There is no market failure. Most small businesses can get access to capital loans. Yes, there are people who do not have access to capital, but it's mostly because they have a bad idea.

If everything else grows super-fast, and such a small portion of the budget grows at 1 percent, big deal.

This is like running up a credit card debt and asking our kids to pay for it in the future -- it's fiscal child abuse.

I'm not surprised at the students. I am surprised by the reaction of the French government, which is able to say we are doing this to resolve the unemployment issue.

Wasteful spending is wasteful spending. The Republicans need to return to their message that being compassionate is doing what it takes to implement a system that works.