programs that are going to be cut, and also the travel appeal. i mean, that s what is going to affect people the most. when business travelers are knocked out for six or seven hours because of logistics, that s going to get a lot of people s attention. but jindal says he is just scaring americans. what about that? i think it s great that the president is going out, speaking directly to the american people about simply what is government and what actually are the millions of different ways that what we do together that we can t do ourselves is actually really helping us on a day-to-day basis. because if he were to stay in washington, he would really be surrounded by the beltway donor class, which is who we know is actually pushing the austerity agenda. affluent americans who make up the donor class is twice as likely to want to push an austerity agenda, to want to protect from tax cuts, want to push for changes to entitlements. so we really need the president to be doing exactly what
government for matching funds of some sort, and then the federal government is forced to act. i think that s the much more likely scenario. i mean, richard, the president is going to the people. the president is going to governors. the president is going everywhere he can to try to get the republicans to move. they say no revenue. where does this end up? oh, i think this falls into a much bigger discussion where we are getting into the furlough question and partial government shutdowns. you know, this fever will break. and it will break because people understand what it means for jobs. but it s also the way things used to get done in washington. i m not saying this was a great period in washington, but earmarks transportation projects were what greased the wheels of legislation along, and it will come back. because that s how things will get done again. heather, what do you think of louisiana governor bobby jindal says the president just trying the scare americans when he starts
governors. the president is going everywhere he can to try to get the republicans to move. they say no revenue. where does this end up? oh, i think this falls into a much bigger discussion where we are getting into the furlough question and partial government shutdowns. you know, this fever will break. and it will break because people understand what it means for jobs, but it s also the way things used to get done in washington. i m not saying this was a great period in washington, but earmarks, transportation projects were what greased the wheels of legislation along, and it will come back because that s how things will get done again. heather, what do you think of louisiana governor bobby jindal says that the president is just trying to scare americans when he starts talking about all the jobs that are going to be lost and all the people that are going to be affected, the programs that are going to be cut, and also the travel appeal. i mean, that s what is going to