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>> how are you? >> im good. i want to put up that dragon chart again. nick, as a venture capitalist, somebody who has been involved in growing companies, with you look at that, how do you understand the trends on that chart? >> you know, my view is that the papa johns complaint, the chart, the way in which our economy is structured to, you know, increase inequality in this crazy way represents a death spiral. when all of the money in a society is accumulated in the hands of a tiny minority of pe...

The reality of our game, it is a game, i have written a book on it. if you dont do it right, you are going to lose. part of my interest is to make sure people do it right. >> back to the candidates. access to capital. its an interest for a lot of people. who is better? >> both of them have good points. i think romney is better because he understands it better. he comes from the business sector. he used to be a venture capitalist, he used to be in private equity. i will give president obama credi...

Retailers doing that kind of thing. >> interestingly, im a venture capitalist trying to create jobs in other countries. amazingly, liook what happened o that spirit. jay mclof lynn. the entrepreneurism in retail exists. its not all about driving down prices. we invest in a tea business, davids tea, which is doing exceptionally well today. theres lots of stuff out there and opportunities for the small stores. you just dont want to be in categories where the customer wants to save a lot of money. ...

Have to make sure you get something other than capital. maybe access, maybe information, maybe youre getting some other benefit. maybe just credibility. sometimes having a venture capitalist in there create credibility but they have to bring something to the table to make up for that extra expense youre taking on. >> i agree. you want to know how big youre going to get. if you dont get big enough, you wont get the capital. you also want to ask yourself, how good are you at this business? if your...

Society gives you. plus, with that, the expansion of the federal government. you get $16 tril whereon in debt and four straight years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits. we have to move away from that. >> greta: i suspect if president obama were here, he would say that what he has done is to give people opportunity, that you need to jump-start people. you need to give them a little help, every once in a while to jump start it. how do you answer him to that remark? >> i would say, mr. president, yo...

Time now to answer some of your business questions. phil and carol are with us. once again, dh first one is from phil, not this phil, but another phil. he writes, my partners and i are debating whether to raise venture capital dollars or grow organically. what are the pros and cons of vc dollars? >> you might not be able to get it. a fraction of 1% of all of the businesses that are out there. so you have to make sure you are eligible for it. if you do have a business, that is going to be 50 to $...

Or read about questions about his taxes. the next several days takes him all the way up to the debate point, his last chance to really change the dynamic in this election. and he has wasted the buildup to it. bad politics on the timing. bad policy in terms of the fairness question. theres something else here. he claims that these are capital gains. and that hes a job creator. lets remember, this is a loophole for venture capitalist. he didnt go out and start a business in a basement. if he could...

Build up. bad politics on the timing. bad policy in terms of the fairness question. theres something else here. he claims that these are capital gains. and that hes a job creator. lets remember, this is a loophole for venture capitalist. he didnt go out and start a business in a basement. if he could tell that story, he would be in a better position for the american people. hes a financial guy. these are fees. its a loophole. if youre looking to campaign as a reformer, someone to clean up the ta...

Theres something else here. he claims that these are capital gains. and that hes a job creator. lets remember, this is a loophole for venture capitalist. he didnt go out and start a business in a basement. if he could tell that story, he would be in a better position for the american people. hes a financial guy. these are fees. its a loophole. if youre looking to campaign as a reformer, someone to clean up the tax code, this isnt the way to do it. >> dean, romney defends his tax rate as fair bec...

Peter doocy live in washington with more on these details. good morning, peter. >> good morning, clayton. in delaware yesterday a federal judge named mary wall rat said its okay for creditors to vote on solyndras bankruptcy plan but there is going to be a lot of heat on solyndra here because their proposed reorganization plan could give two of their main credit tores both venture capitalist, a that drone partners hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks, maybe as much as $341 million. but t...