Christmas or Bust?

" Well -- the battle to the health care metal now we know why. A bus welcome everybody I'm Neil give it up house figured answered a lousy says she is competent health care will lead pass by coincidence. And now a senior senate democratic gave delicate parts of the bill. Will get done and be encumbered by mid December. But time is a waste. Lawmakers around the rest of this week. Then comes Thanksgiving recess nothing scheduled the November 23 to the 29. Although two of those days are listed as possible voting days. Then there is the Christmas break lawmakers essentially -- on Friday. Celebrating not return until the new year although -- majority leader Steny Hoyer saying today that the house maybe incessant. The 21 on the 22 just in case to vote. So that leaves just one day is not counting weekends or twenty formats. To get this thing done unless Democrats decide to kill their entire holiday break which would be unprecedented. We're asking -- big runs the president's looking to spread to the finish line. His predecessor Bill Clinton pretty much saying sprint away that anything is good just act just move. And we've seen this play out before haven't Democrats and Republicans."

" We need to get something done urgent need right now not next year not five years from now but this year."

" On -- and I will lose ten pounds by next month. At. -- job do tend to be bad jobs don't they aren't Laffer is -- optimistic about this job either. One of the greatest economists of the last century the co author of the and a prosperity. Joins me right now I'm all generalists are on this morning you know. -- look at counts -- the same man on man. --"

" Yet scary when yet we -- aware of these people rushing to do things they often just messed them up terribly. I mean if you look at of the book I did the -- forward it with a Ronald Reagan which was the initial actions planned. The whole thing the Reagan did was plan things out very carefully delivered terribly purposefully. Long ahead of time we wanted to make sure that congress did not take the initiative when when we came in office and everything was planned out and it was a beautiful job of careful deliberative thinking. These guys are -- they're running around like chickens -- their heads cut off. They're going to make huge mistakes -- and those mistakes -- very badly to the population. I'm I mean Jimmy Carter did use all the ones -- W. I mean those were terrible mistakes too if you look at some of the others. There were big big big mistakes and let me."

" Human nature it is human nature and I don't you demonstrated your college let's say I wasn't quite. Of that caliber but I do know from experience that -- jobs tend to be pretty bad jobs. And do I I didn't do well when I was Rossini -- or are no one less than a minute you know we're setting for an exam. -- did -- did -- alternative many who are opposed to this sort omnibus health care what side and that includes a lot of modern Democrats blue dog Democrats a lot of these so called new Democrats and a lot of Republicans. Is that maybe we we we we take around the edges because the problem seems to be around the edges -- you do that you go a long way toward addressing this but that's not gonna happen as."

" No it's not gonna happen in you know they're putting a lot of political pressure not that other administrations haven't done to they have -- But if you look at the pressure they're putting on blue dogs to come up with this vote I -- these guys are under intense pressure that they don't vote with the party the majority. They're going to be pound punished a lot by -- by Pelosi in the team and not being put in the proper situation."

" Yeah but I you don't want -- adds -- quite a few of those so called blue dogs and and and they seem to -- have a mind especially after the elections last week. Schools not -- law on what what is really going on here aren't the votes there. Leaving aside the close vote and house which is more -- if you haven't brought anything else. And what that -- in the Senate what have you handicapped as they."

" They have a lock stock and barrel."

" They have the votes from a house they -- a lot of the blue dogs go and vote right right against the bill for cover they did they had a lot more votes that they needed them. In the Senate they also have the votes that they really need them had a six -- this just to get this out."

" Well I don't know if they have the sixty just to get this up but I think they can get some bill out and that they can go to reconciliation. And I believe that reconciliation."

" Just requires 51 votes in the Senate. Which is sort of the nuclear option and I do think they have that night I think they can call a lot of chips in. Even with the sixty vote so that they can do a lot and the power of the president is unbelievable. Especially when they have all this stimulus money that he can dish around."

" It's -- radio and do you think these are reasons why they -- as a done deal and I think cap and trade is also a done deal well why don't want I want omnibus think at a time. So so and how I'd help out whether it's not an option and on the Oakland -- you can Dicker about the differences just ram something through. What what did you make it essentially a Bill Clinton's message there that we can sweat the details -- weekend. What's the big thing in sweat the details later."

" The thing that amazes me about Bill Clinton is that you know I was such a big fan of his when he was president you know. I voted -- twice and started with the end I thought it was the antithesis of Barack Obama. I really thought it was a big tax -- I thought he controlled a lot of spending and that they brought down the national debt. Any any cut government spending as a share of GDP by three and a half percentage point to -- this was -- the Bill Clinton is now proposing."

" Outrageous spending plans and you know now he's not power doesn't have to bear the consequences are I don't know why he's pushing at the way he has been well he's."

" There was no precise feel good but he -- he's put him all the reasons why you state that he is -- fiscally conscious and he argues longer term if we get our. Arms wrapped around us. If it will lead to lower deficits we will get the best I have not trending left and sank."

" Will be a -- you may say that but that's just not true and."

" You know this is not a micro friendly bill if you look at the personal behavior when people aren't paying their own bills. -- when the government's pay for the lower insurance companies are paying form people over consumer led by the wrong products and it leads to -- overspending and that it leads to an allocations rationing. Which you know what's gonna happen who leads the -- budget overruns."

" And that's where we are with this bill it doesn't hold any individual accountable."

" For his or her own health care spending. Everything's covered by nature for the government which is the wrong way to go it's like putting me in a smorgasbord. In a lavish more export I -- all the expensive stuff light -- too much anyway too fat. And that's what you're gonna do not."

" Pat cared so they're not I am fat but the I don't know I don't go for the expensive stuff because the pigs and a blanket of fire. Are likely to by the way that you learn that riddle wrapped in a conundrum the Reagan back there that Bill Clinton backer you just industry. All but it's always -- have. Thank you very much -- are the last Freddie and the prosperity of the people --"