continental and united airlines officially joined forces. you got a chance to speak to the new ceo about how the merger would affect hubs and jobs in the u.s. yes, he s probably one of the most interesting, dedicated and thoroughly professional chief execs in the world. now he has the job of running continental and united, or the new united. i asked him, of course, particularly bearing in mind, bringing these two large airlines together in the united states, when you look at the nine hubs they have got and the tens of thousands of employees, where would there be growth and where might the ax fall. i don t think there will be an ax, richard. we have very complimentary networks. as a result there s very little overlap and very little affect on our frontline employees. what we re going to be doing is allocating aircraft across a
i ve never seen it take hold as something completely powerful. a lot of people aspire to make $250,000 or over every year. they do not see it as punitive. the deficit question is probably a more powerful argument. the economists will tell you middle class tax cuts cost too much, too. it does seem to sort of the deficit, as i say, is an easier one. it s hard for republicans to defend, politically at least your guest excepted purely on a political look at it, it is extremely difficult to support tax cuts for the rich while yelling about the deficit. that s where i think the democrats have made some inroads not on populist thing. glenn, in your book, you re clear you think the president is taking us down the wrong path, i want to read one section on page 5 that really caught my attention. we must change politics and economics and thereby rebuild
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and rebalance our economy or we ll go the way of all great nations and suffer an irreversible decline. you re talking about scary long-term stuff in a town that thinks in very short terms, two to four years, for example. that s right. it s important. it s not just about president obama. many of the fiscal mistakes were made by the republican party as well. it s not one or the other. it says as a nation we have to decide what to do. the issue isn t about extending bush tax cuts. the issue is about what kind of tax system is best for our country. what can we do to bring down spending. the republican party needs to be more forthcoming where spending cuts can come from. i gave you an example with social security. it would be interesting to hear those. if we really want president obama s government we are at a destructive tipping point. $12 million in tax breaks for small business, part of the small business jobs we were telling you about, extending
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