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Graduate 120,000 in 350,000 in berths. the difference between that, we borrow, and the 20 ways to qualify for 100, 200,000 medicare that you didnt pay in, that scares me. >> brenda: susan. >> you know, a lot of these problems can really be positioned as win-win. so, for instance, weatherizing, getting-- >> right. >> no, they are. if youre getting to weatherize your house and improve the energy efficiency to your home, you spend less money and helps the country because were using less energy. >> ...

Noti for example, i qualified for family programs and assist the individual to determine the number and spacing of their children. now, i didnt really think thats the governments job. i really, i dont think i need any more assistance in that area. but the bigger question is, brenda, this is all basically free money. as you expand the trough, as you expand the access to people, people are going to flock to it. what does that do? it makes us beholden to government. the more beholden to government ...

And thats what im afraid of. its not the whole economy being scrooged, although i love the teasers you guys make. will the top 20% of the people, if they start to pull back, it has a three-time effect over the overall economy. >> brenda: news alert, toby likes teases. susan, what do you think about that, that its the higher taxpayer? >> thats definitely a part of the equation here. one of the other interesting facts thats happening in this season versus last season is that the retailers are not ...

Day of the year. >> brenda: well, a lot of retailers are saving the big discounts until right at christmas and after. if consumers know that, maybe theyre waiting, too? >> thats right. a lot of us are procrastinators and havent started our shopping and a ways to go. you retail holiday season ends on january 31st, not december 31st or december 25th. retailers close their year end books at the end of january and so theres still time, were going to get a deal on the fiscal cliff, im sure of it and ...

To be actually for next year, not this year. if we look at the estimates of the national retail federation, they say if taxes go up, thats going to kill retail sales for the first half of next year and thats the concern. when the average consumer gets the pay stub the first half of the year, theyre going to hit the roof and see how much more money theyre paying to the government and how much less in their wallet to spend at that store they love so much. so the real-- this is a precursor to the r...

Hoping to reel in buyers and confiden consumer confidence at a low. does that mean that the economy is already scrooged? hi, everyone, im he brenna buttner, this is bulls and bears, and weve got gary b smith, tobin smith. jonas max ferris and susan and larry. okay, larry, no deal on taxes and debt scrooging holiday sales and the economy? >> thats right, brenda, you know, i dont want to be the grinch here, but in a word we are scrooged. >> the grinch! >> very, very optimistic expectations and an ...