the new york times saying maybe it s time to talk about a double-dip. give us more of the specifics. the white house the white house s plans when it comes to jobs. reporter: they have been talking for the last couple of days how there are a lot of bi-partisan deals to be had with the republican house, path tan reform might recrate jobs, spur innovation for companies, extended payroll, a tax cut that is expiring soon, means an average about a thousand dollars in the pockets of some of our viewers. they talk about trade deals pending on capitol hill for a longtime. let s face it, no one of those initiatives is going to create tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of jobs that will really turn this around in one fell swoop. i think the bottom line out of this report and many of the other reports we ve heard in recent days, this is going to be a long, hard, slog, rick. rick: my first chance to talk to you on the tv,ed, that was fun. let s do it again soon.
which they say will save $400 billion. but they don t want a spending freezio, the republicans. they want spending cuts. i think it is fair to say the obama budget will be thrown out the window and they will go on. shannon: all the talk from the gop about how far and how deep it would cut. a number of democratic leaders fired back saying if you do too much at once you will kill jobs and hurt the economy. you asked ryan about that. there are a lot of conservative business types, ceos, tom donahue, the head of the chamber of commerce who say some of the investment for education and infrastructure and research is good and will recrate jobs in the short-term as part of a bigger plan to reduce the deficit. ryan says i don t think borrowing money is going to help the economy. he says if we give business certainty that the government share of the economy is going
we can get. i think the republicans pass any tax cut that you will sign that has no increases and we will come back in january as d we llee if we can pass the rest. chris: but you are in effect saying that at least until you gainf and whe control of congress you are giving up on the tax cuts for the wlthy. you are saying that the president of the united states isetermined to stop the tax increases on people who recrate jobs. he is the president. better at leastelp the middle class even if that doesn t create jobs and i think that the republicans would be very wise to say we will pass any tax cut this president will s longs it doesn t have a poison pill of a tax increase. chris: okay. let s talk, though, about because you still want to continue the bush tax cut for the so-called wealthy, people making over a quarter million dollars a year. that.e just follow upn the nonpartisan congressional oudget office analyzed 11 different policy options on how to boost the economy and they
we can get. i think the republicans ought to say we are going to pass any tax cut that you will sign that has no increases and we will come back in january as a majority and we ll see if we can pass the rest. chris: but you are in effect saying that at leastntil you if and when you gain control of congress you are giving upn the c tax cuts for the wlthy. you are saying that the president of the united states is determined to stop the tax increases on people who recrate jobs. he is the president. better at least help the middle class even if that doesn t create jobs and i think that the republicans would be very wise to say we will pass any tax cut this president will sign as longs it doesn t have a poison pill of a tax increase. chris: okay. let s talk, though, about because you still want to continue the bush tax cut for the so-called wealthy, people making over a quarter million dollars a year. let me just follow up on that. the nonpartisan congressional budget office analy
what they say are endless spending programs and failure to create more jobs. steve, who are the two senators and what are their main concerns here. reporter: senator coburn of oklahoma and john mccain releasing summertime blues. it s a report that talks about a hundred different sometime plus projects that were either wasteful, unnecessary or poorly managed. the bottom line for these senators is that the stimulus package was supposed to recrate jobs, here is john mccain on that. it does not create jobs. the stimulus package was supposed to create jobs. reporter: well that was short okay. mccain and coburn also point out that some small businesses are being hurt by the projects because the disruption caused by the construction. they are pointing these out as ways to alert congress that we need to watch over these projects more carefully. jenna: do you have a few example