jobs. it s not rocket science. if we want to hire 100,000 teacher s assistants, wokd do that. there was a proposal to do that. there was a consensus in washington that was inefficient. it s old school liberalism. one of the big mistakes was to focus little on job creation. the deficit. if we start adding government jobs, you are adding to the deficit. i think there s, in a strange way, a relationship between housing and government. the same predatory loans that people were sold in their homes have been sold to local governments around the country. yes. these incredible deals in california where, you probably remember the school loan. they don t get paid off for 20 years. what wall street did is not just bankrupt homes and people, it s bankrupting government. one of the things we are
but it s been clear from the immediate past that congressman boehner has had a very difficult time in corralling any kind of sort of caucus in the house. and so dealing and working through the senate seems to be as josh was saying, more practical and seems to make more sense. these folk who have their districts at stake in terms of how the sequester sequestration is involving military funding. trying to come up with a more balanced approach going forward. it s just more practical. this is a more practical approach to some kind of consensus in washington. meanwhile paul ryan has reportedly backed off his plans to make his overhaul of medicare even more accelerated than it was in the previous two budgets that he s proposed. do you think this is an indication that as far as entitlement reform is concerned, even paul ryan realizes the public wound find it difficult to stomach. i think he s been getting pushed back in his caucus.
joining us now is msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson of georgetown university and our man on capitol hill, luke russert. mr. gohmert s amendment to the continuing resolution is d not make it. however, have heard from speaker boehner on this issue of tours to the public. let s take a listen to him. it s the idea that we re going to shut down tours at the white house during the easter season when washington s overwhelmed by visitors is just silly. and i want to know who s being laid off at the white house? is this what s going on? all i can say is the capitol is open to visitors. so there you go, luke. all is well in the capitol. but doesn t this reveal the petty and personal nature of republican opposition to this president?
the most recent system of that. flogged, you re right, sir. luke, there s a new book out by bob nee. he seems to think that speaker boehner is pretty fond of golf himself. in fact, he says and i m quoting. that if the justice department were ever to make speaker boehner produce receipts for his addiction to golf just for the years from 95 to 2004, he would be hard pressed to comply. of course the speaker denies the accusations made in this book, but he can t deny he likes to play golf himself, doesn t he? oh, i don t think it s a secret to anyone in washington, d.c. and the capitol that john boehner is an avid golfer. he s a pretty talented golfer. given the amount of time he plays, he ought to be. certainly. goes down to florida to do it. now, in terms of mr. ney, they
race track owners amount to $72 million over the next two years. tax relief for indian coal fa l facili facilities, makers of electric vehicles and companies that do business in america samoa. three times as many tax extenders as there are for individuals. tax goodies say it s unfortunate that even in tough times washington reverts to business as usual. to use vehicles that are must pass, which are the lobbyists ticket onboard the gravy train is a sad and cynical commentary on the way washington does business. what people don t realize, the well connected, well healed in this country take the advantage of all the deductions and all the give aways and the tax cut. so, how do those well connected folks get these tax breaks? they turn to people who know capitol hill because they work there.