it can continue to survive but europe will have to endure a decade-long recession to sustain it. europe will go into a period like japan went into the 80s and 90s. it is unnecessary. it is a terrible shame but unfortunately bad economics is being compounded by more bad economics and institutionalized into treaties which make these situatis constitutional in nature. jenna: peter, always nice to have you. thank you, sir, for your expertise. thank you. jon: if you have spent any amount of time on the highway, you ve seen them. specialty license plates, they raise awareness for everything from breast cancer to your favorite nascar driver. there has been an explosion of them in recent years in just about all the states. now some law enforcement officials fear all of these specialty plates can cause real confusion for police officers. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta. confusion why, jonathan? reporter: well, jon it s all the different designs. for example, in
i think it is an utter tragedy of what is happening, bad economics and war is two most destructive things to the family. send those young men and women with the equipment to win. don t let some congressman sitting in an air conditioned office in washington, d.c. deciding what the rules of engagement are. [ applause ] let those war fighters win the war. you come into our country and you kill 3100 people, and we will do whatever it takes to eliminate your capacity to threaten us ever again. and i would be tougher and more decisive. a lot of things were discussed at that forum in iowa moderated by frank luntz. one of the things that came up was occupy wall street movement. rough night. simultaneously what was happening in other parts of the country in oakland and washington, d.c. there was a number of arrests. number of violence outbreaks and arrests there were all sorts of problems last night.
i think it is an utter tragedy of what is happening, bad economics and war is two most destructive things to the family. send those young men and women with the equipment to win. don t let some congressman sitting in an air conditioned office in washington, d.c. deciding what the rules of engagement are. [ applause ] let those war fighters win the war. you come into our country and you kill 3100 people, and we will do whatever it takes to eliminate your capacity to threaten us ever again. and i would be tougher and more decisive. i think you could have predicted those answers, wouldn t you? yeah. certainly ron paul. he wants to bringll the troops home now. interesting to hear them all clustered together. there were many emotional moments i would say here at this family forum. particularly when frank luntz who was moderating asked all the candidates to share a personal story about their own
people. not the states. the more one we get out of state, the better off we are. cheryl: i tell you what, christian. the i.d. with the plan from the g.o.p. is you take the money and you use the money to maybe even force those the end of benefits to take anything or do other things besides staying on unemployment. you get somebody a job, creates a job and get them off the state or federal payroll. what do you think? that would be well and good if there were lots of jobs available. for three out of four unemployed persons there are no jobs available. let s remember we have 40% of more than 40% of all unemployed persons have been unemployed for more than six months. to take that money away from the struggling individuals and families is morally reprehensible and bad economics. bad economics.
know they got to spend it on consumer goods. theoretically, that was going to put people back to work. i said, bad politics, bad economics. it was both. this is just a continuation of his failed policies. we need real investment. we need to put people back to work. i don t believe that this mala of tax cuts is going to get us to that point. we can get a much better deal. they are trying to pitch this as only a two-year deal. in two years, we can refight this fight. they know as well as we do, the house will be republican two years from now as this past november s elections determined, the possibility of repealing or reinstating the higher tax rates for the wealthiest in america, is close to zero. this is a decision that s costing us a trillion dollars. they are going to say we have to balance this budget and take things that would be an