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We cross $15 trillion. that's our accumulated national debt. now, when president obama was inaugurated, it was $10.9 trillion so we have gone up $4 trillion in exactly three years. and that's a huge -- that's a historic increase in debt. one more ugly number for you. this year, 2011, we will spend $454 billion on interest on that accumulated debt. that's $9 billion each and every week. and it doesn't stop. we'll hit $16 trillion on or just before the election of next year. >> when i said earlier in the show that people just want congress to do something, what i was alluding to was they just wa...

Need. they're separate. >> but are they separate? look, if the government is letting themselves get bankrolled by the mafia for $54 billion, how do they milli manage trillion dollar plan? >> we have tickle me elmo on capitol hill right now and we talk about afghanistan. we couldn't pull out afghanistan and fix the fraud first. we had the opportunity to fix the fraud first. if we had the 62 million people uninsured and we need to deal with that, but if we don't fix the system first, the fraud will go through the roof. >> jonathan? >> it's 20% of medicare. for 20%! what kind of -- >> it's not 20...

Bounty hunters can do the job for free? hello, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. welcome to "cashin' in." our "cashin' in" crew this week -- wayne rogers, jonathan hoenig, jonas max ferris and joining us a newcomer to "cashin' in" erica payne. welcome to everybody. this is an idea. forget spending $1 trillion. let the bounty hunters cut healthcare cost on their own. >> this is a tremendous idea. one that americans can get behind. the bounty hunters don't get paid unless they find the fraud. they only eat what they kill. you have $60 to $80 billion in medicare fraud out of $454 billion spent annual...

That a lot of people viewed as a much more dark address. they say this will be the renewal of the american spirit. he'll lay out a checklist of the successes to this point in his first 40 days in office as president and more broad lly looking forward will focus on what he plans to do to help the economy and second what he plans to do to protect americans, focusing on national security. this comes in the wake of the budget blueprints, $454 billion to be added for the pentagon and other law enforcement agencies. >> we'll listen to paul ryan on the affordable care act. >> that we can achieve by w...

Recession. europe, important than likely will go interest a recession in the 4th quarter. and that --. >>neil: and we are not immune? >>guest: we are not immune. 30 percent of s&p earnings come from that. >>neil: what if we are downgraded again? >>guest: if we go do double a, very bad message to the world, relative to america's ability to deal with its problems. >>neil: doesn't the world already know that? >>guest: i don't think so, i think given the problems they have versus what we have, we're not as bad shape. however, we will lose more and more of our influence overseas, some of the trigge...