decisions for an extra year because it gave them the money to avoid making tough decisions. we are going to run out of that this year. we are now faced with the fact that government is too expensive. it is too big. and we are going to have to fundamentally replace a lot of failing systems if we are going to get back to being a successful country. greta: here on the streets in washington you don t teal unemployment because of the government and government is not cutting people. 20 miles outside of d.c. shop after shop of for lease signs, businesses closed down. atlanta where one of my daughters lives miami where for daughter lives or crisscross the country as i do making speeches and talking to people this is a country in which the average american understands we are in deeper trouble economically than anybody who today, who is under 80 years of age has ever seen. greta: it is grim. mr. speaker, thank you sir. good to be with you.
republicans will agree to a two year extension on all the current tax relief. we ll get that done, we ll create some certainty in the economy. but the extended hand by john boehner was met with the back tim man by the president. i have to think was met with the backhand of the president of the united states. i would like to get past the partisan strive and do something to create jobs. greta: the american people are hurting, i agree. i travel a lot in this country. the thing that always gets me and i sound like a broken record, i ve been driving up and down main street and i see all the for lease signs. and i get notes from people who are unemployed and frightened. the thing that bothers me is the partisanship. i hear president obama say that the republicans have no ideas. the first thing i think of is congressman paul ryan, i don t know if his idea is good or