pre-school teachers. joining me now is the founding director of the budget office, a former member of the president s debt commission, and an excellent harlem shaker, my friend, alice rivlin, how are you? i m fine. this is interesting in terms of what it will do to the private economy, at the moment doesn t seem to be doing all that much. one thing that is happening in the way we spend our money, we seem to be squeezing out a lot of the investments in the future, the investments in kids and research and education. and that actually seems to me like a more pressing problem we need to fix in the budget. oh, i agree, i think the real danger of not getting on top of the rising debt is for young people. it is not just that we won t spend as much on education, for example, but we won t spend as much as we need to spend on the economy, so when they grow up it will be more productive, like
would your grandmother be happy to hear her children are getting as much education as in the slovak republic? and all 4-year-olds, it would provide incentives to states to enroll more 4-year-olds from middle income families. but the obama administration is not in the pre-school business, they re telling states do it your own way, you can customize it your own way as long as the programs meet a few quality standards. one is highly educated pre-school teachers. joining me now is the founding director of the budget office, a former member of the president s debt commission, and an excellent harlem shaker, my