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Here, as we know the auto bailout was very debatable, controversial. however, you are now seeing a strong response there from the big three which many people are now enjoying and appreciate seeing. however that was part of the spending. as the government invests more into government spending, the flow-through seems to have worked at least in that case at this point and the flow-through could help more as we look at the economy. >> i couldnt disagree more. the whole t.a.r.p. funding, which i oppo...

Going after people with good behavior. in fact what you are probably going to see the end of free checking. wells fargo says no more free checking and they are charging five dollars a month. you probably find you might be charged higher atm fees. >> it appears the banks get itself breaks and the customers dont? >> the banks are getting no breaks here. i dont want to be a defender of them, but all i see were taking bad behavior, customer bad behavior, overdwrast go, were transferring the costs th...

15. >> we have something to look forward to. >> you got it exactly right. the federal government is getting involved and the interesting thing, there is a silly side but there is serious side to this. the silly side to this, the federal government is so involved in our daily lives they are interested in how our banks penalize what is essentially our bad behavior. on the serious side you have the federal government getting involved in the minutia of a non-fraudulent economic transaction not bad b...

Amnesty or not? >> it not. i think among other things that i wish he had done there was one thing that i think he did well. we are not going to do amnesty. we are also not going to massively deport 12 million people out of country thats a fantasy. theres requiring people here illegally to come forward, pay a fine, admit they committed a crime. pay taxes. i think what americans have been dying for here is to see that everybody plays by the rules. we need a system that is going to allow people to ...

Going to opt out. they are going to lose fees. now, the unintended consequences of this could easily be that banks have less fee income. you say what is the big deal? less income, less profits, less profits, less lending. to the extent had less lending there is less economic growth and less economic growth, less job creation. now, we are getting really serious. there is a lot of little things going on that have unintended huge consequences. this could turn out to be one of them. >> i know you we...

Is that in your opinion, amnesty or not? >> it not. i think among other things that i wish he had done there was one thing that i think he did well. we are not going to do amnesty. we are also not going to massively deport 12 million people out of country thats a fantasy. theres requiring people here illegally to come forward, pay a fine, admit they committed a crime. pay taxes. i think what americans have been dying for here is to see that everybody plays by the rules. we need a system that is ...

What do you make of that? >> well, we see a very, very long history here and unfortunately, you know, there wasnt a lot of out -- you know, people -- speaking out about this particular guy and what he was doing and certainly wasnt getting to the college. and we have this problem on colleges today, that a lot of bad behaviors going on, a lot of aggressive behavior, drinking behavior, disrespectful behavior. and were not having the colleges stand up and saying this behavior is not acceptable on a ...

Million more than he had indicated to congressman waxman. buddha, who worked on the compensation reports claims the company underreported. trying to bury details on how much top executives were paid. he said he complained to his superiors. after he left the company complained to the s.e.c. and lehmans board. nets responded. richard fold lawyer said lehmans board found his allegations to be without merit and that lehman complied with s.e.c. regulations. the lawyer did not comment on allegations a...

Lehmans board. neither responded. richard folds lawyer said they found his allegations to be without merit and lehman complied with s.e.c. regulations. the lawyer did not comment on allegations about folds congressional testimony. he says hes coming forward now hoping to do some public good by focusing attention on more bad behavior by wall street. one other fact worth noting, monica, his conclusion is supported by an academic study which estimates fold earned $523 million, only slightly less th...

2010 elections are behind us and we see how the president reacts, we wont have any kind of a good read on where his numbers will be in 2012. >> gregg: democrats have been accusing the gop of being the party of no, obstructionists and so forth. we heard sarah palin in a speech say nothing wrong with being the party of no when the democrats are engaging in what she characterized as bad behavior. what did you find? >> first of all, 75% of americans do recognize the party of no refers to the republi...