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Businesses and ultimately more jobs. just this week, the nonpartisan congressional budget office predicted that allowing benefits to expire will be a drag on our economic growth next year. a report by the department of labor, and my council of economic advisers, estimated that it could cost businesses 240,000 jobs. >> robert reich, rand paul knows nothing of that. >> no, rand paul, unfortunately, is not alone in knowing nothing of that. the entire republican party is saying no, not only to extended unemployment benefits, but also to food stamps. they want to cut food stamps. they don't want to...

Postmarked by midnight tonight. there are some freebies and discounts to make tax day just a little bit easier. one of them, free cookies from great american cookies. you could also get free popcorn at amc theaters. free massages. that sounds like a good one. some restaurant chain offering like a $10.40 meal at bruger's bagels. that, of course, is the take on the 1040 tax form. if you want to see all of them, and there's some really interesting ones, one that i couldn't say this morning so you want to go look, cnnmoney.com. you'll know exactly what it is when you go to it. >> appreciate it. >>...

Week. >> i want to know about the perks today. you can get write-off perks when you do your taxes. did you know you also can get food? i'm into this like maggie moos because it's tax day. and then cinnabon, two free cinnamon bites between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. >> which is good. if you go there to get two free bites, you'll have more than that. something about the sugar. >> at brueggars, you get a bakers dozen bagels plus two tubbs of cream cheese for $10.40, get it, if you clip the coupon off facebook and at california tortilla free chips and cheese or salsa any time today with a purchase. s...

Ice cream, part of its sunday stimulus. you have fun stuff going on. >> do these things work in terms of being stimulus for the companys? >> i think so, to some degree. it is all part of the game, all part of the fun to get people interested. mccormick's and schmicks has been doing this a long time. they have a special this year, they have the special entrees for $10.40, a play on the dreaded 1040. >> that's cute. >> it generates some traffic, gets people talking. >> dunkin' donuts did this, right? >> they're not doing this year. starbucks has an earth day promotion. maybe it didn't work for t...

We'll continue to follow it. >> now to politics, recent polls showing independent voters are so deeply concerned about the u.s. economy their support for democrats is dropping in a big way. the apgpk poll finding just 32% of independents want the democrats to retain control of congress, come november. way down from the number that supported the president, in 2008. and, nina easton, for "fortune" magazine and a fox news contributor and mark melman, ceo of the melman group, good to see you both, independents dictate, often, elections and now, 4 in 10, 40% say they are independent and both the pr...