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Jon: you might be surprised to learn that one industry is now rebounding in our struggling economy as u.s. auto sales hit levels not seen since before the financial crisis. david asman of the fox business network anchors, "after the bell" each weekday, 4:00 p.m. eastern on that network. so, david, why so much car buying going on? >> well its a good question because it is one industry that is booming at the moment. it is up 17% in terms of car sales from what it was last year. first of all there ...

Responsibilities. thats the reason why our military professionals have been so reluctant to get involved here militarily during a 30-month civil war. thats why i think the president has probably arrived at the conclusion we cant end this war with this operation, but we can punish, detectors and degrade. that is an important military objective. >> officials tell me they do not believe that this will change the balance of the power on the ground. this is not entering the civil war. when youre in t...

Sounds right. on the other hand, we cant reduce race to class. >> but cant you have both? what you just said a few moments ago in terms of the new deal and harry truman and so forth, dwight eisenhower having an affirmative action for white people, isnt that the same for the 21st century in some ways. it levels the playing field. if i understand this correctly, it levels the playing field but also says, regardless of who you are in terms of race, youre still created equal, but we understand that ...

Bean. its not something that were concerned about. >> with four employees, youre outside of the requirements of it. but im thinking, once you get to a certain level, it might, in fact -- theres two ways to think approximate it. one is health care and the requirements of providing health care can be a burden. on the other hand, if you are a health care providing small business knowing that everybody has to do it levels your playing field. >> i think it just takes away from the growth. it may not ...

>> bratwurst? >> thats polish? >> it could be. >> maybe you are thinking of the music? >> did you just and me to play the recorder? >> the clarinet. we will figure it out. let us know if you know. >> you speak it fluently? >> that was neither. its a selection of music. >> okay. >> klina, doesnt that mean small? im going to reclina before we do the news. >> we have to get out to kelly. in just a few hours the troubling report on the botched fast and furious operation will officially be released b...

Part of the 1,800-acre family farm. >> it worked out well for us so we nut more this year across the road. so, yes, we like it. it is something we will have to move to. >>reporter: an irrigation system is turning into a big business across the nation. farmers in 2008 spent $2.1 billion installing and maintaining and expanding irrigation systems. farmers we spoke with say it brings security even telling us it is really difficult to get a loan from the bank unless you have an irrigation system. he...

Fellow democrats go on the issue of health care, if there is no individual mandate, the conventional wisdom holds the rest of the law doesnt work because it will kill the insurance companies. there is an alternative view that the law may be applicable. do democrats stick with the law without the mandate? is that still where democrats are going on health care or do democrats revisit it and say we tried to do it with the insurance companies, now we go for single payer medicare for all? >> right. w...

Taxes. one of the great features on the first nine, a business can deduct its purchases and capital investment. only purchases made from companies here in the united states, it levels the playing field. this way, our products dont have those imbedded taxes in it. because of competition, the prices will actually go down. >> all right. you predicted that if -- now that youre in the top tier, you were going to get more questions. i promise you this is not a pop quiz about foreign leaders. i want to...

Everybody. it levels the playing field. it gets rid of all of the loopholes but the most important thing is it gets the government out of the business of trying to pick winners and losers and decide what is regressive and what is not regressive. >> chris: the other big criticism as opposed to some other people that would repeal the income tax you are keeping it at a lower rate but introducing a new federal tax, a national sales tax. yes. >> chris: how do you guarantee. i asked you this in the de...

From the left, critics argue it would unfairly burden the poor. fox news sunday yesterday, chris wallace pose thunderstorm this way to cain, if the worlds wealthiest man buying a doughnut for a dollar and a poor person buy as doughnut for a dollar, isnt it going to hit the poor person appeared. -- harder. >> it levels the playing field t. gets rid of the loopholes but the most important thing is it gets the government out of the business of trying to pick one of the losers and trying to decide w...