amount of money in a reasonable way, in other words, not in a magical accounting kind of way. you already hear talk on capitol hill about using some of the accounting tricks that have been used in the past that didn t fully fund past spending projects, assuming economic growth that you don t know is going to happen, that kind of thing. and there s been a lot of assumptions in the hard infrastructure bill about what can be used to fund that, whether or not the beefed-up irs can bring in enough taxes without actually raising taxes by having better enforcement. these are a lot of assumptions and there are a lot of games to be played on capitol hill about that. i think that s a key issue as we go forward to look at those pay-fors. if you actually fund the irs, you don t have to change the rules, they just have to enforce the rules and collect all those taxes owed. i want to stay on the hard infrastructure bill, john, because doesn t this
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t with the president on this issue. there will be some, that said, especially the more conservative members arguing this could be a violation of the constitution separation of powers making it so the president can t start brand new spending projects without congress specifically appropriating that money. that said, one of the reasons i think we haven t seen an outcry from house republicans, obviously, a big part of it, because trump is on their team and they want him to be politically successful. principles get sidelined in some issues. also currently a very loud, complex debate among constitutional scholars about whether or not what trump has done is legal. it s honestly not possible at this point to predict how the supreme court will come down on it. in the past, the supreme court upheld some of trump s executive actions that have drawn extraordinary criticism. the travel bran, for instance. the supreme court ruled it was within his power as president. presidential powers have grown
every legislative bill or vehicle they re looking at goes through a filter: does it help the economy, and does it create jobs? jon: doesn t a lot of that job fall at the feet of the president? no, i don t think that s right. the two parties are going to have to work together on these major economic initiatives, and i think that you saw what nancy pelosi and harry reid were able to do from congress to really whether it s the attempt to pass cap and trade or passing health care, did tremendous damage in helping the president with his agenda, and i think john boehner with a majority in the house can do a lot to put the brakes on the obama agenda and make sure we can start to get this economy turned around. jon: doug, it sometimes seemed especially the democratic party maybe doesn t hear the message of the last election. there were a lot of, well, that supplemental spending bill, for instance, that was bloated with all kinds of spending projects, is that going to change? well, i think