so focused only on the federal budget deficit, which i agree is a long-term obligation for us to deal with, but they seem to be so focused on that in the short-term that they're recognizing that the even more important problem we have facing us is the jobs deficit. and i'm just tired of fighting that fight. i want somebody else to step in with fresh legs and a new pair of boxing gloves. >> talk about health care bill and talked about the millions of dollars that you secured for health care assistance in the state of wisconsin -- [inaudible] tell us a little bit about the net effect that has had on health care, both at the national level and also at the -- [inaudible] >> i'm sorry. tell what you?