mandates which we don t want. we don t want business toss have to disclose how much they pay their employees. but i will say this, right now there are no caps for discrimination lawsuits, and that s where republicans are wrong. this bill would keep no cap necessary place because look, if you re not making a lot of money, if you re discriminated against, you likely won t be able to afford a lawyer and jury verdicts are about $25,000 on average. so republicans have that area wrong, but the best of the bill, democrats have wrong, is just a total political ploy, wasting taxpayer dollars. it s an interesting point. i just want to bring this up from the independent womens forum which looks the a the comparison of how people are paid, men and women in the same job, or men and women over all, and it seems that some of the discrepancy in pay comes if you look at men versus women overall in all jobs, and when you do that you re going to find a discrepancy discrepancy but they re saying this
quarter, the economy has now finally reached the size it was before bush s recession began four years ago, but we need more. that s why this week s democrats will once again try to pass a key part of the president s jobs act, investing $60 billion to rebuild roads and bridges paid for by a surtax on millionaires. president obama has been selling this plan all week. all these construction workers that got laid off after the bubble burst, how about putting them back to work rebuilding roads, bridges and schools all across the country. we re rebuilding or roads and bridges. if we want business toss come here, we have to invest in new roads, bridges, airports, wireless infrastructure, and a smart grid. it s a great idea, about you we know how republicans will respond. what he calls his jobs
hide. this will no jobs without investment. so as long as the obama administration makes the mistake of talking the dollar down, it s going to be very hard to get the investment necessary to create the jobs. jenna: so the dollar, as you were talking about, when we get into censy exchange rarbgts markets and that can get into the details of trading, john, i m sure you can appreciate, but what we re talking about is politics and it brings up the larger question of whether or not politics is holding up the rove or simply the economy that s holding up the recovery. what s your thoughts on that? well, it s always got to be policy. we have to remember as individuals we can only grow, so a great deal of the problem, of course, is washington, through uncertainty about taxes, through regulation, they re making it difficult for business toss expand. all those things make it difficult for businesses to grow. and i find it ironic, also, that both goolsbee, austan goolsbee and tim geithner are
earn. i want americans to have those jobs and legal immigrants to have those jobs. brenda: i ve got to let gary b. that s an economic fallacy, wouldn t happen. brenda: gary b, you can usually take the role on this one. i side with steve on this one. the fast track it making the illegal immigrants legal is right. it helps the economy in so many ways, even if they don t way payroll taxes, sales taxes, cigarette taxes, transportation taxes on and on and on. open up borders. two, hold on a second, two allow business toss grow faster than they otherwise would have because they re taking jobs that americans don t want. three, the illegal immigrants and legal immigrants have a higher percentage of people working in the country than other classes and they contribute in so many way. legalizing them. getting them social security, perfect way to go, i think it helps the economy, helps everyone.