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>>neil: and that removes a lofts the game eggs and budgetary gains and tax credits and write offs, and it would not be as low as it appears. >>guest: an economist a while ago came out with an estimate that said the republican budget would for 2012 would cost 1.7 million jobs in adecision to ending medicare so --. >>neil: why do you decimating and ending medicare? if you provide people with an alternative to asystem that bleeds money and gives them an obligation to choose, and they can stay in me...

Jobs. >> and the economy, too, by the way. all of these things we can talk about. so since were talking about chapter two right now, what do you think has the inside track at the moment in terms of all those plans that are out there? >> well, you would assume the white house would lean heavily on its own debt commission. a guy like dick durbin, a progressive democrat from illinois, and a guy like tom coburn, both endorsed it. if you already have the makings of a bipartisan deal and this dealt wi...

Order so they make sure they take advantage and file their extension. >> something i know you know a lot about is its been a tough economy and a rough couple of years for lots of folks and many people unemployed. they started up their own business in order to get income from somewhere. what about those folks? >> starting a business is a great idea. you can protect your assets and save on taxes. buying a company or incorporating an llc. you can save on taxes and decrease the rate of your tax rate...

Why not raise taxes on higher income people? why talk about closing loopholes on corporations? >> i think history has -- i do believe loopholes should be closed. there has been a big story in the past several days about ge paying no taxes. lets close the loopholes. what happened is -- >> those are legal loopholes that the ge, which is part owner of nbc universal, took advantage of the loopholes in the tax law because of write-offs for losses that they incurred. >> they do need to be closed. but,...

Broken. the problems are identified, job creation and spending, consumer spending. lets kick-start this and move it back in the right direction. >> neil: patrick, im sure you iware that the president has a small business bill on the table, i think its a $30 billion measure to offer credits and write-offs to guys like you. who do you think of that? >> i tell you what, neil. when youre not making money and you havent made any money for a couple of years, tax credits really are the last thing you a...

Political stand for the republicans to take to reach out to the president? wouldnt this be one issue? because lets face it. votes do count! >> well, i think the one issue you get into is arizona two years ago implemented e-verify, and everybody thought that was going to be the end of the world. >> but e-verify, i have to challenge you on that. e-verify is a program and not every employer goes by it. there is a lot of cheating going on out there. >> and that is why what you do with the schulervil...

And i will tell you that coming up april 7 through 9, were going to have a set of hearings. we will be scrubbing citigroup. in that public hearing. this is an institution that had over $100 billion in write-offs and mortgages and other assets and required $45 billion in t.a.r.p. funds and $300 billion in federal guarantees. but i think there is an essential question -- how did the watchers miss all this? and to what extent were these problems, they call it lack of transparency, opaqueness, but t...

The airline to maintain its fleet and pay for new acquisitions almost doubled to two point two billion euros. and thats cash left terms and needs thanks to millions in additional costs associated with acquiring parts of defunct air berlin love terms his numbers were also bolstered by lower than normal write offs last year that situation will likely change the airline is also likely to face turbulence in the form of increased competition in its long haul services and an image problem at its u.s. ...

State owned software well over one thousand euros a month. thats more than many small businesses will be able to shoulder in the long run. in a state visit to beijing british prime minister to resume a signed a number of economic agreements to forge closer trade ties with the worlds second largest economy this before britain is to leave the e.u. in twenty nineteen deals with some nine billion pounds up out of the u.k.s bid to improve access to the chinese market. reported its third consecutive a...

With getting the time-warner deal done. a connection there? >> of course it is. if boeing does more charity, they get more write-offs. its great what at&t is doing. investing in equipment and putting money in peoples pockets. we were so uncompetitive. we have one of the high nest the world. probably two other countries ant they werent major players ahead of us in this thing. it makes us -- it hurts our competitiveness. companies -- i grew up with guys that were irish immigrants. they came to the...