she said, ted, go to sarasota, florida. [laughter] so i went to sarasota, florida.nd what did i find? [laughter] it's the oldest large metropolis in the united states, demographically. it's quite a bit older than just about any other place you could name. interestingly enough, the demographic of sarasota is just about the same as the demographic of white rockford. and they have bet whole heartedly on what rockford can't provide. if in rockford you feel old at age 50, in sew that you feel young at age 65 because you get there, you're the active elder, you've got a bunch of 85-year-olds to calm down, kid, turn down that rock music. [laughter] that's enough mick jagger already. [laughter] and some of the most lively places i visited in sarasota were not in wealthier enclaves in sarasota, but they were the ones on the edge, the trailer homes, the manufactured homes where life was even more social than it was elsewhere in sarasota. and it was, actually, a fabulous place to visit. you know, for the nurse time in my -- first time in my life i started thinking, do i want to

. >> it is about a park in sarasota, florida, that's become a sandbox for adults.e. >> for me, i think somebody just learning, use your hands -- >> reporter: colleen calls herself a hard hat granny. she's wanted to drive an excavator for as long as she can remember. >> so, out is open and in is closed. >> reporter: now a business in florida is giving her a chance. people at play has built a big kid playground where excavators and bulldozers rule and where anybody can get behind the wheel, no license required. >> these people are looking to do something completely out of the norm. we teach them the safety requirements. we teach them what they're going to be doing. >> reporter: then the ultimate test. an obstacle course where participants scoop, push, and even bowl. sometimes with great success. and sometimes not. i'm on the challenge course and they tell me this is the easiest move, trying push this tire into the parking spot. it's pretty tough trying to figure out how to operate this thing, but a whole lot of fun. >> you can't reach that tree. >> reporter: jason an

one of our businesses in sarasota are getting ready to hire 300 people. their health care bill when of $100 million. that is the same with small companies. my health care bill went up 20%. it is killing jobs for a lack of credit is killing jobs. the third thing is increasing taxes. you said that it only affects by raising taxes 2%-3%. that might be true of the percentage of businesses that make up over 35% but how many jobs do they create? there are people that might make $1 million today but they have 700 employees. they need more capital. if we raise their taxes along with a lack of credit and health care costs going up when you start raising their taxes -- how do you respond to the tax aspect of the president's budget? >> you are right about the credit problem. it was too easy before and it is too tight now. some of these people or a victim of the bank overextending. we hope that will improve. the numbers suggest that is starting to improve. the price of lending is lore that has been in the past couple of years and a small business program is working i

host: next call from sarasota, florida. caller: good morning. the governor who i voted for horrified me when he decided not to do this high-speed rail program. this is the second time one of our governors has abandoned this project. we had jeb bush -- the voters voted on a bond issue. he came in and said no. florida is a long headstay, difficult to get around the state. -- florida is a long state. the only way you can do it is on highways. we're delighted to have them. if you could connect our airports, tampa to orlando, unit gets these people moving. i can see a lot of ridership there. in times of a hurricane, you could put a lot of people out of harm's way on a high-speed rail and get them up to someplace out of the hurricane's path. you could have done that perhaps in new orleans, getting those people out. i see this as a public benefit. host: to live. let's go to tampa. this is bob. caller: good morning. i am an unemployed air traffic controller. five or six years ago, lockheed martin took 3000 of bust and reduced the workforce by 80%. i was

host: let's hear from sarasota, fla., peter. caller: thank you for taking my call. mr.nella, the state of florida had about your program under gov. jeb bush. i was wondering whether you woulde able to comment on your thoughts on how it went here in florida. i am a hungarian-american who is a prodt of both public and private schools. my mothers a retired schoolteacher from new jersey. i would also like to ask you one other point, then i will hang up and listen to your response, and that is in reference to a topic that was a thorny one with someone like myself, a simi retired educator and small- business owners -- semi-retired educator and small business owner. i would likeo possibly comment a bit about stafford loan fra, which is relative to the budget issue that mr. goozner and our host discussed earlier. i think that is a topic that is a vital and that the american public is not aware of. there is a great deal of stafford loan fraud. we have a program which was attending to investigate as a journalist, where there was undue loan fraud perpetrated. i will let you respon

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host: sarasota, last call. gary. caller: i have one question for you.wo parties controlling everything. republicans will reach -- the symbol is the elephant and they are big-headed. democrats are donkeys and they are dumb. everybody is getting model -- money from the middle class. they don't care about the middle class. what is happening in egypt, i hope it does not happen to the middle class. it is time for both countries to come to the center. people in the middle are suffering so much. host: thank you. final thought. guest: one of the themes from your callers is that people are tired of the fighting. how do we grapple with this out- of-control federal government problem we have been having to feed it has not been done very well by the previous administrations. we really need an upheaval, a fresh new culture in washington. i will testify and say let's start today, making it $1 billion in cuts. couldn't they all agree tomorrow on $1 billion to knock out some part of the budget put it there is a vacuum in the constitution -- about meeting tha limiting d

we had one of our largest employers in sarasota. they are getting ready to hire 30 people. they could hire up but their health care went up millions of dollars. i just got my health care bill. it went up 20%. it's killing jobs. lack of credit is killing jobs. now, the third thing comes to the budget with the president is increasing taxes. i want to go back to a point that you made. you said that it only affects by raising taxes 2 to 3% was in your opening comment. that might be true of the percentage of businesses that make up over 35% but how many jobs do they create? there's a lot of people and most of them that might make a million dollars today but they have 700 employees. they need more capital. and if we raise their taxes along with the lack of credit, health care costs going up and then you start raising their taxes and a lot of these as you know are pass-through entities. so how do you respond to the tax aspect of the president's budget. >> okay. again very briefly. you're right about the credit problem and i agree with you it's very important, you know, after where

host: let's hear from sarasota, fla., peter. caller: thank you for taking my call. mr. campanella, the state of florida had about your program under gov. jeb bush. i was wondering whether you would be able to comment on your thoughts on how it went here in florida. i am a hungarian-american who is a product of both public and private schools. my mother is a retired schoolteacher from new jersey. i would also like to ask you one other point, then i will hang up and listen to your response, and that is in reference to a topic that was a thorny one with someone like myself, a simi retired educator and small- business owners -- semi-retired educator and small business owner. i would like to possibly comment a bit about stafford loan fraud, which is relative to the budget issue that mr. goozner and our host discussed earlier. i think that is a topic that is a vital and that the american public is not aware of. there is a great deal of stafford loan fraud. we have a program which was attending to investigate as a journalist, where there was undue loan fraud perpetrated. i wil

sarasota, fla. a caller:. i am a disabled veteran. one thing i know for sure.n president clinton came in office and put an economic plan in place without one republican vote, it created 23 million jobs. what did bush to do in creating jobs? zero. guest: the bush tax cuts did created jobs. unfortunately, we had the meltdown on the mortgage side. it was brought on by fannie mae and freddie mac, a government program that underscored the credibility of the market. it was a complicated problem. under bush, we had a lot of jobs created. right now, we want to work with the president to create jobs again. that is why spending is very important. 6% of the 2010 budget is paying interest on the national debt. that is over $200 billion a year. you could put in infrastructure or put it into education or research. right now, it is going to the bondholders, many of whom are chinese. host: here is what someone writes. guest: i do not worry about who might contribute to is our. i do not make my decisions based on who has or has not contributed. in terms of the defense spending,

host: next call from sarasota, florida. caller: good morning. the governor who i voted for horrified me when he decided not to do this high-speed rail program. this is the second time one of our governors has abandoned this project. we had jeb bush -- the voters voted on a bond issue. he came in and said no. florida is a long headstay, difficult to get around the state. -- florida is a long state. the only way you can do it is on highways. we're delighted to have them. if you could connect our airports, tampa to orlando, unit gets these people moving. i can see a lot of ridership there. in times of a hurricane, you could put a lot of people out of harm's way on a high-speed rail and get them up to someplace out of the hurricane's path. you could have done that perhaps in new orleans, getting those people out. i see this as a public benefit. host: to live. let's go to tampa. this is bob. caller: good morning. i am an unemployed air traffic controller. five or six years ago, lockheed martin took 3000 of bust and reduced the workforce by 80%. i was

host: next call from sarasota, florida. caller: good morning. the governor who i voted for horrified me when he decided not to do this high-speed rail program. this is the second time one of our governors has abandoned this project. we had jeb bush -- the voters voted on a bond issue. he came in and said no. florida is a long headstay, difficult to get around the state. -- florida is a long state. the only way you can do it is on highways. we're delighted to have them. if you could connect our airports, tampa to orlando, unit gets these people moving. i can see a lot of ridership there. in times of a hurricane, you could put a lot of people out of harm's way on a high-speed rail and get them up to someplace out of the hurricane's path. you could have done that perhaps in new orleans, getting those people out. i see this as a public benefit. host: to live. let's go to tampa. this is bob. caller: good morning. i am an unemployed air traffic controller. five or six years ago, lockheed martin took 3000 of bust and reduced the workforce by 80%. i was

curve for small and medium-size business and i had one of our largest employers the other day in sarasota getting ready ideally to hire 300 people. they could hire more. the health care will wind up $1.5 million, but that goes across the board even with small companies. everybody is some effort. i just got my health care bill it went up 20%. it's killing jobs. lack of credit is killing jobs. the third thing comes to the budget is increasing taxes. i want to go back to a point that you made. you said it only affects by raising the taxes to to 3% within your opening comment. that might be true of the percentage of the businesses that make up over 35%, but how many jobs do they create? there is a lot of people and most of them that might make a million dollars today but to have 700 employees, the need for capital, and if we raise the taxes along with the lack of credit, health care costs going up and then you start raising the taxes and a lot of these as you know our past entities so how do you respond to the tax aspect of the president's budget? >> again very briefly, you are right about th

. >> to sarasota, florida, a three-bedroom house. >> you're pushing me along here.in. it's down 55% since the high. you're looking here at a house that's half price what you would have paid five years ago. a one-story house, nicely landscaped. inside you have tall ceilings, sliding pocket doors into the lanai. the family room has vaulted ceilings with a nice beam across the top. you could paint those out. there is a bright kitchen. now i'm waiting for you. a den, built in fireplace and shelving. another shot of the living room. >> you like the living room. >> there's the kitchen. >> high ceilings, wood cabinets and granite countertops. the screened lanai has a solar heated pool. that's not the club. that comes with the house. not a bad thing. >> last house in austin, texas, $299,900. >> one of the hippest cities in the u.s. with music, film and art festivals all year around. people love austin. this home has no direct neighbors on any side. it has a green area on one side and a dog park across the street. you don't have to see human beings for weeks. >> looks like a

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