look, i don t think this stimulus bill created anything but more debt. if we got something for the money, bob, i would have been in favor of it. i don t see lasting consequences. very quickly, robert reich. let me respond to that. first of all, teachers and firefighters and police officers, there s no corresponding group in the private sector. we ought to be paying teachers more if we want good and talented people to choose teaching over investment banking, pay them more. you re just saying that because you re a professor. i m going to cut both of you off. i think he s saying it because he obviously believes it. steve, i know you re saying what you re saying because you believe it as well. we ll continue this conversation down the road. robert reich, stephen moore, thanks for coming in. robert reich has a new book just out entitled aftershock: the next economy and america s future. he s trailing his tea
firefighters watching a man s house burn down. let s bring in the author of aftershock: the next economy and america s future robert reich. welcome back to the program, sir. hi, keith. what s the argument here? why is it morally better to have a system those who can and do pay they get the fire department service and those who do not lose their homes? well, at least the conservative argument as i understand it, and it is a little bit hard to understand it carried to this extent, people need to bear the consequences of their own behavior. that creates a better society obviously people do need to bear the consequences but carried to a degree like we have here where somebody who forgets to pay the $75 fee or somebody who is unfortunate enough to have something bad happen to them doesn t get help really does create a very different fundamentally different society than the society you and i and most former conservatives, people used to talk about
pay more for fire prevention, police, ambulances. after you paid already, pay or we ll burn your house. how did common sense traditional values and conservatism leave firefighters watching a man s house burn down. let s bring in the author of aftershock: the next economy and america s future robert reich. welcome back to the program, sir. hi, keith. what s the argument here? why is it morally better to have a system those who can and do pay they get the fire department service and those who do not lose their homes? well, at least the conservative argument as i understand it, and it is a little bit hard to understand it carried to this extent, people need to bear the consequences of their own behavior. that creates a better society. obvious obviously people do need to bear the consequences but carried to a degree like we have here where somebody who forgets to pay the $75 fee or somebody who is unfortunate enough to have
sacrifice their health, their kids education, whatever it takes, to pay more. pay more for health insurance. pay more for social security. pay more for fire prevention, police, ambulances. after you paid already, pay or we ll burn your house. how did common sense traditional values and conservatism leave firefighters watching a man s house burn down. let s bring in the author of aftershock: the next economy and america s future robert reich. welcome back to the program, sir. hi, keith. what s the argument here? why is it morally better to have a system those who can and do pay they get the fire department service and those who do not lose their homes? well, at least the conservative argument as i understand it, and it is a little bit hard to understand it carried to this extent, people need to bear the consequences of their own behavior. that creates a better society. obviously people do need to bear the consequences but carried to a degree like we have here where somebody w
iran, turkey and america s future. how did you get that invitation and what was that dinner like? i ve written a lot about iran. there are some people in the iranian government that would like to reach out to people in the united states that are interested in iran. it is a little bit odd to be seeing our favorite villain suddenly appear at dinner at a new york hotel. he doesn t breathe fire in real life. in some ways, he seems disconnected from our political process. this is one of the most dysfunctional relationships in the world. iran and the u.s. have so much to gain from working together. we have so much in common in terms of our long-term security interests. but we re so caught up in emotion that we can t see our mutual interests. did you find him to be charismatic? i know you write that he was a gracious host, he seemed to be comfortable in the role. i would say gracious host, but not really charismatic. he s not an outspoken person.