potential but did none of the things you need to do in terms of hard work, preparedness, to be a national political figure. i ve watched it over the last couple years. i m not surprised by it because of what i saw during the campaign. but it is sad to have watched because she s a person with formidable talents that s obscured by an inability to put down grievances, a propensity for sharp, nonsensical rhetoric and it is sad to have watched. on that note, seems to be a question of whether the gop can learn lessons, whether 2012 sort of registered. john boehner was on record in the new york times saying there were no policy lessons from 2012, there were candidates that sort of failed. i guess that theory of evolution was echoed by paul ryan today. i want to play sound regarding once again the fiscal ideas that he touted in 2012, rearing their
this go round as it relates to employment and education. jon, you d be greater to give a scale of what we re talking about in world war ii and how it compares to now. it s a great exercise not in nostalgia, but in policy lessons. the building of the great american middle class after 1945 was the greatest economic achievement since the industrial revolution. and it was the gi bill, and it was investments in public schools, it was social security. highway system. it was the interstate highway system, it was the public/private money defense contracts that ultimately gave us the internet, things like that. it was a team effort both public and private. and the most important thing that happened was the dwight eisenhower, and joe s obsessed with this, as well. dwight eisenhower essentially ratified the new deal in a sense that he wasn t going to pull
we may need something similar this go round as it relates to employment and education. jon, you d be greater to give a scale of what we re talking about in world war ii and how it compares to now. it s a great exercise not in nostalgia, but in policy lessons. the building of the great american middle class after 1945 was the greatest economic achievement since the industrial revolution. and it was the gi bill, and it was investments in public schools, it was social security. highway system. it was the interstate highway system, it was the public/private money defense contracts that ultimately gave us the internet, things like that. it was a team effort both public and private. and the most important thing that happened was the dwight eisenhower, and joe s obsessed with this, as well. dwight eisenhower essentially ratified the new deal in a sense that he wasn t going to pull apart government and try to go