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Surplus. the national debt was $5 trillion. the national debt doubled. put in tax cut in midst of two unpaid for wars and increase the medicare drug program. he had doubled the debt of america. the bush tax cut continued to take revenue out of washington. >> bret: how specific should the president get about the way forward to deal with the big ticket items. >> what the president, i believe he feels the simpson simpson-bowles commission move in the right direction. bipartisan effort to put everyt...

Modern art exhibit? turns out some of the pricey equipment from solyndra has now resurfaced. 1400 of the glass tubes are on display at uc berkeley. they spent a good chunk on the money it was loaned. one percent were put into use by that company. >> lets head over to you ladies. >> you might want to plan your next shopping trip. it involves purchases on specific days of the week. we will tell you what days are best. >> here to show you how to save is vera givens. lets rollback today. start on we...

Worth more than their mortgages just because of price appreciation in recent months. now, there are many millions of homes out there still under water. my assessment of the housing market is its more kind of bumping along the bottom, maybe a little bit of increases in prices and starts, but it does seem like its really gotten to a place where you can, as you mentioned in some of these reports. >> why? why are we seeing a little pressuring here? >> i think for two reasons. one, you do have to giv...

The time of the acquisition. john? >> john: see where all of this goes. mike emanuel. thanks. tens of millions of dollars in tax-free union funds going to junction of luxury report and purchasing big ticket items like country club, golf courses and learjets. not talking about membership but the actual thing. fox business reports the i.r.s. is initiating a preliminary inquiry to see whether the non-profits including unions are breaking tax law. florida judge set bond for neighborhood watch volunt...

this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why its down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if americans are worried about the economy, they delay making important purchases and a perceived economic slowdown can easily become a reality. okay. so its happening. but why? well, probably the...

Theres many reasons for this but one of the most interesting is the fact the cost of doing business in china has been going up dramatically. so hopefully well see some jobs come back to the states. >> those are big ticket items, $200 million each sometimes. morgan, appreciate it. todays hot weather will likely rewrite the record books for another day. children and elderly are some of the most at risk for heat strokes and exhaustion, julie martin is live in atlanta. were also looking at the weath...

proof. thats fair. so here you go. you probably know that more than any other developed nation, the u.s. economy is driven by its citizens and on how confident they feel about their future. this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why its down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if ame...

Shares of arena pharmaceuticals surged nearly 30% after the fda approved the companys obesity drug. on the economic front orders for big ticket items jumped stronger than expected. 1.1% in may. pending home sales rose 5.9% last month. the gain was larger than economists expected. thats it from cnbc. first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." tomorrow will be a dramatic day in washington and across the country when the supreme court releases its decision on...

Grapes of wrath where farmers were very poor. these days farmers are wealthy. farming is a high-tech capital intensive business. farmers are doing better than ever because crop prices are high. >>trace: another controversial big ticket items is food stamps. the past 10 years the program has quadrupled from $22 billion to $80 billion and some say that is a product of the bad committee and others say it is fraud and abuse. there were 300 amendments in the bill narrowed down to 73 including one tha...

Theres also the idea of returning to fiscal responsibility. in the bible theres tons of proverbs about how a good person makes sure there is an inheritance for the childrens children. they see it through a biblical world view. those are a couple of the big ticket items. >> how do they reconcile, though, reducing the size of got, cutting programs with things like welfare and education and even inside obamacare, preexisting conditions, taking care of people who dont have health insurance. isnt the...