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Social security. it affects your pension. it affects absolutely, absolutely everything. the negative impact multiplies. it is like compound interest. in reverse. it is compound disinterest. it is compounded unfairness. >> reporter: of course this is an election year. so you can already hear the commercials being prepared about senator so-and-so voting against women getting equal pay. and so make no mistake about it, in 2012, anything that goes on here on capitol hill does have an election component, jenna. jenna: talk a little bit about senator and so-and-so. what is the other side of the issu...

also, a "wall street journal" political reporter. nice to have you. and abby livingston. she's been on the show a couple of times before but with her sisters. she's the doubt of presidential candidate jon huntsman, with us but without her sisters. let's get right to our "starting point" this morning. mitt romney a clear front-runner once again. he's leading rick santorum by 16 points in the latest national poll. very big endorsements as well. ahead of super tuesday, tomorrow. the highest ranking republican member of congress eric cantor, getting his support. >> i look to super tuesda...

>> i think we achieve primary balance in this budget. >> this is a classic washington speak. primary balance it is a new buzz word on the hill these days. why? because that's claim that you're somehow balancing the budget of everything except, oh, interest payments, like maybe the interest from the national debt. well, anyway, if you learned anything from yesterday's speak of compound interest you know that is kind of big and hard to call it the primary balance. we maybe ought to call it secondary balance, 'cause it is not balanced at all. >> like saying balanced budget asterisk, excluding all...

Open, crazy amendment process that's been taking place. it's a lot of fun. you've got to check it out next. but first, it's today's washington speak. >> i will venture to explain the miracle and sometimes the horror of compound interest. >> you know, jay carney is right. compound interest really is the stuff of nightmares. everybody knows when you borrow money, you pay interest on that money. well, with compound interest, the interest you owe is then added to the principal and then all new interest is charged on top of that. so it's a vicious cycle of owing more and more. and this is what ma...

Entrepreneurship in 2007. >> ever since i lived to ms. moran in class i heard her say invest in your money. investing your money and now i'm going to listen to her. >> these kids are awesome. students can opt to get their profit in cash on graduation day, ali or put it in a 529 college savings plan. in which case ariel kicks in an additional $1,000 reward. >> that in itself is a lesson. don't take the cash, think about the future. put it in a 529. there's so many options with that 529. >> totally. >> invest in somebody else's. invest in yours, get a tax deduction. >> the majority of the kids d...