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Her a less favored child for bringing them back from vacation. republicans say the measure will add to the countrys budget deficit, democrats say it will save at least a billion dollars off the deficit and its fully paid for by closing national tax loopholes, cutting money for food stamps and rescinding part of the earned income tax credit. for every dollar the budget office does comparisons about the amount of money you spend and how much comes back into the economy, they say every dollar you s...

Agree with palin and boehner and oconnell, its okay to stimulate the economy with which is the preface stuff, whats the most effective way to borrow -- to stimulate the economy? >> the most effective for stimulus is food stamps, $1.71 for every dollar versus the bush tax cuts. were cutting stimulus right now, cutting food stamp right now to pay for state and local aid thats better than tax cuts. the argument that the republicans are giving to democrats is you dont want to allow a good stimulus l...

If we agree with palin and boehner and mcconnell that its okay to borrow to stimulate the economy, which is what theyre saying after that whole preface stuff, whats the most effective way to borrow to stimulate the economy? >> well, the most effective thing we can do for stimulus is food stamps. you get $1.71 of stimulus foefr dollar you spend versus the bush tax cuts, which is 32 cents for every dollar you spend on them. but we are in fact cutting stimulus right now or were cutting food stamps ...

>> if you cut out the preamble youre talking about, agree with palin and boehner and oconnell, its okay to stimulate the economy, whats the most effective way to borrow to stimulate the economy? >> the most effective for stimulus is food stamps, $1.71 for every dollar versus the bush tax cuts. which are 32 cents for every dollar you spend on them. were cutting stimulus right now, cutting food stamps right now to pay for state and local aid thats better than tax cuts. the argument that the republ...

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Flights after the story. well turn to politics now. the republican race for the whourbgs its primary day in arizona and michigan. the polls are up today. things are looking good for mitt romney in arizona. he faces a showdown with rick santorum in romneys home state in michigan. the race remains close and volatile. much more on the fight for michigan a little later on. some say its an referendum on romney. jon: that will be an interesting race. it is already a big issue in the race for the white...

Sessions. we werent ready in the view of many analysts to come off a little bit, and thats what we d. the catalyst was, the geopolitical story out of libya and elsewhere in north africa and the middle east. the dow down over 170 points. the s&p down around about 2%. the vicks, a volatility index, rallied extraordinarily. after rounds we had really disappointing numbers from hewlett-packard and in hours, disappointing numbers from walmart which has seven straight quarters of declining sales. this...