had unlimited defense spending, tax cuts for the high end, and who paid the price? the people who could least afford to do it in our country. if we re going to be fiscally responsible, let s understand, and i think this is really important for this table, do these cuts they are suggesting really save money? right. do they really save money? i want to get your reaction before i let you go to a moment in the republican debate because it was a moment that involved one of your colleagues, ron paul, and we ll play this little bit of sound. i want to see what you thought of it. my advice to him would have a majodi he doe t have it. and he needs he needs intensive care for six months. who pays? that s what freedom is all about. taking your own risks. this whole idea you have to take care of everybody congressman, are you saying society should just let him die? no. yes.
up during that debate, too. he used him as a bad cop and disqualified him from challenging boehner. very true. i would ask her if politics weren t a consideration what her jobs proposal would be. sort of blue sky situation. yeah. one of the things that one of the difficulties, i think, maybe even encountered this, you ve been writing about politic force a while s how to balance it even as a journalist, this sort of blue sky versus plausible writing, you know, because you can say, well,there should be a $90 trillion jobs package in which we build lots of houses on mars. yes, yes! thank you. that s a good point. because direct job creation i m in favor of, i didn t spend a lot of time writing about in the column because it just wasn t going to happen. right. well, i d probably ask trivial question how they re going to reframe losing the weiner seat and take power back on that. more importantly, i m going to be playing her home direct of
eric cantor introduced some the other day. democrats in the house have a whole make it in america agenda with the innovation as does the senate. the national journal came out just a couple of weeks ago with 11 ways to increase, to increase and lower unemployment without raising the national debt. and 18 ways to invest in the american economy. there is no shortage of ideas. what is lacking is the will. that s why the restraints and the constrictions of the super committee with and up or down vote not subject to cloture in a up or down vote in the house of representatives makes an awful lot of sense. there are a lot of people questioning whether this is a failure of leadership by the president, and in fact, this week 68 representatives sent a letter to president obama to end what they described as half-measures toward job creation. do you still have confidence in
the republicans did not have the votes to pass. i m proud of my members that they took the step to pull us from the brink of default even though they did not were not happy about the legislation. but what was good about it was it s over and now it s time to talk about jobs and the person who has been a leader and beating the drum for make it in america, he ll tell you more about it, our distinguished whip, mr. hoyer. thank you very much, madam leader. let me suggest at the outset that talking about jobs the democratic leaders talking about jobs. they have clearly tried to change the conversation. let me bring in brian williams, of course the managing editor of nbc nightly news. you ve spent yers on the hill certainly in the last week you ve been there nonstop. is this the end of beginning of the new phase. i was so worried you were
that is a good indication of the market. neil: so you are right. but i want to get a sense of why companies that are starting to make many or improved fortunes because they cut costs, why they should hire or spend that money hiring folks now when they don t know what the heck will come out of you and your colleagues in washington or the health care bill and what tim cost them? they don t know what taxes could come down the pike? what is to step them from keeping their powder dry? guest: in germany they had great economic movement and taxes are 46 percent, a vat tax at 21 percent but they have a strong manufacturing economy and we will have a make it in america, jobs program, and encourage innovation and investment and innovation and new technology and green jobs and get pell grants maintained so we have educational opportunity. we will be able to do some of