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think that it is a better to empower and also help fund the state infrastructure banks which already exist. all right. congressman, as we look at house majority cantor took issue with the way that the president s message was conveyed, but he had good things to say as well. tweeting that the president s speech had things that both sides could work on and streamlining and regulations and does this sound like the republicans are ready to cooperate with the president on the policy? well n the a, in the area i transportation, i have been ready to deal with the democrats and they controlled the house, the senate and the white house and president obama himself floats down a six-year long-term bill, and he did that almost a year and a half ago when he first came in office. i have been willing to move forward and willing to do it today and tomorrow. we need to get people working and jobs created, and we can do
way. i mean, it s not as if we re going to go up from there unless we put a lot of money in. president obama wanted to create a natural infrastructure bank, $550 billion. we re now talking 230 and change and state infrastructure banks setup is not going to be as effective, it s not going to get us where we need to get to. so you tell me rachel, how do you make republicans accept the arithmetic that is that underlies the budget that any sixth grader can understand? you make them you work very hard on making them embarrassed when they have raw hypocrisy on the subject. and some of us work that hard every day, but it never works. we ll keep trying, won t we? eugene robinson, thank you very much, gene. great to be here, rachel. coming up, awesome as this is and no question this is awesome
the margins that way. do you think that s the sort of thing that needs to be done with republicans in secret? that s the sort of thing you can lure republicans in voting for things, or at least going along with things by offering them things that will make big difference in jobs and infrastructure in their district. is the political climate such that they can t own up to the fact that those thins would be a material good? well, eventually they have to own up to a simple arithmetic and basic logic. so you do have to put it out there, and have you to get them to the point where they recognize objective reality, we are number 23 and falling by the way. i mean, it s not as if we re going to go up from there unless we put a lot of money in. president obama wanted to create a natural infrastructure bank, $550 billion. we re now talking 230 and change and state infrastructure banks setup is not going to be as
way. i mean, it s not as if we re going to go up from there unless we put a lot of money in. president obama wanted to create a natural infrastructure bank, $550 billion. we re now talking 230 and change and state infrastructure banks setup is not going to be as effective, it s not going to get us where we need to get to. so you tell me rachel, how do you make republicans accept the arithmetic that is that underlies the budget that any sixth grader can understand? you make them you work very hard on making them embarrassed when they have raw hypocrisy on the subject. and some of us work that hard every day, but it never works. we ll keep trying, won t we? eugene robinson, thank you very much, gene. great to be here, rachel. coming up, awesome as this is