once that was taken care of, now we have to go to the nationbuilding. ♪ stephanie: half a decade hasd. the rubble has been cleared. most of the aid agencies have gone home. haiti has a democratically-elected president. and the country has a new slogan. "haiti is open for business." lamothe: why do we say the country is open for business? because a lot of investors are looking around the caribbean to invest. stephanie: laurent lamothe was appointed prime minister in 2012. a former telecommunications ceo, lamothe set out to transform haiti's image. from a poor, aid-dependent country to a land of lucrative opportunities. what industries should come here then? if you were to say, this is a business that would thrive in haiti, what is it? lamothe: manufacturing, for example. we are one of the top 5 t-shirt manufacturers. i do not know if you knew that. we have over 1000 construction sites around the country. over 70% is hiring local workers. in terms of tourism attraction, we see attractions with large investors coming in. the marriott hotel will open its doors. stephanie: the marriott ho

singapore is a global city with nationbuilding, community, multiracial society. all of these are pillars of singapore society. i think these are strong foundations on which the next generation can build new life and improve life for singapore. >> is the right foundation for the next 50 years? >> and may not in its entirety. we have not only an improved city and economy but also a more mature political system. there is a lot of diversity but i think having a strong system of government that works, that is able to contain diverse positions and for spec ifs, is the right kind of thing to have four of flourishing of a more plural political culture. haslinda: the authoritarian rule will no longer be the case? >> a strong government is at the heart of what is making singapore successful. institutions can deliver results but the system in which ideas are generated, in which choices are made, will have to include a wider array drawn from a different society. a strong system of government can now accommodate a variety of views. haslinda: do you expect to see a stronger op

nationbuilding, enough. casualties, enough. forced to nowhere against non-nationstates, enough. so here we are. america was there. president obama got elected on that platform. ring the boys and girls home. enough bloodshed. enough casualties. enough. the american people said enough. and now we cannot turn on the tv or listen to the radio without hearing of nazi era atrocities. paul pot po -- pol pot and colombia. you name the dictators. you name the mass murderers. and they are growing. and all the generals, the people we pay to make these decisions say these are really dangerous people, and guess what? you are not going to be able to stop them with just airstrikes, and the american public says, now what? and that is where we are. the american public post-vietnam -- and i grew up close to, by the way. i grew up after the draft and all that. that war did not impact my worldview the way it did the people maybe five years older than me. so i did not grow up with that that presumption that these foreign engagements are roads to nowhere. we now have a situation in our country where

once that was taken care of, now we have to go to the nationbuilding. ♪ stephanie: half a decade hasd. the rubble has been cleared. most of the aid agencies have gone home. haiti has a democratically-elected president. and the country has a new slogan. "haiti is open for business." lamothe: why do we say the country is open for business? because a lot of investors are looking around the caribbean to invest. stephanie: laurent lamothe was appointed prime minister in 2012. a former telecommunications ceo, lamothe set out to transform haiti's image. from a poor, aid-dependent country to a land of lucrative opportunities. what industries should come here then? if you were to say, this is a business that would thrive in haiti, what is it? lamothe: manufacturing, for example. we are one of the top five t-shirt manufacturers. i do not know if you knew that. we have over 1000 construction sites around the country. over 70% is hiring local workers. in terms of tourism attraction we are seeing traction now with large investors coming in. the marriott hotel will open its doors. stephanie: the m

how much is spent on nationbuilding?e do not have a highway trust fund here, and there we do spend $140 billion a highway spending there? do you know what percent is spent on nationbuilding? guest: i do not know a specific dollar amount. i know that our foreign aid budget is relatively small compared to a $3 trillion budget. host: between iraq and afghanistan with but over a trillion dollars, does that some right? -- we have spent over a trillion dollars, does that sound right? caller: good morning. my question is very simple the gop budget proposal, when the want to make adjustments to medicare and medicaid, one of the specifics -- what are the specifics? guest: they are phased in very slowly. the premium support system which is the key change to build on market-based reforms that are already taking place, allowing more seniors to buy insurance in the private market and have private insurance bring down the cost of health insurance so we can provide seniors with greater care at lower cost that is the savings for the tax