If it is an easy program to administer, lots of eligible Americans, it will have a greater and more positive impact.
I am wondering if you would share some thoughts with us in terms of getting the most bang for our buck.
I also expect it would be a huge economic generator in terms of job creation.
How does infrastructure in particular relate to economic growth when we are making choices about how to do spending?
I think there is really no question that the President's articulation of that model is something that we have to do.
Instead of a trickle-down economics, which you had for 8 years--we got a trickle up.
We know the government can't solve every problem. We understand that very, very well.
The American people didn't buy that in the last election.
I think we are all here to roll up our sleeves and find a long-term solution to the debt.
There is no economic rationale to having CVS, a prominent drug store chain, pay a 50 times higher tax rate than Carnival Cruise lines, corre...
But that would mean following the regular order and--
A child showing up for Job Corps is in a different set of challenges than their age group peer.
I do not think there is any shame in a government-run health care program. I think we give it to our best.
should we also be looking at trying to get rid of these folks who are gaming the system and paying no tax whatsoever
For a senior who has saved, on average, over $1,000 by closing up the doughnut hole, that is no train wreck for the seniors.
There is plenty of objective evidence that there really are enormous savings that can come out of our health care system if we treat our hea...
if you have big oil companies that I think have made $1 trillion in profits in the last--I think it is 5 years, if I am not mistaken, maybe ...
The one place we have not looked at is tax expenditures.