in all of america has even voted. i get so amazed people agency like this is all settled but it is never settled this far out. i go back to the iowa caucus both democratic and republican, john kerry won when he wasn t supposed to and barack obama and oh won when he want supposed to i won, risk rick santorum won, and everyone wants did business it on presidents that have poll 200 or 300 people. why not wait until the voters make the decision so we have a better picture of where this is headed. in iowa more than any other state it depends on ground game. how is your ground game in iowa? trick, we spent more time there than anyone with organizations in all 99 counties, and we have more named chairmen and co-chairman and people stretched out to the to
is 380, curbside 240. community mail 170. they are saying it s bad for the business and the economy and the postal service. if the postal service is to be run like a business it should have the flexibility all other businesses have to provide products people really want. unfortunately the legislation we brought today is not a comprehensive reform measure. reporter: chairman is achaira says this is part of the bill to
government with an insatiable appetite for our money. 1981, the federal budget, $670 billion. at the rate of inflation would be $1.7 trillion. we know it is 3.6 this year, almost $4 trillion next year. how come they spend top of more money than even the rate of inflation. if it was a business it would be going down. they have computers. they have software. but gretchen, it s nuts. how did the messaging work so well when you look at the actual hard numbers that this very small percentage of american society is paying a gargantuan amount of the taxes? it works so well because particularly in the sort of recession that we were going through, people are always looking for reasons and want to point fingers. it worked so well because over the years we have given up on the american dream. i talk about this all the time. people save money now not to retire, not to go to college, not for a college for the kids but to spend money now and they have money for an emergency. we ve lost faith and
and throw him off the golf course for profanity. i think we re very, very close, george and i because we did a lot of things together as young mothers. we went through some very tough times, too. he was my hero. still is. that hurts when people criticize george w. and don t ever dare do it in front of me, or behind me. you have been in this business of politics and public service for many your whole life. how do you explain what kind of a business it is? i think it brings you closer together because you are hurt by the criticisms and don t criticize george w in front of jeb. going to wind up losing a finger? i don t know, but i ve heard him defend his brother. i don t know if you re a reader of the new york times, but new york times, maureen do you do had a column and it was brace yourself for hillary and jeb. i did see that and i thought,
this country. get this under control, and make some decisions that are going to help everybody in this country. at this point it s complete and utterly unaccept isable how this administration is operating with this. all right. how much time do you spend focusing on healthcare versus focusing on your business because it sounds like business owners don t have any time to focus on their business. they are just worried about what the guy in the middle of the screen is going to do next. i think i have spent hours and months of my time. if i ran my business the way the president runs this country or runs this program in particular. i wouldn t have a business it s very difficult and challenging to work through a sea of red tape and spend time on this situation when i could be better off gaining new clients, retaining business. this is just doesn t work for me. if you ran it like the administration did, you would be bankrupt but, guess what, our country is just like a company, probably