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It up on the screen. astronomical numbers people ages 25 to 34 are facing. $15 million outstanding, 477 billion the average per student, 31,000, charles. a big discussion what to do about this. where do you land? >> 1.5 trillion of student loan debt. the federal government created this problem when president obama took over and took it from banks, idea we would rubber stamp all student loans. tuition went through the roof when that happened, colleges got bigger, campuses got bigger, so did the loan get. and my problem with the cancelling all debt. 70% of folks with professional degrees owe mon...

I mean, if those are the numbers -- i tell you why the latest jobs plan, which in many ways reflects the stimulus bill of february-09, about half, but 80% didn't like that or feel an impact, he is trying to do stimulus 2 and he won't win those 80% back at all. they are going to say, try something niewsm. >> noose what i put moo my column in the wall street journal. looking at jobs plan, the president is saying, okay, i had a failed stimulus program, so let's try the same thing again. this stimulus 2 has many provisions that are repeats of past policies that have not had an impact. for example,...

It's simple with prilosec otc. one ll a day. twenty-four hos. zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. >> shannon: this week unemployment held at 9.1% for theç third month in a row even though the up in of jobs created increased this month. president obama is putting pressure on the senate to pass his 477 billion dollar bill next week. joining us democratic congresswoman lynn woolsey. congresswoman, thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having me shannon. >> shannon: i want toç ask you something that played out in the senate this week. there's been a call to get this bi...

I like math on this program. as you remember, nay just had an $858 billion in tax cuts over the next two years. when you subtract the $200 billion they just cut to the $858 billion in tax cuts, you still have $658 billion to go and you still haven't made it up. these cuts, whether it's obama or the republicans, it's not putting a dent in the budget because of the giant tax cuts. we keep focussing on the wrong problem. let me prove it to you without a shadow of a doubt. the projected deficit in 2011 is $1.6 trillion. the whole nondefense discreti discretionary spending budget in 2010 was $477 b...

Voice comes in and separates the men from the boys. >> good afternoon, gentlemen. nice to be back from a well deserved hiatus. question one, china and japan are the largest holders of u.s. debt as of the end of october, but which country is the third largest holder of u.s. treasury bonds? is it a, brazil, b, russia. richard? >> amongst that list, it's the united kingdom. >> correct. >> we must be on some kind of time delay. i'll let him have that one. >> he's right. the united kingdom is third with over $477 billion of held u.s. debt. china holds over $906 billion while japan holds over $80077...