we also have no brussels, no belgium, but european towns, towns in europe, trying to find one another and to press, to put pressure on mayors and regional ministers to commit themselves to invest in bicycle policies. so those towns can learn from one another. as i told you, brussels, i have found several similarities with the two towns i have been getting to know now yesterday and today. we have about one million inhabitants. brussels is 10 to 10 miles on distance and i agree with what has been told here that that is in favor of promoting cycling because the distances are never too long, although we also have a difference of height. i mean, like amsterdam is plat as a pancake we would say. brussels does have some, well, ups and downs. an important issue politically is that we have -- we are, in fact, giving big gross national product to the country, 20%, although we're only 10% of the population, but yet most workforce is coming from abroad, from flounders, from outs. so they are coming in at 9:00 in the morning and the workers are again leaving to the north or the south of the countr

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no longer a u.s. company. they were bought by a belgium country and the reason the transaction went that way is because our highorporate tax rate. our american businesses are vulnerable as long as our rate remains high to take overs. >>neil: what worries me more than tax rate, though and this is my opinion, how we treat companies that want to expand abroad or create jobs abroad or invest bottom line abroad, china practically kicks you out to do that because they encourage setting up shot in countries so they can be everywhere. we actually penalize it. >>guest: right. a pass understanding. and comes largely right now from the white house about what happens when businesses invest overseas the when a u.s. business is expanding overseas, it means their product is in demand good news for the united states that a u.s. business has more demand. they will sell more, they will have to grow here in the united states to chase the opportunities overseas. we want our companies to grow. we want them going into new markets that are emerging. >>neil: what do you make of a tax holiday of the companies that hold billions upon bi

only belgium ireland kosta rica and new zealand have formally banned uranium in their arms but today no international convention even mentions the pleated uranium and its texts. this allows the u.s. administration to continue using it without fear of reprisals. if the illinois law faculty francis boyle claims that the usa can be hauled before a tribunal this lawyer and harvard graduate has an international reputation agent orange in vietnam gulf war syndrome or trials or specialty today francis boyle is locked in a new battle to have the use of depleted uranium recognized as a war crime ukrainian munitions violate the hague regulations of one thousand eight hundred seven and then do you also violates the geneva protocol one hundred twenty five. so they are clear the use of the u. is clearly a war crime is it illegal the way easy to use it shouldn't be but why does the united states use. landmines why you know we're trying to stop it the problem is how. you know how do you bring the rule of law to bear on the united states government it's very difficult to do and especially on the pentag

unemployment's also unfortunately no on the levels of two thousand and eight yet the government that remains low he controls do does with the northeast states and europe belgium deficit and the very high unemployment levels he said the e.u. states like greece losing this sovereignty in effect climbing over the national decision making to crossings and in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need outside help now countries however is no two vulnerable to price changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say. connected with oil and gas revenues we shape the budget according to a conservative. prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars a barrel will still be able to meet. its a cross of crude oil stay high russia will be one of the world's flowing biggest economies by p.p.p. that's purchasing power parity he said but he admitted the country still likes world warbles in key areas to go to it is only whole first point that means it takes twice as long for russian worker to achieve the same amount as that there will be last evening business bringing guarantees for investors he's discussing with president medvedev cre

belgium and the netherlands. still, the german president steadfastly defends the plan despite and the falling euro. and if the german chancellor is looking for an ally, she need look noey who is selling the very same policies here at home. dan in millbank is a political columnist and joins s us now. mitt romney endorses the paul ryan budget plan which seeks to impose crushing austerity across the federal bundget. is that sensible? >> we're talking about two different situations here. david cameron was at the white house several weeks ago and made a case of why even though he thought austerity was the right answer for europe, a different answer was needed for the united states. so it's not even as if the europeans are saying this is what should be done here. i think everybody agrees that in the short it term, you need not to be cutting back on government spending when the economy is so weak. in the long term, just about everybody agrees that the level of spending on the entitlement programs and all that is unsustainable. the question is when do you do which one. >> could this explain, this assessment from john boehner, take a listen -- >> i say there's two in three ch