margaret thatcher it is there is no alternative. of course that's absurd. there was an alternative. we have to connect the dots to understand what is going on today. i read the chronicle. so what i've done is put together a montage of the murder of public sector, which is going on everyday. in fact all of the public sector is in body shape. public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. our character is among the worst in the world. the new deal deals with things in a different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic probl

former british prime minister margaret thatcher has been discharged from hospital.he picked up and inflexion after -- an infection after a bout of flu. doctors have given her the all clear. the government in iraq says they had no choice but to use force. 52 died when police stormed the catholic church where worshipers were being held by a gunman. iraqi officials have declared the operation a success, despite the casualties. we have this from baghdad. >> the church service was turned into a violent nightmare. the gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, -- suicide stormed the church. they also set off a car bomb near by, causing further casualties and damage. >> they ran into the church after firing shots in the street. we were praying inside. they rounded is up in the hall and started to beat us. 15 were killed inside the hall. others were killed in the streets. >> despite the tales of carnage, officials say the operation to free the hostages was a success. >> it was impossible to wait. the terrorists were planning to kill a large number of our brothers, christians at na

the former british prime minister margaret thatcher has been discharged from hospital after nearly a fortnight of treatment following a bout of flu. at she has now been given the all clear by doctors. on tuesday, millions of americans will vote in elections for the house of representatives and the senate, and it looks like the democrats are facing big defeats. president obama's leadership has been criticized come out while the grass roots tea party movement has been galvanizing support for the republicans. the republicans could win control of congress from the democrats. >> halloween in to come up park in southern maryland. many here were elated when two years ago barack obama took the white house and the democrats held both houses of congress. now they are getting ready to elect a new congress. how did they feel? >> we have lost momentum. the climate legislation did not go through. obviously, the economic situation is really bad. >> it feels like we do not have the same kind of power we had two years ago. >> i think it is rough now, it is going to be ok. >> a president obama look-al

john: the mayor just coincidence she looks like margaret thatcher started privatizing her government'sk five years ago. some in town were not happy their tax money was becoming some company's profits. >> i said what difference does it make if the company is making a profit but you are getting a costs you less. >> we have 18 cameras. john: at the traffic management center they have computers and cameras. when a car catches fire, they send out rescue vehicles right way. >> we try to find the problems before anybody is calling us with it. >> our government is more efficient. john: this realtor was amazed at the difference. >> five or six miles of new sidewalks installed. our traffic lights are synchronized now. so there aren't traffic jams. >> we had a survey done, asking the public, how do you feel about each of these services? the answers came back 90%, very good, excellent. john: sandy springs is an exception. most cities and states are still at the mercy of public sector unions. and the debts keep adding up. so far, america's been able to pay the bills. >> one day the parasite gets so

john: the mayor just coincidence she looks like margaret thatcher started privatizing her government'srk five years ago. some in town were not happy their tax money was becoming some company's profits. >> i said what difference does it make if the company is making a profit but you are getting a costs you less. >> we have 18 cameras. john: at the traffic management center they have computers and cameras. when a car catches fire, they send out rescue vehicles right way. >> we try to find the problems before anybody is calling us with it. >> our government is more efficient. john: this realtor was amazed at the difference. >> five or six miles of new sidewalks installed. our traffic lights are synchronized now. so there aren't traffic jams. >> we had a survey done, asking the public, how do you feel about each of these services? the answers came back 90%, very good, excellent. john: sandy springs is an exception. most cities and states are still at the mercy of public sector unions. and the debts keep adding up. so far, america's been able to pay the bills. >> one day the parasite gets s

we've got to end the era of boar reing no deficits and debt and bailouts, but as margaret thatcher said, she said restraint alone will not be sufficient to restore her country. she said it will take incentive. we must restore incentive to our economy and that's what we need to get this economy growing. today, senator jim demint and i offered legislation to make all the current tax rates permanent, but going forward, i understand we have to get serious about the kind of tax reform, the kind of regulatory reform, expansion of trades, sound monetary policy, to all the things that have been the foundation of boundless american growth. >> if you were to look at least the appearance and in my opinion, the fact, it's my opinion, that the government works too much on behalf of status quo industries that are threatened by the very innovation we need. that the structure of our government and our industry right now is such that the innovative threat that's presented by new ideas in health care delivery systems, new ideas in energy efficiency, is a threat to a lot of the industries that fund the po

, it will be tough on all of us, but they would like back to 1981 and look at my great hero, margaret thatcher in england implementing the exact measures, the exact measures slashing spending, slashing the tax rate but increased taxes by getting rid of credits. just what this plan lays out. >>neil: they are not doing that. i can see a lot of the tea party with tax hikes and they could talk about that but they are not giving a pat on the back to the commission about the da conan measures like social security and medicare and the home deduction, nothing, nothing, nothing. what is to stop a cynic from saying, well you talk a good game but you don't mean it. >>guest: well, first of all, the commission does not deserve a pat on the back yet because we have to see, these were put out, these are very, very, very harsh members and we have to see what they will propose. they put this out hoping to --. >>neil: say these are the measures they come out with, and you are right to get the 14 votes they need to get the recommendations on the plate, i guarantee you this: they are still not going to tackle it.

. >> i mean, margaret thatcher's thought of privatization has worked all over the world. why don't we do it? this. >> well, it's so interesting that those of you who remember david osbourne published a book in, what was it, 1993, '94? somewhere around there, right? called "reinventing government" can with a co-author which was about customer-friendly government. and it swept the nation. he was here, you had rudy giuliani who was not yet mayor, and next to was mark green, and around the country we did see privatization initiatives. then what happened? the public sector unions fought vigorously against this. giuliani came to us, and he had a whole bunch of privatization issues. he used a few of them. he threatened privatization of sanitation workers to get them to work eight hours a day, and it helped the budget. but in general this has been a tenacious fight in the last decade so that in many places the notion of privatization has just completely receded. and i've actually talked to david about this, interviewed him for other stories which are not in this book, and, you kn

as ever the honorable lady talks a good deal of sense, and it is worth recalling that since margaret thatcher one that rebate, it is saved britain 88 billion pounds. that is what tough negotiations achieve. the first thing i think we have to do is of course the european parliament has insisted on a higher budget than the ones that by the council. and the first thing is to say that is not acceptable, and to build a majority on the council to get that budget back down again. i have to say, and it pains me to say it, we would be assisted if labour mep is don't keep voting for higher budget because that's exactly what they did this week. >> last year the prime minister so how council -- [inaudible] will he assure the house he will try to support council who have sought to deliver better blog for money and local people benefits as results because i think the honorable judge will make an actually good point that my council does exactly the same thing. it shows the chief executive and the management team with a neighboring council. all councils can look at this. and, frankly, not just council. polic

you had leonid brezhnev to contend with, not combat again, on where sadat, jim callahan and margaret thatcher. those are some pretty hefty names in modern history. and omar tarihjos. that was somebody you had to deal with when figuring out how to settle the 100-year issue of the panama canal. >> that was the most political issue i ever faced her it was more difficult for me to get 67 votes to approve a very unpopular treaty that was to be elected president in the first place them not really? >> it was a right vote, i thought it was the most courageous vote in congress. of the 20 people who voted for the treaty in the senate in 1978, they were up for re- election that year, out of the 20, only seven came back to the senate in january. two years later, it was equal to that. it was the right thing to do ended alleviated tension that had been building up between the united states and the latin- american countries even since the late sessions of the eisenhower administration. >> it sounds like you feel that decision has aged well. >> people were saying they were drug addicts and incompetent and co

it is worth recalling that since margaret thatcher won that rebate at fontainebleau it has saved britain8 billion pounds. that is what tough negotiation achieved. the european parliament has insisted on a higher budget than the one set by the council, so the first thing is to say that is not acceptable, and build a majority on the council to get the budget down again. it pains me to say this to the honorable lady, we would be assisted if labour meps did not keep voting for higher budgets, which is exactly what they did this week. >> andrew bingham. >> last year, the prime minister saw how high peak borough council, through a pioneering alliance with staffordshire moorlands, had delivered efficiency savings of almost 2.4 million pounds over the past two years. will he assure the house that he will strive to support councils such as high peak, which have sought to deliver better value for money and ensure that local people benefit as a result? >> the honorable gentleman makes an extremely good point. my council does exactly the same thing -- it shares a chief executive, and soon more of th

i covered margaret thatcher debting deposed and there was a truism in that race in her own part in t parliament. the truism which i hear in this race too or,, or in the pelosi race is the person who sticks in the knife never wins the election. so if somebody is going to take down pelosi or huaier,or whofer they have to commit career suicide and nobody is willing to be that person, naturally enough. the other thing we said is people are up set maybe with keeping the same team but that doesn't mean they've got another team. and so-- . >> lehrer: who would you replace her with. >> right, there is schuller but he doesn't really represent where the democratic party is so there is really no alternative hz. >> lehrer: how do you feel about the hauer-cladman thing. >> it could get nasty talking to the speaker's people that is what she is most concerned of avoiding is blood on the floor. the problem is there are four positions in the democratic leadership. when they control the house which they still do theoretically until january that is now reduced to three. so there are four people for thr

not dined alone but i was once in the room with ronald reagan and margaret thatcher. after a minute they said the children will leave. we have work to do. this is a thrill and a great and exciting day for me. when we came on you might have noticed the sequence. christy barber bennett that's a power sweep coming around the side. a new fashioned look called bulky chic. we're a great and diverse party and a big party. michael barone, the guy who makes these big studies of elections said this may have been all things considered the biggest republican victory ever when you lock at what happened. in the house and senate federal level, the governors, wonderful new group of governors we have here and the state houses. extraordinary victory. two years ago i remember haley barber said get your chin up. don't look at your feet. get your head

. >> you know what margaret thatcher said, eventually socialists run out of other people's money. >> funny like that. let's talk a little bit about how the democrats -- the house has grabbed -- has been grabbing the republicans and democrats are still remaining control of the senate. one of the reasons is the enormous push by the unions and also the president of the united states was out there trying to appeal to the young people and stuff like that. >> i really feel and i wrote a column about this on my web site dick morris this morning. obama's last minute campaigning basically worked. zogby, the pollster found out that among the 12% of voters that made up their minds how they were going to vote within six days of the election including those who just decided it in the voting booth, democrats won by 10 points. among the 88% that decided before, republicans won by 10 points so that last minute push by obama, going on "the daily show" and working on the young people vote appearing at colleges worked and it was a big reason for the last minute salvaging of a few of those senate seats.

. >> yeah, margaret thatcher not personally but she paid for my university education.o oxford university effectively for free. but then, a disasterous thing happened. tony blair, you love him over here, we don't love him in england. he decided he wanted to not small people to go to college. when i was in college, it was 15% of the population. then it was 50% of the population. all paid for by the government. can you imagine what that did to the national debt? >> obviously it skyrocketed and the reason there are those huge masses outside the conservative party offices is because they want to triple the rate. it's still pennies on the dollar compared to the united states stimulus. >> they are marching for their inalienable right to have their three years of drinking, drugging and whoring paid for by taxpayers often much poorer than these middle class kids. is that fair? i don't think so. >> here's the other thing, you say that while some around the world have this image of british education as being fantastic, it's not. >> no. >> and that was a consequence of this drive

i was once in a room with ronald reagan and margaret thatcher for about a minute and a said, adults can leave. it's a thrill and a great and exciting day for me. when we came on, you might have noticed the power sweeping coming around the left side. the new fashioned look called bookie she -- bulky chic. we are a great endeavors party and a big party. [laughter] this may have been the biggest republican victory ever. the governors, a wonderful new group of governors we have here. an extraordinary victory. haley barbour said things are going to get better two years ago. you were right. the was brief discussion of changing the name of the republican party. now there is a discussion on the other side to changing their name to republican-right, or republican-left, as the case may be. good policy is good politics. these are leaders appear. my job is to introduce them. the governors of the elected officials closest to the people. the employment policies that to accuse the difference of solid republican ideas can make. these people have real jobs. real jobs. we'll hear from six people who made

margaret thatcher was never able to take on the national health service in britain for all the other privatization that she did because the national health service is the third largest employer in the world, after the chinese army and the indian railroad. it creates a huge political constituency, and we will see the same thing here if they're not undone pretty rapidly. all that could come down to the 2012 election if barack obama does not budge on any of these things. we are in a very high-stes enviroent for the long term, and these programs may stand for the long term, and they may change american life. it is hard to disagree with that. as much as i disagree with these policies, they may in fact really alter american life for a long time. if they do, certain they to polizzi, who believes in big -- certainly nancy pnancy pelosi, o believes in the government, accomplished it. we'll see. i would not count on it. i think we need to keep the heat and the pressure on congress to revisit this as well. host: about 10 more minutes with phil kerpen from americans for prosperity. rachel is nex

margaret thatcher was never able to take on the national health service in britain for all the other privatization that she did because the national health service is the third largest employer in the world, after the chinese army and the indian railroad. it creates a huge political constituency, and we will see the same thing here if they're not undone pretty rapidly. all that could come down to the 2012 election if barack obama does not budge on any of these things. we are in a very high-stakes environment for the long term, and these programs may stand for the long term, and they may change american life. it is hard to disagree with that. as much as i disagree with these policies, they may in fact really alter american life for a long time. if they do, certainly they to polizzi, who believes in big -- certainly nancy pnancy pelosi, o believes in the government, accomplished it. we'll see. i would not count on it. i think we need to keep the heat and the pressure on congress to revisit this as well. host: about 10 more minutes with phil kerpen from americans for prosperity. rachel

during the time of prime minister margaret thatcher. and in a parliament great in its weight, puts everything on a member's maiden speech. in the speech that i gave in the house of representatives, a new member outlined the principles for which he stands for. and as i begin my service, as i began my service to the people of northern illinois i highlighted the political tradition of the men and women who represented us in this house. a look at their accomplishments and service mirrors who we are and the gifts that we can provide to this great nation. our community has a 180-year-long tradition of electing leaders who were very independent and ahead of their time. ours is a rich tradition and i can only hope that history will find my contributions to be consistent with the predecessors whose roots trace back to 1818, when a new state of illinois stood on the frontier of a growing nation. my predecessors were committed to the people of illinois and the good of this union. at the same time they understood the important role of the united st

i was once a with ronald reagan and margaret thatcher for about a minute and they said, all the children lead. adults have work to do. this is a thrill and a great and exciting day for me. when we came on you might have noticed the sequence, christie, barber, bennett, a powersuite. coming around the left side. and old fashion look called balky chic. [laughter] >> we may killed a little this way, that's okay. we're a great diversity are to come and a big party. michael baran, the guy who makes the studies, this may have been all things considered, the biggest republican victory ever. what happened in the house and senate. the federal level of governors, wonderful new group of governors we have here in the state houses. extraordinary, extraordinary victory. two years ago i remember haiti barber said get your chin up, to look at your feet, get your chin up. things will get better. you are right. think of the time after watergate when there was a brief discussion changing the name of the republican party. now there is discussion i understand on the other side of changing their name to republ

but you had leonid fresh never, anwar sadat, jim callahan and then margaret thatcher. some pretty hefty names in modern history. >> a notable person. >> and omar that' hose, maybe not of some of the same heft as some of the people i named, but somebody you had to deal with when figuring out how to settle the 100-year-old challenge of the panama canal. >> that was the most difficult political issue i ever faced. it was more difficult for me to get 67 votes to approve a very up popular -- unpopular treaty than it was to be elected president in the first place. >> really? >> yes. and i think that the vote of the senate -- it was the right vote -- was the most courageous act that any member of the congress has ever taken. just one quick statistic, of the 20 people who voted for the treaty in the senate in 1978, they were up for re-election that year. out of 20, only seven came back to the senate next january, and the attrition rate two years later in 1980 was with almost equal to that. but it was the right thing to do, and it alleviated tension that had been building up be