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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the fiscal cliff and how the federal government can learn from its response to Hurricane Sandy.
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Where that would -- -- having agencies they always point fingers at its other -- brighter outlook but haven't you deal with that man in this respect -- -- you've got a lot of people.
Without hope very angry basic things aren't being that I remember after nine elevenths.
You even shepherding are watching carefully traffic flows in and out of the area just to make sure that.
You were dotted the I's cross it sees in aware of even the most my new.
Issues that could come up I don't see anyone playing that role well I don't right -- left this time.
But that's got to be to keep this guy you've that you've got to be in charge of the -- you got to anticipate he got into that problem like this should have been anticipated to three weeks ago when you saw the home for a gonna get.
Built on time.
-- should have been anticipating you know that you never should've had this.
Probably had minutes is an emergency CNN and time which they saw it makes -- wonder about other things that we do not city and it raises another issue mayor about.
Whether now this request for more funding to team has had using its response to sandy -- -- just right Jason is warranted.
-- the -- -- get more money should who Lima.
You hate to say don't give -- more money when people need money what you what you want to do is to be efficient in the distribution out on the right people get it get it out -- it to the right people.
I think an entertainment needs to look at this response and realized -- made a lot of mistakes and learn from it.
This constant denial all the statements that you saw is very dangerous because it -- -- haven't learned anything from this.
Maybe they should immediately.
Get on top of this -- let's solve the most current problems they should get these people housing.
Until their homes or or -- that's it.
Restate what -- He -- not gotten much coverage or traction the mainstreaming and you know as well because as your home I don't -- kind of my -- So awareness and I'm not oblivious to lose a lot of still not compare to FF so.
Why.
Does the administration.
In the world powers -- -- kind of get a pass.
That's why they get the story got written in the first four or five days did it there's a great response and the reality it was.
The first four -- five days maybe was a great response by -- six it was a terrible response.
My day ten.
There was not much or by day twelve they were closing their office.
So.
I guess that narrative was written earlier nobody wants to contradict -- -- that this has not been.
Particularly good response to should not be the way respond in the future we should look at this and we should learn from.
I mean emergencies a very difficult -- always gonna make mistakes.
They gotta be looked at from the point of view of how to we cure those mistakes.
Yeah for the future and we look at this and you look back at Katrina you wonder how much have they cured I mean how much are they really how much are they really fixed.
Well I wondered about that one involved a Republican presidents and I don't know but -- -- -- -- that let me -- fugitive -- you'll indulge -- now on the is the budget -- talks that.
And in the year fiscal cliff -- whatever you wanna call it bond many argue that Republicans.
Are giving -- -- store.
-- to -- sites but getting nothing in return.
Will be well if they do that they are obviously -- -- tax hikes and they don't get -- significant reductions in spending.
That are built in than they are giving away the store what -- they get a promises that it costs.
There's got to be some way of enforcing that brands like like the tax -- to reverse the spending cuts don't have.
Or make the tax too much insulin they -- ordinary or make the tax cuts happen.
When the spending cuts happen.
So you begin the year -- extend the bush tax cuts extended until the middle of the year.
By the middle of the year there should be able to do all of their spending cuts and you do -- -- simultaneous.
With each other because I mean Simpson Bowles.
-- Bowles Simpson -- wanna call it makes a lot of sense.
If the spending cuts actually happen.
If they don't happen in this just an excellent -- and have a very long history.
Of peppered with with good intentioned well intentioned.
Presidents or leaders who said Arnold go ahead and raise taxes but you better stick to your under the -- that that's -- don't.
That's why they're money has to be on the table you know from criminal defense lawyers a look at their money up front.
You know that amazed you know why because criminals don't pay -- yeah.
So I get that money upfront to tell you what you want your life that -- on now related content do you want you want me to represent should give me my retainer and -- that otherwise you know I've been amid -- too many times.
You could do it here -- -- it Republicans could even give in a little bit on the rate.
37.
35 to 37 in return for that happens.
When the spending cuts have when the trillion dollars in spending cuts down and we gotta we've got -- but look at Obama's arithmetic and say.
The million dollars he put up -- trillion Elsie put up we've already cut.
That's passed.
Cutting they've got to be that we 88800 billion in in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq which is going to be financed anyway which wasn't even in the budget.
There's got to be real cuts and in and I think the two things should be self execution happened at the same time.
With -- give both sides yeah and thank you very much Rudy Giuliani in the me.
