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socioeconomic level in this country to understand its future, its challenges, and its opportunities and why you need to know about india. how important india is to your economic future. christine? >> thanks, ali. health care reform is president obamas signature achievement, and at the heart of the presidents health care reform law is the individual mandate, the requirement that most americans either purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. the vim mandate is designed to l...

Costs of gasoline. why havent we been able to sit down and figure out why are these costs being driven up? >> its an easy answer. because we dont pay. we dont pay. the consumer has no skin in the health care game. as long as the consumer doesnt pay the bills directly, theyre not going to get riled up. >> that remains the most vexing thing to me. how do we have a system that allows people to take test after test after test after test and face no consequences? i told the story before. i wont repea...

Car. >> david: tax that you get from the tax laws is different from a bailout. from a government bailout. >> david, i have an idea how the g.m. volt can return money. have the united states environmental protection agency outlaw all other cars on the road and can only drive the volt. date david quick word, go ahead. >> if you do not start making some electric car, you never make a great electric cadillac. have you got to start somewhere. >> if the consumer doesnt want it, unless the government b...

Even the last month saw expectations up by some 15 points from the year prior. >> i think there are so many different economic indicators seeing so many different things that the consumer doesnt know what to believe, so even though we all know from an economic standpoint were out of the recession, i think the consumers still require more proof, knowing that things are going to be secure in the long term, and i think then well see sustained consumer spending. >> a bit of trivia now, when did cons...

And that was last october. so if you can see this is showing that the companies are feeling this pain, right? you can see that if this means theyre not making any better decisions, as far as employment is concerned, is because they dont feel like demand is there for your business. that needs to pick up in order to help the economy. its a weird thing where you need to consumer to spend but the consumer doesnt have money so they cant do that. as far as jobs are querconcerned companies, unemploymen...

Plants. >> is there federal money, mr. pipken? what about that? >> there is federal money in different programs but this bill doubles the amount of solar power maryland is going to be required to produce. the public service commission says thats unreachable. instead of producing more solar power what it is going to do is in effect tax consumers even though they have no say in the process. while the bill may generate a couple hundred installer jobs, for a billion dollars i hope we get a lot more ...

This sounds like the health care law has a market-based exchange. whats the key difference. >> and only regulated by the states. >> the difference is frankly, its like going into a shopping mall and in one instance the federal model we like today that is our favorite one, you have a wide variety of shops and services and quality and prices and all that. this model this shopping mall you walk in and you get fewer shops, they offer pretty much the same quality goods at the same prices thats very h...

Through? >> i never understood the barometer and some people complain about the ratings. >> especially for filmmakers, it doesnt make sense and even for parents the consumer doesnt understand if i am sending my kid to a pg-13 theres no sex scenes, but full of shoot em up violence, i dont want my kids seeing that either. >> just stick with the x movies. coming up next, the insomniac kitchen. when the midnight munchies kick in, theres nothing more comfortable to reach for than good old carbs. so...

Internet and craigslist and all the rest of it, it began breaking down. but heres the thing. what wasnt really sending anyone to vietnam were subscription fees, and this is kind of the dirty secret of not just the news business, which is we dont pay for it. the consumer doesnt pay for it. its not like the business model for candy bars or tvs or purchases of candy bars and it t tv fund the production of candy bars and tvs. its paid for typically by advertisers or by rich people. either because a ...

Recession. >> and they also cut taxes, which is why we have deficits. >> president obama has said hes got a plan to take 4 trillion out of the deficit. if you take 4 trillion out and invest half a trillion in investment and infrastructure -- >> im going to turn to politics for a second. the elephant that hasnt talked yet this this room. i talked to an expert today who told me he has a lot of clients who are ceos who are admitting theyre not going to invest until this presidents gone. if the cons...