jared. my favorite answer to this is what they call tax in dividend. raise carbon tax et cetera to prices rise on this dirty energy but dividend it back through much bigger cuts in payroll taxes to average americans are held harmless. we got to run but is that idea worth pursuing. it is worth pursuing maybe when the business cycle is much more solid than it is now. thanks for much more illuminating this very upsetting situation for most more cans. next on hardball they re back. tea partiers grab the spotlight once again. toure is back on why she s running for president and why she s not.
it took place in illinois. it is about basketball. you don t have to be basketball fan like myself to love this book. i think that would be a natural. maybe the justice department, matt, will declassify some of the legal opinions and folks who want to can read them at the beach. that s the wonky reading from senator ron wyden. thank you for this tour. up next, second revolution in cairo. can america calm the crowds by writing another check? plus, start your engine. sarah palin is about to board a bus and hit the road. will she drive that thing all the way to the white house? has she checked the price of gas lately snb americans need to get way from it all. are we ignoring what is driving it all. for strong bones, i take calcium.
conserve energy in other way. that creates investment alternatives. how do you square that fact to use market incentive with the fact that it is just unthinkable politically, or seems be pob be for politics. americans are more spread out and will drive more mp $8 a gallon will have consequence here than in paris. you have to remember that alternative energy supplies can t be put in the tank. we have to produce more domestic energy. i think jared would agree. . as opposed to staying here to develop what we have here is not good for the economy. it is the trade deficit. it is one of the reasons we have a deficit. it is half of the deficit equation. one way or another we have to provide way for energy needs much more at home if we will have a an economy that grows 4 or 5% as we need it to do.
dollars. i think secretary clinton handled it well. she made it clear that we need to have strategic engagement with pakistan but also sent a pretty strong message that we aren t going to be willing, that americans won t support pakistan coddling terrorists. if we look at this over the next few months, do you think that we ll have to put this relationship on a different footing in some way or is this the kind of quiet diplomacy, the combination of vigilance and yet still cooperation, that s the right balance? in diplomaticlingo, it usually comes down to finding the right mix of carrots and stick. i think secretary clinton indicated earlier today when she was in the region that she gets that. let s talk about gas prices, senator wyden. you have been concerned i think with some of your colleagues that the commodities future trading commission, which is the somewhat on skeer regulatory
intelligence programs. your amendment did not get included, am i right, so there is still the ability for the administration to interpret in secret. sne worked out agreement with the chair of the intelligence committee dianne feinstein, senator mercury of my home state we were able to get senator feinstein to acknowledge this was a serious and important issue. well have hearings and have a clans to offer the intelligence authorization. senator reid said if he are not satisfied we could bring our amendment to the floor later this year. we are hopeful for progress on that down the road. let s talk about pakistan. hillary clinton in pakistan trying to patch things up there with leaders. how should we be thinking about our relationship with pakistan now? i think many americans are confused when it seems almost certain, you know, kind of matter of common sense, that bin laden couldn t have been there all this time without folks knowing and getting billions of