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Markets to be stabilized, you might not want a hard-charging attorney general throwing out a bunch of subpoenas at that moment. >> and so, what if the consequences of all these decisions is a massive unemployment crisis, a one in four houses underwater, a multitrillion dollar debasing of the currency to cover it up, resulting in an explosion of global commodity prices, driving to middle east unrest and revolution in all sorts of countries. in the cost/benefit analysis of making it so that the poorest billion can't eat, putting one in four houses under water and driving 20% of americans out of ...

You could drill out the cracks and then let the plane fly with cracks. that might work for some other airline, but not for southwest. because they have the punishing schedule for their planes in the industry. why, because they get good usage out of their planes, five, six, seven flights a day and that puts a lot of strain on an old plane. >> so the case of getting special equipment to look at these planes to make sure they donate have cracks, isn't it worth it? >> it is. but unfortunately what we often see with airlines, they don't do that kind of inspection unless the government requires it. ...

Some of the more commonly discussed entitlements -- social security. government programs giving assistance to the retired and disabled. unemployment benefits. another one. helping folks try to make ends meet when they're out of work. medicare is another example. medicare is a government program that gives insurance and medical care for people over 65 and disabled americans. medicaid that gives that same insurance to lower income americans but one thing about medicaid is it is not entirely paid for by the government. the government generally picks up 60% of the tab. states cover 40% of the tab ...

Responsible, you know, to protect the flying public? i mean, it's our government. we pay those who work for the faa with our tax dollars. i mean, you talk about cost/benefit analysis and i totally get that from a business standpoint, but when i'm on a southwest plane, i don't want to look up and see the fuselage coming apart. >> i'm with you. and particularly, once they know that they have a cracking problem. and southwest used to have the youngest fleet in the industry. and now they have among the oldest. and that changed about in 2002/2003 time period. so i think the faa should require all t...

Reserves. 100 years' worth of reserves, in the shale under our feet. >> and shale makes the cover of the new issue of time magazine, with claims it could power the world. "time" reporter's article looks at the debate. give me the sales pitch on shale. >> shale is right here, right now for america. it's cleaner, natural gas is cleaner than goal, which does most of our electricity right now. it's plentiful, the cost is lower than it's ever been, and it's something we can use to get electricity. if you want to be really ambitious, you can get it from some long-form transport, cut oil imports that...