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>>clayton: and congressman dix says the house republicans have put together a budget for the reminder of the fiscal year representing serious cut back to economic recovery. >>governor huckabee: we spent $862 billion on the magnificent stimulus and since they passed the bill, we have had an unemployment level that has gone between 9.5 percent and 10 percent and stayed around 9.8 percent so it has not worked. maybe budget cutting would be a better idea than government spending. and for most americans, watching the government continue to reach deep into their pockets and paychecks and spend money...

Into $862 billion. forget the other programs. it's literally trillions of dollars of the economic stimulus that's not working. but a trillion to keep us safer, that's not a good idea. >> brian: i was stunned by this, started off with iraq, i wasn't surprised afghanistan. but when you segueway to spending republicans and the deficit, you really had a portion of this speech be about the debt and the deficit and blaming the war and the last ten years. >> gretchen: look in the difference in the spending between iraq, $709 billion versus the stimulus of $862 billion. you're not going to see this gr...

Dave? >> thanks, brian. the $862 billion stimulus plan was supposed to save the economy and create new jobs. but with unemployment still at 9.5%, many are questioning whether this spending spree is working and why certain groups are more affected than others. joining us this morning is author and journalist tony brown. check him out on tonybrown.com as well. good morning to you, sir. during the summer of recovery, 14 million americans are out of work. you say, perhaps, this is even worse among blacks and minorities. how so? >> well, statistically, the black community has an unemployment rate o...

Joe biden, telling those waiting in the unemployment line to, quote, remember, we're only 140 days into this deal, it's supposed to take 18 months. all right. now, 18 months later unemployment is standing at 9.5%. six point five million americans have been unemployed for six months or longer. and 17 states have an unemployment rate of 10 percent or higher. a little short of what the stimulus backers were promising. eric bolling, anchor of "money rocks" on the fox business network joins us to talk about it. eric, are you surprised at all we're 18 months in and at this point? >> 18 months has go...

I don't care how mr. obama wants to say it, the bottom line, we track this, the bureau of labor statistics tells us, 3 1/2 million jobs, goodbye, 21 percent of homes are under water, that means you owe more on your home than the home is worth. that's not too good. the only good news is, if you don't like it, you have november to change it. i can go on and on, unemployment, 27 million people underemployed, home prices, falling off the table. foreclosures, record high. so whatever we were sold, we were sold a bill of goods. remember this, 8.5% unemployment was going to be the absolute max, if yo...