know you don t like that term because of the politics of it. but what do they need? they have a policy gap, it s probably $300 billion that they re going to have to be having to fill in some way, the teacher piece that i think everyone agrees is really important is much smaller than that. you can get a kind of sense there are bills in the house that have been talking about maybe another $25 billion for state and local governments has being part of something that could be very helpful. the president s very aware we re in a very tough budget situation, he wants anything he does to be targeted, particularly high bank for the buck, we think this is one that might pass that test. let s talk about the broader economy and the global concerns, we re seeing what s happened in greece and across europe in recent days, and there are some including stay that the joint economic hearing when the report was being delivered to the congress, some republicans saying if you look at our debt to gdp rat
look, america have what we call a principle policy gap. you go out and do a survey, 90% of americans will tell you, i agree and support, for example, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion. but ask them if a communist atheist should be able to hold a rally on their street corner and they ll say no. so this is why we need to recognize that being americans, the thing that makes america so unique and interesting and such a great project in world history is that we meet vulnerability not with this kind of terrorized anxiety, but instead by actually opening ourselves up, by saying, our government, our nation is strong enough to manage dissent. we are big enough and bold enough to allow our citizens to freely assemble, to worship as they see fit, and heck, i don t