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Assuming the risk on them anyway? that s what congress has just done. and the profit we ll be making instead of the banks will go to pay for more student grants for people who now can t afford college. ta-da. government. neat. in the wake of this huge momentous legislative achievement for democrats this week in health reform, it is back to the starting line for both parties in terms of what to do next in politics. this is how they ve gotten out of the gate. joining us now is anthony weiner of new york. thanks very much for coming in tonight. it s my pleasure. thanks. now that the health reform fight is done for now, we re starting a new, in terms of legislating, what do you see as the main priorities for what democrats are going to do with the sort of political capital they earned on health reform? we ve set up this paradigm which are democrats are trying to solve problems. we don t always get it perfect and sometimes we have internal battles but we re trying to figure out a way ....
reporter: again, in large part, yes, they have figures, and they are sort of a guideline. but they re also political documents. you can see within them any president s legislative priorities, what he thinks is important. there s a spending freeze, and yet the education department will be getting more money for what? student grants for colleges, for elementary and secondary education. and but you put your finger right on it. because how do they estimate ten years from now what the deficit s going to look like? because we see in this budget the outlook is, well, then about the middle of the decade, the budget deficit will go down. how do they know that? well, they re depending on projections, how well the economy will recover, what the economy will look like in five years. one economist once said to me, it s kind of like you re telling me what you think lunch is going to cost in five years. so they re based on a lot of projections. i have yet to see most of those projections over the ....