We don't have the systems in place to know what the problem is, to know what the progress is, and to maximize the likelihood of the best outcome.
Those trees also focus the parties on the problem rather than on the people and the problem is what the people have in common.
Revenue dropping IS part of the problem too, but excessive spending is what makes the problem so bad.
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But I really enjoy what I do, but just trying to find somebody that is needing help out there is what the problem is right now.
And here -- I think one thing that is I think so important to keep in mind, as an economist, the way we think about economic policy is, you know, what is the problem going on in the private market that creates a role for government.
Our undefined, unstable dollar caused the crash of late 2008, and it is the principal problem behind what is unfolding as the slowest economic recovery on record.
But if imposing a minimum price on alcohol is the solution, what, precisely, is the problem?
And so when we think about health care, I want to know from you if the things like preexisting conditions and preventive medicine, if they are a symptom of what's going on in our health care system, then what is the problem and how do you address it?
Many of the solutions that Senator Clinton just talked about are solutions that I agree with, that I've been working on for many years, and my suspicion is whatever our differences, we're going to have big differences with the Republicans, but I think a practical, common sense solution to the problem is what the American people are looking for.
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So it is hard to see what the problem is beyond a dog-in-the-mangerish desire not to give anything away.
The only problem is what if the recovery takes longer than expected?
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We all agree on what the problem is, and we all agree on what the overall solution is.
The other thing about biofuels is what I call the problem of unintended consequences.
Given the severity of the problem, the economic problem, I think what many of us are asking is, could the President, or should the President, do anything extraordinary -- for example, convene a summit meeting, cut short his vacation, call Congress back into session?
Remember, we want to make sure that habit, that is you are in the habit of not moving toward what you want, is NOT the problem.
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What you did is exactly what Barack Obama did: focused on the wrong problem.
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And the real problem here is that what the federal laws are trying to do is regulate, not just actual pictures of children in horrible circumstances, but they're also trying to prohibit the virtual depiction of them.
We are going to have to work with the banks in an effective way to clean up their balance sheets so that some trust is restored within the marketplace, because right now part of the problem is that nobody really knows what's on the banks' books.
And the question was, what is the extent of the problem of kind of violent cops in the LAPD?
But what is the point of trying to solve the far less significant Israeli-Palestinian problem before we find out what kind of world ends up surrounding them?
Another problem is what some ministers call "the Honda problem" - the risk that multinational companies put further investment in Britain on hold while they wait to see if the country will stay in or get out of Europe.
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"There is genuine demand for larger smartphones - the problem is at what point does a smartphone turn into a tablet, " he told the BBC.
Provided a window is open (and there is usually at least one), I don't see what the problem is with smoking on the buses.
As to the future that rather depends on what the actual problem is.
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We have the flexibility and independence to do what is needed to fix the problem without getting into an internal geo-political fight over handing a piece to Larry Ellison.
The stars, in some ways, have aligned here because of the circumstances of the economy, the dynamic in Washington, the recognition by members of both parties that -- of what the problem is in a very real sense.
What is the problem we wish to solve when we try to construct a rational economic order?
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