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Raising rates everywhere and cause a recession for no reason. so its a hard to play game. but that was the strategy. and in general, want to be in an economy where we dont have to have the federal reserve creating money to buy debt. thats not a natural state of things or healthy in the long run. >> but, john, what do you say to that? >> to davids point, i dont see any of the fundamentals hes referring to in the market 34r5i place. i see stagnation in gdp, i see continued deterioration in u-6, i ...

The decision by businesses is made on profits, period. not taxes. how can i make more money. if i hire this man or woman, will that help increase my profits. >> brenda: dont taxes take off from your profits? they erode your margins, dont they? >> or, hey-- >> 4%. >> its just not 4%, steve, its state plus federal. in your area its d.c., adds up to 8 or 9% and thats cash money, and-- >> these are the clinton tax rates, we have under clinton, its not the taxes. >> brenda: lets let john go ahead. >>...

And ridiculous hell probably just tune them out, and justice kennedy probably knows they are being extra nast ty to try and intimidate him. >> kathleen parker. are you women just not that into mitt? though the cumulative effect of these discussions may have swayed some women to stick with the president to focus only on so-called womens issues is perhaps to miss the more compelling point, to miss what needs fixing. it is entirely possible that women simply arent that into mitt. he is just not the...

People unless you have somebody demanding goods thatou cant produce with the people you already have. right? so it seems patently unrealistic to me to urge people to spend money unless theres a demand that theyre not able to satisfy with their existing resources. so -- >> and capacity utilization, that is, the plans in factories are not at full capacity. >> exactly. there are still a lot of plants that are shut down or running on partial schedules. and until theres a reabsorption of that latent ...

Years, including 13 running alcoa, and that is dont hire people unless you have somebody demanding goods that you cant produce with the people you already have. right? so it seems patently unrealistic to me to urge people to spend money unless theres a demand that theyre not able to satisfy with their existing resources. so -- >> and capacity utilization, that is, the plans in factories are not at full capacity. >> exactly. there are still a lot of plants that are shut down or running on partial...