In the summer of 2019, former state Sen. H. Douglas Barclay invited his good friend Joseph L. Rich down to his spacious parcel, Douglaston Salmon Run, County Route 5, Pulaski. Mr. Rich hopped into a four-wheeler, with Mr. Barclay confidently at the wheel.
âHe took me on a joy ride like you wouldnât believe,â Mr. Rich recalled on Tuesday, two days after Mr. Barclay died at the age of 88, leaving behind a legacy of exemplary public service. âI mean it was up the hills and down the hills. I told him it was better than any ride at the fair. I was holding on for dear life.â
involved in this one. gregg: congressman frost, the hat goes nicely with the penguin suit. thanks for being with us. thank you. congressman mcewen, thanks, good to see you, too. julie: many problems of 2010 are lingering in 2011, the soaring deficit, the sluggish economy, and, high unemployment remaining a thorn in his side, mike emmanuel is traveling with the president and joins you live from honolulu and one of the early battles is likely to be over the debt ceiling, what this is white hou the white house about the national debt. reporter: it is $13.9 trillion, and when it gets to $14.3 trillion, the government needs congress to authorize raising that cap, and one of the top economic advisors says it is an issue where you cannot afford to play a game of chicken.
newsroom from you our viewers. former ohio congressman bob mcewen is a republican and senior fellow at united in purpose.org, democratic maria rment ardona was a senior adviser to hillary clinton s campaign and david drucker is a staff writer for roll call. let me start with a question from rick akly in utah, david, tackle it first, what are the channels the feds will bail out the states that are bankrupt. no state is officially bankrupt yet but california and new york aren t in such good shape. what s the mood on capitol hill? the mood is antibailout, and with the republican house that s set to take office in january the chance of more federally funded bailouts, particularly for the states where a lot of that money goes for state employees which helps funds unions, the appetite is not going to be there so i think you can cross that one off the list. jenna: let me bring in part of this to add to the panel and we ll get your thoughts as well, congressman. one of the things that just p
large hole. so that s the reality of it. that s why it keeps coming up. jon: congressman mcewen, you want to take that on? the decifit was actually $300 billion, on the first day he took office, ten days after barack obama became president of the united states, they passed an additional nearly 1 trillion, $800 billion in the stimulus. didn t go to the defense department, didn t go to interior, didn t go to agriculture. this was just went out and borrowed an additional billion dollars, which they continually quote as saying they inherited this decifit of 1.5 trillion. no, no, no, no, no, no, no. the national debt average during the bush administration was 2 1/2% of gdp. the first year that they took office, house senate and presidency, it increased to 11 percent, a 5-fold increase during these last two years. jenna: that s pretty good math thereof the top of your head, don t you think, jon? jon: elect that man to congress! jenna: he s already been there! let s bring you the news of th