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Snail's pace. barely putting a dent in the ranks of the unemployed. on top of this, the crisis in greece threatens to drag down our economy. here to break it down, patricia powell, founder and ceo of powell financial group. thanks for coming in. >> thanks. >> rick: why aren't more companies hiring? >> it's a slow economy. it's an anemic recovery from lots of points of view. when you drill down and start looking at the numbers, you can see some patterns to them. for instance, even though the overall rate is 9%, that's only 1.1 percentage point better than it was two years ago in october of 2009...

The only two that are still cresting is artificial. it's because we've opened the spillways and floodways. we're maintaining this via other measures. there's still a lot of pressure on this big system. in fact, the river is still in flood which means you're above flood stage, all the way up towards cape girardeau, missouri. so this is a long way where we all this water, all this pressure. we've also had record volume of water moving through here. all that causes stress on this main system. certainly we're not out of the woods yet. take a look at vicksburg. we have crested here. but the river r...

There's kissing. let's take a look at the morning papers. "the new york times" -- as greece inches closer to the brink of financial collapse, there's now fear the debt crisis is going to spread across europe. this is a serious situation. >> unbelievable. >> 13.8% of their economy swallowed up by deficits every year. investors wonder if portugal, ireland, spain may not be able to borrow the billions of dollars they need to finance their government debt. >> let's take a look at the miami herald -- a three-way senate race would change the script in florida. governor charlie crist is expected to...

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They pay 37%, 39%. california, add another 13.8%. is it fair that any american pays more than half of their income into taxes? and that's before sales tax. that's more than paying for the cable tax. just watching this show. is that fair? should we make it a more efficient, accountable government? the spending is the issue, senator. >> may i respond? >> the president proposed a plan that you didn't even vote for. >> may i respond? 97% of american businesses are exempt from any tax increase because of the proposal by the president to protect people making less than $250,000 a year. 98% of all am...