You get very lower but low numbers for Discretionary Spending. Can we run government at a smaller gdp than we had in 1940 . I dont think so. But the other thing that has happened that may not be sustainable is that the rate of Health Care Spending has slowed. Its slowed dramatically. We are not quite sure why thats true. Part of it is the recession and we mayowth and low have come to our senses and realize that our Health Care System is an efficient. True. Both are we are working very hard where i am at the Bookings Institution on how do we keep these reforms sustained so we can produce more health care for less money. That is a work in progress. Not clear. But i think that is where things are. Do you worry from a messaging of beoint, in a position careful of what you wish for . In another panel, there were a lot of people raising the point, in 2009, 2010, we have to do something about this at this debt. We got the opposite of what they were asking for. They wanted larger deficits in t
And president obama took time to talk to the nation about his agenda Going Forward. As for republicans, well, they tried to figure out just how they blundered themselves into the disaster they engineered. And today, theres plenty of blame to go around. This morning, the crisis is over. We fought the good fight. We just didnt win. Folks said we were going to lose turned out to be correct. I cant argue with that. It was a fools errand. We were not going to defund obama care. Instead of bringing people through crisis, we are creating it for them. Republican senator burris said, its the stupidest idea ive ever heard. And i think a lot of Establishment Republicans really never thought it would come to this. In the last 24 hours, conservatives tried to come to grips with the depths of their defeat. I was pondering if i can ever remember a greater political disaster in my lifetime. All this crap about the law of the land. The law of the land is the constitution john boehner was never going to
It was a fools errand. We were not going to defund obama care. Instead of bringing people through crisis, we are creating it for them. Republican senator burris said, its the stupidest idea ive ever heard. And i think a lot of Establishment Republicans really never thought it would come to this. In the last 24 hours, conservatives tried to come to grips with the depths of their defeat. I was pondering if i can ever remember a greater political disaster in my lifetime. All this crap about the law of the land. The law of the land is the constitution john boehner was never going to fight hard on obama care. I voted no on the bill, because this means barack obama got 100 of what he wanted. Senate republicans were divided and became basically an air force, dive bombing the House Republicans and conservatives. It would be hard to gin up this kind of effort again. I just think thats clear. Those are the people who will tame blame for shutting the government down. But the socalled suicide cauc
They blundered themselves into the disaster they engineered. And today, theres plenty of blame to go around. This morning, the crisis is over. We fought the good fight. We just didnt win. Folks said we were going to lose turned out to be correct. I cant argue with that. It was a fools errand. We were not going to defund obama care. Instead of bringing people through crisis, we are creating it for them. Republican senator burris said, its the stupidest idea ive ever heard. And i think a lot of Establishment Republicans really never thought it would come to this. In the last 24 hours, conservatives tried to come to grips with the depths of their defeat. I was pondering if i can ever remember a greater political disaster in my lifetime. All this crap about the law of the land. The law of the land is the constitution john boehner was never going to fight hard on obama care. I voted no on the bill, because this means barack obama got 100 of what he wanted. Senate republicans were divided an
That they agreed upon in a bipartisan way. And it can be done without everything that we do that has a risk. It can be done with nothing more than manageable risks. Thank you. Thank you very much. Senator, thank you for your extraordinary patience. Youve been here early the whole morning and just in order of seniority we find you and we thank you. Thank you. Let me congratulate you on your new role. This is great you in the chair and i look forward to our Work Together in the years to come. I want to associate myself with some of the comments of the senator before she had to depart. Because they say all politics is local and when you think about it this is obviously a large country and i think its fair to a as with other Energy Issues at the policies that we are discussing today dont necessarily affect all of our states and even manner. Like the senator, wisconsin is one of the leading manufacturers in the United States and i think right now it can boast the role of number one manufact