in a hole, at least $150 billion that we ve paid of taxpayers money to try to get us out of the hole that they dug. $6 billion more as we mentioned. now there s estimates of another $50 billion. the numbers are staggering. if you re talking about that amount of money, what s 10 or 12 million or so for bonuses because they re doing such great job? i mean, it s greta: there s just no means to go to this guy, nobody has the authority to say absolutely not? you re not going to do that? can the president do that? is there anyone who can just say no or does demarco have the authority? i think the president could say no, but i am very confident that congress will act. i really am. greta: doing what? just saying no. greta: how do you act? what do you do? no funds shall be expended to pay these bonuses. greta: the letter went out friday. i would have done it thursday or at least monday or tuesday. what s the delay? i think the next vehicle
taxpayers today. we paid $190 billion already, it s cost the taxpayers, and there s about 50 billion or more to come, so to somehow assume that people can t do their job correctly without millions of dollars in bonuses when every day we have men and women who are serving, some who are putting their lives on the lines, they re not getting millions of dollars worth of bonuses. somehow, the overseer, a man named demarco, somehow said this is a good idea. he should be fired. greta: one of them gets $900,000 a year. which is more than any civil servant or anyone else. greta: no question about it. it s a significant sum of money, but what was so stunning is demarco said if they don t give bonuses that we re not going to attract so-called good people to the job to replace them which is bizarre to me at $900,000, but secondly, you say they re doing
a good job or someone does. they ve asked for more money in the bailout, i think 5 or 6 billion dollars. i have a hard time understanding how if you need more of a bailout, we can say that you re doing such a fabulous job that you should get a bonus. they had the exquisite sense of timing to ask for $6 billion at the same time they were announcing these bonuses. by the way, if they re doing such a great job, i wonder why nearly half the homes in my home state of arizona are still underwater. in other words, worth less than the value of their mortgage. if they ve been doing such a great job that deserves millions of dollars in bonuses. this is what makes americans cynical about their government, and i m sure that congress gives them plenty of reasons to feel cynical, but this is just beyond that. greta: who is demarco? this man, mr. demarco, is appointed by the president. he has had many government jobs in republican administrations as
campaign finance laws with you, the difference in a presidential election is that hard money, candidate money, committee money, rnc, dnc, hard money becomes king in a presidential election. they have a tendency at the end of the campaign, hard money can squeeze out soft money in a presidential cycle. that s why raising money both on the candidate level and the committee level is so important. i m pretty confident if you look at the direction of this country, if you look at what americans are looking for, and if you look at the polling, the most important poll out there, greta, is this poll. do you believe america s on the right track or the wrong track, and over 70% of all americans say the wrong track. greta: which must really rattle the president, that, of course, and the fact in ohio they certainly don t like the health care mandate. it s a largely symbolic victory for those who oppose national health care. nonetheless, there are loot of sort a lot of symbolic gestures toward th
a good job or someone does. they ve asked for more money in the bailout, i think 5 or 6 billion dollars. i have a hard time understanding how if you need more of a bailout, we can say that you re doing such a fabulous job that you should get a bonus. they had the exquisite sense of timing to ask for $6 billion at the same time they were announcing these bonuses. by the way, if they re doing such a great job, i wonder why nearly half the homes in my home state of arizona are still underwater. in other words, worth less than the value of their mortgage. if they ve been doing such a great job that deserves millions of dollars in bonuses. this is what makes americans cynical about their government, and i m sure that congress gives them plenty of reasons to feel cynical, but this is just beyond that. greta: who is demarco? this man, mr. demarco, is appointed by the president. he has had many government jobs in republican administrations as