positive free-market reforms in health care that are more patient-centricth. look, the republicans won in 2010, 14, 16 in large part because of obamacare. eric: kelly, i only have about half a minute.re is there a way to get the democrats to play ball and work with trump? chuck schumer has already said, we are not going to work with him. nancy pelosi said forget it, we are not working with him. chuck schumer represents new york and she represents san francisco. not exactly the rest of the country where people are suffering under obamacare. i believe that the states where trump won in double digits, will play ball. i think they will play a ball on a tax relief package. they know what their constituents want. if they are honest to those they represent, they will be honest to those and not to petty partisan politics. thank you, eric. eric: coming up next, how
balance its budget every year during the recession, so what the heck are they doing right in nebraska? joining us now is the governor of that state, governor dave heinemann. what s the answer, governor? well, first of all, good morning and happy 15th anniversary. jon: hey, thank you. the answer is to provide certainty to the private sector. we modernized our economic incentive programs, we passed the largest tax relief package in the history of the state, we ve controlled our spending, but we ve invested in education and jobs. you have to have a laser-like focus on jobs. i was just in the western part of my state yesterday visiting a piping company that s expanded in the last year from 30 jobs to over 100. you can do it if you create a business-friendly environment in your state. that s what we need all across america. jon: well, how do you go about doing that? you talked about the largest tax leaf package, that s the argument underway in washington right now. are taxes too high, o
pass a payroll tax cut that is already helping to grow our economy and create jobs. in the wake of rising gas prices, it should also act as a cushion for working families. this doesn tless lessen our commitment to get prices down which is another $80 or so showing up in your paycheck. and that tax relief package is a key reason that even with the higher prices that economists and investors like warren buffett believe we should expect solid growth this year. now, the hard truth is that as long as our economy depends on foreign oil, we ll always be subject to price spikes. so we have to be moving on a comprehensive energy strategy that pursues more energy production and more energy conservation.
republicans came together to pass a payroll tax cut that s helping to grow our economy and create jobs. in the wake of rising gas prices, it should also help act as a cushion for working families. this doesn t lessen our commitment to do everything we can to get gas prices down, but that tax cut will total about $1,000 for the average working family this year for an extra $80 showing up in your paycheck each month. that tax relief package is a key reason that even with higher prices, economists and investors like warren buffett, believe that we should still expect private growth and strong job creation this year. the hard truth is, as long adds our economy depends on foreign oil, we ll always be subject to price spikes. so we have to get moving on a
republicans came together to pass a payroll tax cut that is already helping to grow our economy and create jobs. in the wake of rising gas prices, it should also help act as a cushion for working families. this doesn t lessen our commitment to do everything we can to get gas prices down but that tax cut will total about $1,000 for the average working family this year or an extra $80 or so showing up in your paycheck each month and that tax relief package is a key reason that even with these higher prices economists and investors like warren buffett believe we should expect strong growth and private sector job creation this year. now, the hard truth is that as long as our economy depends on foreign oil we ll always be subject to price spikes. so we have got to get moving on a comprehensive energy strategy that pursues both more energy production and more energy