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Stress Test

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Stress Test

Published: Tue, 21 Apr 2009

Description: Is there any evidence Obama economic policies are working? Ben Stein weighs in

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" And okay. I'm gonna go to -- style talk a little bit about credit card crisis that is coming your way nationalizing our banks and it. Behavioral. Economists. Psychologists that are. Are working for the president's team you can we start there from Los Angeles Ben Stein -- we have to fit slid each other out. And good yes they -- is this the way we can beat each other and Obama American deaths are good people well are living. Yes okay so so bad battery out on this one Lola let's first of all did you hear about -- just there. Yes I -- I was very impressed it's America it's a miracle my senators not. I wish -- well she's -- senator and we we -- to be happy well she's apparently very happy and doing very very well in these economic tough times. -- got Muslim -- He has because there's no crowd as their manager that's -- blessing leaning down on the this is -- can you can use a million on this I love this story that nobody seems to be covering and that is. The the behavioral scientists better advising. The president."

" Well I think it's actually gotten a good idea but they've found is that if you give people a big check our medium sized -- a small check. Does this either -- event are -- them matters as I mean they will not stand up but have you reduced. There with holdings each executive -- spend more and that that is what the behavioral scientists. Told President Obama -- doesn't seem to me to require a Ph.D. and game real science understand. I -- I don't think it's gonna work in any event by the way the real question. I think should be used to ask is is there any evidence that any of this of the war against size room. Actions that saves specific banks -- and is there any evidence that any of this is working it's not at all clear. That and it isn't working and is not at all clear to him out of battery -- rapid recovery without some of these programs may that lets not clear how well."

" Well I guess we get asked the dashboard about Obama now available inclement Telecom -- for a -- is it working. Look at that -- he's saying well yes it is yes then you can what we had a medic could meet Jessica Lee summit -- Is there any chance it won't work."

" He's saying no old -- we -- he definitely work. Blade I'm glad you're actually raised a good point because if he and all of his economic team would say it's gonna work -- going to work is gonna work everybody Baghdad runs at your wallets and start spending. The recovery would start very very quickly but he will go on -- a couple of days saying it's going to recover and I say now it's not very governor and he doesn't have this team -- that. Confidence is everything he -- at all as a buzz they're saying it's -- cover."

" So then so help me out on this because -- I think you bring up a very good people you really have a good point on this. Bank of America. Bank of America -- all these banks are doing fine and then all of -- sudden Robert Reich and it even gets into bed with the this is so weird another coincidence the service union you know those people who -- the service workers you know that that helped throw the the --"

" I'm very well yeah I sometimes get -- Hi Andy stern not live near each other and I'm in -- I sometimes get his mail so I know I know areas."

" Okay you don't open a billion or do you just email question on -- so all right so you've got to you've got to service workers. Now going after. Bank of America this. That's got to be really healthy for a bank open and there's something else. The banks also are going under the stress test which is weird that they would announce that because the FDIC already does that with the banks every single month. It's all -- like. Like somebody wants the banks to --"

" Be in bad shape. Well actually I don't think they're gonna say that any of the banks is going to fail I mean it would be a complete. Contradiction the purpose of those assets of the announced after the stress says there's several of the big -- you're gonna fail I -- feel fairly certain that they're gonna say with proper guidance and Zimmerman and government help they'll all be fine otherwise why do -- me why you do anything to disrupt consumer constantly got a real."

" nonsense that things don't make sense -- you've got you've you do in this in the -- and you say we're trying to build them up and meanwhile you're tearing them down you're saying that GM shouldn't go through bankruptcy and then you say they should prepare for bankruptcy none of it makes sense. There really no -- does that the people or they're they're talking out of both sides of their mouth for a reason."

" Well well they're politicians are you dug out of both sides there -- human beings and therefore there's -- good and their brand do I mean they're brand they've been on the job -- very very short time. President doesn't yesterday three months yeah it's a very very short time they shouldn't be trying -- things and they should be relying more on people with experience."

" Gosh I think I heard that during the campaign from all I remember Hillary Clinton. Thank you very much -- I appreciate it now."

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have contingency plans for everything. And they obviously have a plan for North Korea but even behind the scenes when you walk through that nineteen and a half miles a quarter were there. What what are
of caution those ships have been launched by the navy's South Korea's a move is not moving troops around. So you that you're hearing a lot of hot rhetoric but. I would say in the hallways here that they are down -- that being said I did get one piece of information at the end of the day. Would suggesting that the latest Intel is seeing some steam rising from the young beyond nuclear plant it's not clear what that -- is they're analyzing it. But it could suggest you know activity starting. And the potential re processing starting. At that young -- that in North Korea .
over several days of sort of laughing a little bits and treating North Korea like a grumpy child is is while we know they are working. Feverishly behind the scenes to extract more pressure from particularly
Scott says why is the UN doing nothing about North Korea it you know Steve we've seen this this and a packed full -- Many times we've we spend this plane before I
they -- while. I think you know in some ways hurting North Korea's economic. Standing. You know I haven't strangled. The regime there. And I and I and I agree with Indian Nat -- Troubled by the administration's response to this both booked for school respected to Jennifer important what people are saying inside the Pentagon. -- that the administration was looking at North Korea before that you were call it Stephen Bosworth who was the special envoy. In into North Korean matters the world to the six party talks. So that he was relatively relaxed. About this he said that just within the past couple of weeks. I'm not relaxed just because North Korea has a crazy man running the country. Doesn't mean that we can afford to treated as a second or third order threat I mean this -- is ongoing but all. Signs are pointing that this was actually nuclear bomb that detonated under the ground here in North Korea and -- embezzlement and now it's it's a third the size of Hiroshima. That's a serious nuclear explosion yeah it was I'm not last -- some people said well -- in October of 2006 and some people said. Well wasn't real task and it wasn't really successful we don't need to be alarmed about it this one I think we do need to be alarmed about it. You also have if that case since the market mentioned much the other media coverage this. Yeah it is a fact. That North Korea is a serial proliferate here and they're not proliferating too you know Britain or they're not -- proliferating countries that are friendly the United States. It is that North Korea was caught red handed sending at least nuclear technology. The know how perhaps the personnel. To Syria. A state sponsor of terror I mean this is a big deal. And you even have chosen us secretary of state Hillary Clinton raising and hearing that it wasn't confirmed that North Korea was in fact a nuclear power. It's just interesting dynamic here I have a question for you Charleston Ohio what about Japan's
our senior White House correspondent Major Garrett and major we're talking about North Korea and the new administration's response. What's your sense behind the scenes there of how things are are going this.
tantrum it's a way to get attention. That's not going to advance North Korea's interest as if the north Koreans have broad interest that it's seeking to achieve with the international community there's no evidence of that hasn't been for more than a decade. North Korea is isolated there's almost no level of economic sanctions that haven't been applied and there's no record or evidence to believe they've
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