running, two guys with a billion dollars, got to tear each other apart. on the morning after at he lex we need more national unity to deal with this fiscal problem than we needed on december 8th, 1941, basically, after pearl harbor given the level of compromise that s going to be required. and so, you know, one can only fear for the country if this kind of campaign continues. just give you a sense of the scope of the challenge, t the nw york times about foreclosures for people over 50 years old, it s a rapidly expanding demographic. older americans who have lost their homes to the great recession, 1.5 million americans over the age of 50 who lost their homes to foreclosures between 2007 and 2011, the highest foreclosure rate was for homeowners over 75 and this isn t foreclosures due to subprime loans. rather than subprime loans. this is looking at the information from the federal reserve bank of new york. these older americans are losing their homes because of pension cuts, rising m
that look you re cutting too much when you re not. we haven t cut spending. se quest will be the first time if it happens we cut spending. all we re trying to do is freeze and slow future growth. here s the problem. high-ranking military guy told a friend of mine, tell frank he s right. you talked about 47 we would still have the triad to defeat the soviet union in the thermal nuclear war. we build up for a military threat and once that threat has diminished or maybe been defeated it doesn t go away. it s like a geological thing, layers and layers of very expensive ways to meet a threat that made sense at one time and you never cut them out as you just add them. congressman barney frank, congressman mick mulvaney, thank you very much. thank you, guys. still ahead. good luck and congratulations. thank you. dick durbin the looming fiscal cliff and his party s plan for the expiring tax cuts. keep it here on morning joe.
because i think you need some. he was the one who got all uncomfortable here. why are you taking shots at me? we re wasting your father s time. dr. brzezinski, there s a lot to talk about. let s begin with syria, t the nw york times this morning had a searing editorial basically saying the blood of the syrian people are on the hands of moscow and beijing. what can we do to move syria forward to accept the arab league s position on this? the russians will have to learn by themselves because of off the ra six, i think the international community is extremely critical of russia s position, of china s position. but at the same time we have to face the fact that this is not libya. i think the options, the military options are much more limited. in my view, we ought to be working as closely as we can with turkey. turkey is a key player here. turkey is a friend. and i think if we work with the turks, we might make some significant progress. so let s talk about
air transportation. shoes off. jackets off. luggage lost, gone. liquids limited to tiny containers. laptops out of their bags. metal detectors like we used to have. puffer machines and body scans, detailed body scans. intrusions kept secret. despite federal laws to collect communication, in 2002, president bush plans to order expanding more ease dropping on u.s. citizens in the united states. it remains secret until t the nw york times exposes it. they ruled it unconstitutional by a judge. the government repeals and wins. bank accounts, credit cards,