employment by paying people to stay unemployed. that s essentially what the unemployment insurance program does. look, i don t have a problem with providing someone with three or six months of unemployment benefits if they fall hard on their luck and lose their jobs. as you know, juan, we are now paying people almost two years of benefits and the statistics in evidence is very clear on this. the longer you provide people unemployment benefits, the longer they stay unemployed and the less they look for a new job. they starlight looking for a new job when they lose their unemployment benefits. now, here is the point. that s the case that i made two or three years ago. unemployment insurance was a big part of the president s original 830 billion-dollar stimulus. and it did not work. and i think the answer to your question whether liberals have run out of ideas? yes they have run out of ideas. i heard president obama s press conference today what he said more unemployment insurance. more i
the republicans overall is everybody is taking a hard line negotiating line coming in. won t be a deal coming out of this meeting, chris, but something is percolating here. look, andrea, you re exactly right. we know from president obama s press conference last week to some of the at the same time that came out after that the two sides are doing what you do any time you have a compromise debate discussion. you take out your furthest position and you give ground from there. you know, when you buy a car, you don t offer, here s as much as i can afford. you low ball it as much as possible and try to find common ground. that s in some ways what s happening here, so i think you re going to hear a lot of rhetoric going into the meeting tomorrow, which has got basically all the big players, and you ll probably hear some coming out of it, too, and iia. i still think we re probably a week or two at the earliest away from an agreement. remember that august 2nd deadline obviously rapidly approa
bill: why? because the truth of the matter is what we have got to bring under control is an active federal government that is intruding into every corridor of american society and american lives. we don t need think about it this way, too, if i may suggest, bill. the $1.65 trillion deficit we are going to have in fiscal 2011. bill: right. is the size of the entire federal government 14 years guy. that is how fast government is growing. and it is not about jut entitlements. it is about the number of employees. over three million in the federal government right now. bill: i know. doing what? bill: now, you heard president obama s press conference today. do you believe this issue is hurting the president? i think it is a horrible political mistake on his part. i think he will pay a price for this in 2012 because this is not a serious document, this budget. he is already getting flak and backlash from across.
every corner of american society and american lives. we don t need think about it this way, too, if i may suggest, bill. the 1.65 trillion-dollar deficit we re going to have in fiscal 2011 is the size of the entire federal government 14 years ago. that s how fast government is growing. and it is not about just entitlements. it s about the be in of employees, over 3 million in the federal government right now. bill: i know. doing what? bill: you heard president obama s press conference today. i did. bill: you believe this press issue is hurting the president. it is a horrible political mistake on his part. i think he will pay a price for this in 2012. this is not a serious document, this budget. he is going to he is already getting flack and backlash from across the political spectrum. bill: lou dobbs, everyone. great to be with you. thank you.
every corner of american society and american lives. we don t need think about it this way, too, if i may suggest, bill. the 1.65 trillion-dollar deficit we re going to have in fiscal 2011 is the size of the entire federal government 14 years ago. that s how fast government is growing. and it is not about just entitlements. it s about the be in of employees, over 3 million in the federal government right now. bill: i know. doing what? bill: you heard president obama s press conference today. i did. bill: you believe this press issue is hurting the president. it is a horrible political mistake on his part. i think he will pay a price for this in 2012. this is not a serious document, this budget. he is going to he is already getting flack and backlash from across the political spectrum. bill: lou dobbs, everyone. great to be with you. thank you.