conservatives, labe our, liberal democrats, scottish nationalists, welsh, sdlp, as well as enjoying support from independents of both right and left. first, i would implement radical reforms to the assistance of allowances but i would do so with respect and reverence with parliament itself. this house is neither corrupt nor crooked. but what was meant to be a straight forward system of compensation for members has become immensely complicated, mired in seeksy, and short on accountability. clearly sir christopher kelly's recommendations must be accepted unless they are inappropriate, which frankly i don't expect to be the case. the next speaker must ensure that honorable members and taxpayers alike aren't treated unfairly. this is a difficult balance to strike but it is one that i can both accomplish and communicate. secondly, the taste for strengthening back benches to revive parliament as a whole is incontra vertible. the true story for the past 30 to 50 years is not one, frankly, of petty claims on the one hand and extravagant claims on the other, but rather of the relentless erosion of t

i am competing with a much we don't labe -- i am competing with a much younger labor force. i know that as part of the problem. host:. thank you. the next call is from maine. caller: in the paper here about a month ago, they had a picture of a ship unloading wind turbines. they were made by ge in brazil. i was wondering if our administration would give tax credits to the companies that outsource jobs. will they get serious and start creating jobs here in this country? host: if you are creating new forms of energy it with a company like g.e. employs a lot of americans, would that be a good thing? caller: i think so. they created a lot of jobs in brazil building these wind turbines. host: the next call -- we are talking about a labor department numbers. caller: this is michael from dallas. i enjoy your program so much. i spent 26 years in the military. i do not have to worry about being unemployed. my wife was a schoolteacher here in dallas. they have laid off the time of schoolteachers even with tenure. -- they have laid off a lot of schoolteachers even with tenure. the older