will you balance the budget in your first term? is that a commitment you can make? i ll balance the budget by the end of my second term. doing it in the first term would cause, i believe, a dramatic impact on the economy. too dramatic. and therefore the steps i put in place, and we put together a plan that lays out how we get to a balanced budget within eight to ten years. they haven t put out that plan, but i do like that, a dramatic impact on the economy. i agree, governor, it would. what s interesting here, though, it would be one thing if romney were just a keynesian. republicans have a long history of being keynesians. in 2008, president george w. bush pushed and signed the economic stimulus act of 2008. it was literally called the stimulus act. and it had a lot of republicans on it and republican president behind it and you see mitch mcconnell and john boehner behind him there. but since obama took office, republicans have changed their mind on the idea that government spen
is that a commitment you can make? i ll balance the budget by the end of my second term. doing it in the first term would cause, i believe, a dramatic impact on the economy. too dramatic. and therefore the steps i put in place, and we put together a plan that lays out how we get to a balanced budget within eight to ten years. they haven t put out that plan, but i do like that, a dramatic impact on the economy. i agree, governor, it would. what s interesting here, though, it would be one thing if romney were just a keynesian. republicans have a long history of being keynesians. in 2008, president george w. bush pushed and signed the economic stimulus act of 2008. it was literally called the stimulus act. and it had a lot of republicans on it and republican president behind it and you see mitch mcconnell and john boehner behind him there. but since obama took office, republicans have changed their mind on the idea that government spending can create jobs. and when you ask mitt romney
they outsourcing a lot of jobs. eric: a lot of money they made here in america they paid no income tax. jeffrey emull is the president s job czar. and interestingly in his teneurat general electric. 131,000 jobs here. and during his teneurhis work force here in the united states has shrunk. and you loan them money and getting 25 billion in the stimulus act and they paid it ln the income tax and pushed jobs over seas. and closed plants here and open the plants up over seas it goes on and on. and if this is what he is calling job czar he would be the outsourcer and. it is it a double standard.
so now the total only 2.9 billion, which is less that was given during the carter administration and so we re talk ing about head start. when we re talking about aft afterschool programs, at the discretion of the cities as you see fit and when you cut that, it makes a serious impact, a ripple effect. and we saw it even in the stimulus act, which did go through the states rather than the cities, so things that cities really wanted like infrastructure investment was held up by far more conservative legislature, interested in more suburban and rural interests, rather than the interest of cities, which tended to be greener. bring people together into closer spaces. this reverse migration, is that part of the reason why we re seeing the attempts at voter
stimulus act. he had overwhelming control of both houses and could have brought it forward. president bush to his credit had two members of his cabinet assigned to get immigration reform passed. president obama did nothing of the kind. this political pandering is not the right thing to do. we need to move forward with legislation. maria teresa, 2011, look at the number, a record number of deportations. nearly 400,000 people. does that at all temper latino voter support for the president with this new policy? i think what they are saying is that i think a lot of the latino voters are going to say the president is finally listening. and this is where i think danny and i agree. the problem with the dream act is so personal to individuals because you re not talking about a temporary fix but people who are being torn apart. you re talking about children who live in mixed status families, meaning their siblings may be here documented but they may not be. and it is that tragedy we have to