the house republican budget that increases interest rates on student loans, sort of speaks for itself as to what we can expect when he is president. isn t there also a problem here? because romney says he wants to pivot to the center. and he says he supports the president. but by doing that, he is actually disagreeing now with many republicans in congress who actually want to raise the interest rate on student loans. as you know. so what happens to your congressional colleagues across the aisle? do they follow the presumptive leader or do they now oppose the presumptive leader on this specific issue? because the date is fast approaching. july 1st. the interest rates are going up. which way do the republicans in congress swing? that s right. they have a fundamental choice to make. we know what choices they made in the house republican budget. again. they chose to protect these tax break for big oil companies themselves chose to vote again the buffett rule that says millionaires shou
secretary. and yet in their budget they chose to ask 7 million american students to see their interest rates double, which is about $1,000 more per year. so those are their priorities in the budget. we ll have to see which way they go now that mitt romney may have at least switched for political convenience. i wonder now if he also agrees that we should not end the medicare guarantee. the house republican budget would ask seniors to bear all the risks and costs of increased medicare expenses. is he going to turn around on that as well now? that s the problem. we ll let you know on that, depending on which way the wind is blowing tomorrow. thank you, sir, for joining us. next on this super tuesday, the question must be asked, why are we paying for newt gingrich s secret service protection? if you re one of those folks who gets heartburn
world. i m fareed zakaria. we begin an important show with the most important topic today. the economy. to talk about it, we have no lesser an authority than president obama s top economic advisor, that s gene sperling, director of the national economic council. why isn t employment picking up? we ll ask him. then we ll go global. who should be the next president of the world bank? should it be an american, as always, or should it be opened up to emerging economies, in asia, africa, south america, nigeria s finance minister says she should be the bank s next leader, and she has some very influential supporters. we will talk to her. also, the new kind of warfare we re seeing pop up more and more. dirty wars. that s what the new york times s jeffrey getleman calls them, and we ll talk to him about it. first, here s my take. as many regular viewers know, i have been following the tense back and forth with iran very closely. i continue to believe it is the single most dange
should it be an american, as always, or should it be opened up to emerging economies, in asia, africa, south america, nigeria s finance minister says she should be the bank s next leader, and she has some very influential supporters. we will talk to her. also, the new kind of warfare we re seeing pop up more and more. dirty wars. that s what the new york times s jeffrey getleman calls them, and we ll talk to him about it. first, here s my take. as many regular viewers know, i have been following the tense back and forth with iran very closely. i continue to believe it is the single most dangerous crisis that we confront today. everyone seems to believe that whatever the momentary ups and downs, there is unliable to be a deal between iran and the great powers that will avert war and prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. that s not clear. there is a path to a deal. if, as with any successful negotiation, both sides can come away with something. so what would a deal loo
the house republican budget, which essentially mirrors the really, really unpopular ryan budget from last year. while the ryan budget, the house republican budget is generally seen as more of a liability than an asset for republicans running for higher office today, because a lot of its ideas are particularly unpopular, particularly those around medicare, the progressive caucus budget is made up of policies that poll really, really well. that are very popular when you go out and ask real-life humans about them. the progressive budget, for example, calls for ending the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. it calls for letting those tax cuts expire at the the end of the year. that idea is wildly popular when you ask americans about it. 68% of americans say they are for letting the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire. only 29% of americans say they are opposed to that. the progressive budget also calls for ending taxpayer subsidies for the oil and gas companies. again