we're joined by a dj who was a reporter on that video and nick gillespie. what did you learn?what did we learn? it's horrible. if you want to see private escalators working well, go to a mall. don't go to d.c. because you probably land in the hospital. >> d.c. is a city of museums and greatest museum is broken escalators. you can't get away from it. they are talking about taking eight and a half months to replace over 500 escalators and they are figuring 8 1/2 months it's going much longer than that. >> john: why do they happen with government. >> in the early 90s they shifted away contracted the workout and they took it inside and took into the public sector thinking that would be more efficient. cut out a middleman and cheaper and better. >> ihd not cheaper because they end up paying the mechanics much more. and there are too many of them. there is four es ka escalators per one mechanic. they say within the ranks, 10% of the work force does most of labor and private sector 25% is doing most of work. >> john: we don't say the private sector but it's better. >> if you screw up

sorry and nick gillespie editor in chief of reason t.v. and reason dot com thanks for joining me guys thank you so you know quite a war of words going on there so the president is back on the campaign trail he took a hit at the g.o.p. budget that's out there and took a look take a listen to what it is that he said. this congressional republican budget is something different altogether it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country it is thinly veiled social dharm darwinism. then we bailed social darwinism those are pretty strong words we've heard a lot of socialism coming from opposite sides and now we have social darwinism what do you think i think it's a joke i mean this is sloganeering and you're talking about. obama wants more spending about three point eight trillion dollars a year now in ten years if he got his way we'd be spending about five point eight trillion dollars paul ryan would be spending and the republicans would be spending four point nine trillion

it is nick gillespie. he is reason.com's editor-in-chief. and author of the delightful book, i have read it twice, minus one. the declaration of independence, you should buy it. and he thinks he is on the set of the hollywood squares. my sidekick, bill schulz, currently auditioning for "21 jump street 2". and she is so brilliant diamonds wear anyone knee versions of her on their finger. and sitting next to me, ann coulter, columnist and author. her latest book is called "demonic" or my lost weekend with the hells angels. interesting story. and he sheds a tear because his end is near. it is our new york times correspondent. good to see you, pinch. >> according to the sign section, fossils of a dinasaur found in china show it was the largest known feathered animal living or extinct. the species was named -- which means feathered tyrant. and here i thought that's what rush limbaugh called big bird. >> nicely done. >>> should obama bashing be allowed if you are the few and the proud? well, lawyers are seeking to block a hearing set for this thur

nick gillespie joins me now. let me ask you, nick, are you surprised that ginni rometty has not been more outspoken. >> no, ibm is a flag corporation. i think private clubs should have the right to exclude people for whatever reasons they want. i also think that it's just idiocy on the part of augusta national if they don't extend the same courtesies that they have to previous sponsors to the current one. >> so this is not an issue of caving to pressure on women's rights, this is different? >> it's part of that. golf has a problem in america. it only became a mass sport when it opened up to blacks, to women, to lower -- to middle class and lower class people. i think it should push for that. but again, they have the right to do it and i think people have the right to exclude, you know, watching the masters and actually if ibm wants to be party to a sport that is held at a club that would refuse the ceo of ibm, people should boycott ibm then. >> nikki is with us as well. what's your take listening to what nick had