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Hiring? >> yes, i think it is. these things go in cycles, and clearly were moving into an up cycle where there will be a lot of hiring. the question is what will the pace be? and the problem is the uncertainty and the reluctance to invest. private investment has bounced back somewhat. >> and so the government for its part says, a, we want to create an environment where employers can feel confident adding to their employment roles, but, b, look at the stimulus. as i pointed earlier, they said the...

Part of the effort to highlight stimulus projects involved the big green and white signs some of you have seen. if you are driving down the highwayen you see these things, they advertise a project paid for by your stimulus dollars. but we are learning that one of these signs cost $10,000 to make and install for a single sign. now on cert can that be? major garrett is much better at math than i am. he is live in washington with the latest. $10,000 for one sign? >> reporter: thats for a sign near ...

Your money today really will pay off. that is the good, the bad and the ugly of it all. be sure, watch your money to get a better breakdown this weekend and every weekend saturdays, 1:00 eastern, sundays 3:00 eastern right here on cnn. let me give you a look now at some of the stories today making headlines. the completion of the new oil cap operation is on hold right now. as bp and the government review testing procedures for the contraption. this is the so-called integrity test. theyre mea...

>> greta: i should say, i also put on gretawire.com the video you made that is also on youtube. a little bit of a youtube sensation i might add. >> thank you. >> greta: you want the safety signs the signs that say we are spending your stimulus money thank you dont want? >> absolutely. we are talking about the signs produced with stimulus dollars for the sole purpose of promoting stimulus projects. i appreciate you putting the youtube clip up there, that taxpayers and your viewers can go to the w...

If every unit of government did this, if your sidewalks that were being put in said paid for by the city of l.a., the bridge repair said paid for by the state of new york in the case of the stimulus projects paid for by the reinvestment recovery act of america it is ludicrous. we found out in i willly, my home state our state has spent $650,000 of the stimulus money just on these promotional signs. over 20 million dollars nationwide just in year within of the program and we are saying in is an e...

If every unit of government did this, if your sidewalks that were being put in said paid for by the city of l.a., the bridge repair said paid for by the state of new york in the case of the stimulus projects paid for by the reinvestment recovery act of america it is ludicrous. we found out in i willly, my home state our state has spent $650,000 of the stimulus money just on these promotional signs. over 20 million dollars nationwide just in year within of the program and we are saying in is an e...

>> greta: i should say, i also put on gretawire.com the video you made that is also on youtube. a little bit of a youtube sensation i might add. >> thank you. >> greta: you want the safety signs the signs that say we are spending your stimulus money thank you dont want? >> absolutely. we are talking about the signs produced with stimulus dollars for the sole purpose of promoting stimulus projects. i appreciate you putting the youtube clip up there, that taxpayers and your viewers can go to the w...

Now, i propsed you last hour i would pop back with you to look at some of the sectors where we have the most jobs from exports. and the reason is so many people out there looking for jobs, right? if were going to be doing this massive expansion of our exports, if they can actually pull it off, where will those sectors be? lets take a look here. we start off with the top sectors that are linked to exports right now in industries in it america. transportation equipment, 463,000 jobs currently dire...

Give that to you unless you cut spending somewhere else. i told you the economics people inside the white house want more stimulus. theyre worried about a slowdown, so they want more stimulus and they dont want to withdraw money from the federal budget. thats one argument. i think the other thing the white house is trying to do is show that theyre rowing hard, okay? show that theyre making an effort. theres still a lot of stimulus money -- theres going to be a lot of stimulus projects -- >> how ...

White house is trying to do is show that theyre rowing hard, okay? show that theyre making an effort. theres still a lot of stimulus money -- theres going to be a lot of the stimulus projects -- >> how much is left? there isnt that much left. >> they have a lot of projects in the pipeline this summer. two weeks ago they unveiled what theyre calling the summer of recovery. it sort of has a woodstock tone to it. theyre going to have events all over the country. but the problem is going to be, if t...