do to being what the market can do? i think what s happened in the last 30 years and what s happening right now is that we know in our hearts that the choices we face that you just alluded to, the gao report, the expensive healthcare. the expense of the entitlements, the idea that so much of our future is mortgaged and only growing higher is a tough choice. and we re not apparently ready as a people and certainly not as an administration, and the obama administration to make those hard choices. i think we are threading water in the united states. and i think president obama is in some ways a figure of a threading water are a. bill: treading water because i m an old lifeguard and diver. you are going further out to sea. you are not staying where you are treading the water and you are not going to be able to when you want to it swim into shore. you are so far offshore it s going to be almost impossible
point being what can the state do to being what the market can do? i think what s happened in the last 30 years and what s happening right now is that we know in our hearts that the choices we face that you just alluded to, the gao report, the expensive healthcare. the expense of the entitlements, the idea that so much of our future is mortgaged and only growing higher is a tough choice. and we re not apparently ready as a people and certainly not as an administration, and the obama administration to make those hard choices. i think we are threading water in the united states. and i think president obama is in some ways a figure of a threading water are a. bill: treading water because i m an old lifeguard and diver. you are going further out to sea. you are not staying where you are treading the water and you are not going to be able to when you want to it swim into shore. you are so far offshore it s going to be almost impossible
do to being what the market can do? i think what s happened in the last 30 years and what s happening right now is that we know in our hearts that the choices we face that you just alluded to, the gao report, the expensive healthcare. the expense of the entitlements, the idea that so much of our future is mortgaged and only growing higher is a tough choice. and we re not apparently ready as a people and certainly not as an administration, and the obama administration to make those hard choices. i think we are threading water in the united states. and i think president obama is in some ways a figure of a threading water are a. bill: treading water because i m an old lifeguard and diver. you are going further out to sea. you are not staying where you are treading the water and you are not going to be able to when you want to it swim into shore. you are so far offshore it s going to be almost impossible
to name the threat, to understand it, in order to counter it. reporter: the gao report says plainly that misinformation about the threat and dynamics of radicalization to violence can harm security by sending local stake holders in the wrong direction as unsnarm creating tension with potential community partners but there is a bright shot in the gao report. the homeland security department is noted as effectively identifying and communicating to their partners, the elements training on encountering violent extremism should cover. harris. harris: a month after super storm sandy, a new york city neighborhood suffered through fire and flooding. thieves struck at least three houses in the breezy point section of queens. over thanksgiving and one couple reportedly losing a $25,000 coin
threat and dynamics of radicalization for violence can harm security by sending local stake holders in the wrong direction and unnecessarily creating tensions with potential community partners. but, there is a bright spot and the gao report, the holm secured department is noted as effectively identifying and communicating to their partners, the elements that their training on countering violence extremism programs should cover. rick? peter doocy in washington, thanks so much. well, the holiday shopping season is in full swing this small business saturday. new reports suggest more americans feel the economy is improving now than anytime during the the last decade. this despite high unemployment, gallop polling shows christmas spending is surging after a three-year slump so is there another factor at play here or is this simply a disconnect between perception and reality? bringing in now ed butowsky,