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On it. the fed limited folks the fees that the merchants are allowed to charge on the cards. after a year, if you havent used the card yet, you can be fined, but just one time per month. they also have to put out clear, clear disclosure on what the fees are, what all the terms and conditions are and also your card will not expire for five years. its great news for consumers. >> well, its mixed news, isnt it? youre saying the recipient could be charged a fee? >> you always are charged a fee, if y...

$46 billion spent on the stimulus program, 1.7% went to latino businesses, 1.1% went to african-american businesses. so i challenged them on that notion, not just the d.o.t. but also unions. huge democratic supporters but african-americans and hispanics are routinely shut out of those kinds of jobs. so here you have the department of transportation trying to push transportation dollars to the states. well, when these people have the contracts, who doesnt get hired? and these are jobs making betw...

About $,036. actually up. the returns are up about $266 from a year ago, but only half of americans have actually filed their taxes yet, according to the irs. what theyre saying is, look carefully at the stimulus program. how it can help you, the provisions in there that can actually save you money. theres more than a dozen new benefits, folk, thanks to the stimulus program. making work pay is one. first-time home buyer credit. credits if you bought a new car in 2009. couldnt write off in 2008 b...

Create jobs, as the white house says, or kill jobs. thats a republican critique. so far, you might call the health care debate a mini stimulus program. on k. street, washingtons lobby corrid corridor, making a killing off the debate. more than 4500 lobbyists hired in 2009 for work related to health reform. do the math. 4500 lobbyists, 535 member of congress. thats more than 8 lobbyists for each member of congress. eight lobbyists for each member of congress. as you digest that, lets turn to our ...

Earl devainy, that name ring a bell? maybe want, but hes got a really important job. hes chairman of the government accountability and transparency board, thats a fancy way of saying that he investigates waste, fraud and abuse in the stimulus program. hes kept a low profile, but he went public this week to refute what he says are myths about the stimulus program. josh levs in his natural habitat over there. so whats mr. earl devany complaining about? ? he says hes going on the attack on the myth...

One senator recently, of course, said, no way were going to put money for youth unemployment. black youth unemployment is almost approaching 50%. thats another concern. if were worried about the future, worried about the next generation, then we have to put money behind the programs. >> look at these numbers, roland. as far as americans without health insurance, whites 10.8%. blacks 19.1%. hispanics 30.7%. are you surprised by those numbers? >> you have to tie lack of health insurance to lack of...

Risk making sure he does not get re-elected in 2012. if he fixes the education system, if they deal with the education system the way they tried to deal with health care, if they focus on a jobs bill, things that affect all of america, it will rise. he has to remember hes president of the entire country. >> black people voted for him because they knew he would be president. the rising tide, the gi bill benefiting people disproportionately white and male. when you look at the stimulus program, it...

Employs 30 people in the parking business. when that five story garage is completed they will employ just six. nobody loses their job. the hospital says they will find work elsewhere in the hospital. here is the net result of a 20 million stimulus program. a net loss of 24 jobs in the parking business. and the construction work begins this spring. >> thanks stewart. we have seen outrageous ones so far but it will get far worse. all of the waste we described to you totals $2,891,013,374. we will ...

Moment, the parking lot employs 30 people in the parking business. when that five story garage is completed they will employ just six. nobody loses their jobs. the hospital says they will find work elsewhere in the hospital. here is the net result of a 20 million dollar stimulus program. a net loss of 24 jobs in the parking business. and the construction work begins this spring. >> sean: thanks stuart. weve seen outrageous waste so far. im afraid to say it is going to get far worst. all the way ...

Moment, the parking lot employs 30 people in the parking business. when that five story garage is completed they will employ just six. nobody loses their jobs. the hospital says they will find work elsewhere in the hospital. here is the net result of a 20 million dollar stimulus program. a net loss of 24 jobs in the parking business. and the construction work begins this spring. >> sean: thanks stuart. weve seen outrageous waste so far. im afraid to say it is going to get far worst. all the way ...