deficit hawk i am, when trump went after syria, and i thought he needed to go after syria, i heard how much those missiles cost i gasped and said, my god, that was an expensive night russia is doing this every day they re broke. not only is it time, how much longer can they afford to do this remember, russia has proven over the censturies an enormous ability to suffer pain on its people to achieve strategic goals. they lost 20 million people in world war ii. right. we don t know what s happening inside putin s circle. we don t understand precisely what s going on in terms of civil society, what remains of civil society, in russia but, you know, i think it is fair to say that they re not going to stop. like i said, the worse it gets for the russian military on the ground, the more danger we see,
sponsored two family leave bills that languished in the senate. too many parents are forced to decide. there is a budget plan that would solve that problem. so where are the sticking points that have led to this last-minute blinksman ship. the sleuths had a field day showing some of her past progressive demands don t match her current positions. now, west virginia s joe manchin has been more consistent. he s never been a liberal, as he reminded reporters yesterday. as the sole democrat, manchin has been clear he would like to cut 2 trillion from the proposed budget, which is quite the flex. we learned yesterday courtesy of politico, manchin offered a detail outline to senator leader schumer this past july. he is a deficit hawk that represents coal country. news flash. 15% domestic corporate minimum
mean package because it s only a trillion dollars. the bipartisan infrastructure only package that nancy pelosi promises will get voted on monday. i wonder what that says about our times. that s considered responsible spending. george wills is here with us. the great conservative thinker. a brilliant writer and proven in his latest book. george, good to have you. good to be with you. neil, half a century ago dirkson the leader of the senate republicans joked. said a billion dollars here and there. it adds up to real money. now it doesn t. we only do it in trillion dollars. you know that the deficit hawk is a bird so rarely seen it s on the endangered species year.