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Soon as next week. >> right. youre talking about an average of $08 per family. one more question, amman. weve talked almost exclusive i feel about the tax cuts, but not the other side of the sequester. is there talk among people on the street about what the austerity cuts could do both to businesses and individuals? >> sure. absolutely. on the business side a lot of analysts on wall street are looking at the defense sector as potentially taking a huge hit here because the see sequester takes a b...

When you leave the equipment, leave the recycling item, shipped for long distance, its very difficult to track to see if theyre being handled properly. >> arthel: on average, how much money can someone get back on like an old phone or computer perhaps? >> it depends on the quality. there is good, you know, iphone 4 could be 100, $108. and iphone 3 could be $20. its on our web site. >> arthel: you know what? greenadvise.com. everybody who is interested can check it out. a way to make a little mon...

Because congress is not going to fix this by december 31st. or raise the debt ceiling by december 31st. they will take a number of what they call recurring payments and they take that interest money and reinvest it. they wont do that. they will hold on to the money and spend it on just operating the federal government. that can be costly. it cost about a billion dollars last time to go through all of this. and it looks like we are going to go through that again. >> well, this debt ceiling was ra...

Because congress is not going to fix this by december 31st. or raise the debt ceiling by december 31st. they will take a number of what they call recurring payments and they take that interest money and reinvest it. they wont do that. they will hold on to the money and spend it on just operating the federal government. that can be costly. it cost about a billion dollars last time to go through all of this. and it looks like we are going to go through that again. >> well, this debt ceiling was ra...

Only come to our attention because of their loved ones. its a mix for sure. >> one of the more poignant and powerful pieces in the magazine, my friend. tell us about him. >> this is a heart breaking story. alex was a 29-year-old who worked on the obama campaign and on his first national campaign. he left to work on the 2004 senate campaign and came back in 08 and was working in july, i think, he suffered cardiac arrhythmia and passed away at his desk. people watching closely remember mitt romney...

In the 08 primary, giuliani, ron paul and the others, if this guy didnt want to be president. he pushed ron pauls delegate out of congress to push him out of the nomination. he did everything he could to become president and he failed. >> richard, does no one in the romney family have any kind of ear for what honesty sounds like? >> well, im not sure if they know what humanity looks like. you know, they said the romney sons say they cannot think of a person who wants to be president less than th...

Sorry for them, trying to come up with these crazy reasons about why he lost. and now they want to pretend that this guy who lived his whole life in order to run for president didnt really want to run for president. >> yeah, i know, lawrence. there is nothing more failing than failing to win something and say, i didnt want to win, anyway. who wants that. the problem with that, of course, is the history. we know that mitt romney didnt want to be president so badly he tried to do it twice. we know...

Next year and into 2014, some of the hottest political races and players to watch will be in the palmetto state, south carolina. former chair of the south carolina republican party joins me now. mr. dawson, thank you so much for being on the program. >> luke, glad to be with you. >> lets talk 2014, tim scott in the running and that pretty much, i would assume, means lindsey graham should be okay from a real challenge on the right. hour lindsey graham senate prospects right now in 2014? >> 02 and...

>> when you look at how 08 he was not a winner and he came up very badly and had guys like me taking real shots at him. and this year, he really came on strong. i think he has to be considered a winner this year. >> and think rant it. think about all of charlotte. by the time president clinton gave his fantastic speech, those folks were fired up and ready to go. they wanted to hear that. they needed to hear that message. >> and it made them hungry for more clinton. >> lets turn to the revvie tha...

Could you see us going-over the cliff and a few days after wards say we have to do something? >> just like t.a.r.p. in 08 when the house reject the first version and that sent the markets panicking and that led to a deal in the senate and forced the house into action. maybe there will be a scenario like that. to downgrade the credit rating and if there is no fiscal deal. say we get to a point by mid-january where there is no deal, there will be a lot of pressure to get something through to resta...