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Make money. like it or not, that is what their legal purpose is, that's what they do. if a ceo doesn't make money, that ceo is out of business. so laws and regulations are the only things we have standing between corporate greed and us as citizens. that's why laws have got to be changed. whether it's goldman-sachs, big energy or the big health insurers or bp to change their ways. >> here's the real question and my favorite analogy is that there are reps in a game. if you don't have refs, ray lewis is going to take payton manning's head off. that's what he's trained to do, so you need the refs,...

Estimate are trying to revive the public option. this time they're touting it as a way to shrink the federal government, claiming it could save $168 billion over 20 years. is that really the case and what does this have to do with the president's recess appointment of dr. donald berwick? fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. joins us with prescription for truth. >> this the stealth appointment that's middle of the night appointment of dr. berwick who believes that the socialized health care system in great britain is romantic in some sense, it's no coincidence that this public option notio...

$168 billion in continued stimulus in the president's 2011 budget, according to the heritage foundation. and the administration supporting another $100 to $200 billion more in unemployment benefit and other spending measures but the congress has not approved the last item because of the continued voter concern about the deficits. >> shannon: so much of it goes back to the november election. >> it does. >> shannon: peter barnes, great to see you. freddie says average rate for 30-year fixed loan dropped to 4.57%. retail numbers for june are described as mixed. department stores did well and disc...

Americans think they are overtaxed. only one out of four says no. what does the new tax increase do to your wallet? exactly what's change when it comes to taxing the american people? >> reporter: the national debt is expected to more than double in the next decade so the search is on for more revenues. the first big move comes at end of this year when president obama intends to end tax cuts for the wealthy. and keep others some people cheer. >> we can't afford to continue the tax cuts for the people at the very top. >> reporter: president obama intends to raise the tax rate for singles make $2...

Creation. we've invested over $50 billion in helping iraq reconstruct. the urban league is proposing $168 billion. why can't we at least put $100 billion in a massive jobs creation effort? that's going to help us reduce the deficit and it's going to help create jobs. >> it's interesting, because reverend jesse jackson was pointing out to me earlier this week that the big cities across this nation are getting squeezed so badly for transit money. the mta in new york is cutting, just slashing bus routes, laying off transit workers. and the reverend pointed out, look, those are green jobs. and tho...