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taxpayers have been unfairly labeled as lazy. >> and the criminaled cruise line is pushed -- finally pulled into port. were live in the seychelles for that. first up, lets get straight to the european stock market action. these markets have been open for the best part of just over an hour. this is how the indices are performing. a little die cot many between the two eurozone markets. the cac is trading down about .25%. ftse 100 up. what has got their attention. ben bernankes comments a...

Billion deficit in february. just for the fiscal year to date now, $652 billion. interestingly enough that february number comes with government revenue actually coming up a little bit, which was a welcome surprise. but, look, guys, at what point does this become a very serious problem for what we can do in the near-term? stephen? >> the think the idea of borrowing $10 trillion over the next 10 years, what is what is in the current presidents budget, i think is real financial calamity and i real...

To the treasury department set a new record of $221 billion. the reason why the bars are red is because that means that is ready ink. we spend more than we took in in february. the deficit for this fiscal year, back to october, 652 billion. how much more are we spending than we are taking in? tax receipts are plunging because the recession. and february is always a tricky month because the government starts sending out the tax refund checks. look, the biggest categories of spending are health ca...

More than we took in. the deficit so far for the fiscal year, thats october, november, december, january and february is now $652 billion. its a staggering amount of money. 17 months in a row now of deficits. again, this is how much money we spend versus what we take in. the recession has just devastated how much money that the government has been taking in. you know, both companies and people can pay less in taxes and thats a real problem here. at the same time that the demands on the governmen...

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