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And i was nervous about his social security burden and what it would be. he is now 24. it's sobering what his generation will have to pay in social security taxes going forward. so we have to do something. there is no question. >> bret: congresswoman, this goes back to dan's question and the president was hammering republicans today on the jobs bill. the second stimulus as republicans call it. take a listen to his statement and your response to it. >> go ask the republicans what their jobs plan is, if they are opposed to american jobs act. have it scored, have it assessed by the same independe...

>> yeah, absolutely. i think there are two different issues. one is the element of risks involved in any capitalist enterprise. there is risk involved. that is not the real issue here. it's not whether this was a risky investment. it's whether there was favoritism involved and whether this was a point beyond which they should haven't gone or pulled back on it. the more e-mails that have come out, the more there are questions about that. that's what they have to try to answer. >> get in with dan in one respect. i think in part it's about the risk involved. i don't remember the president in febr...

>> the president some 14 months before the election throws in the towel and decides he is going to spend all of his time out campaig campaigning. we're legislating, he is campaigning. it's disappointing. >> bret: well, the president today in an hour-long mcthan hour long news conference but the focus was the jobs bill on capitol hill that painted a dire situation with the u.s. u.s. economy. said jobs bill is insurance policy against the double-dip recession no grapevine tonight because of the expanded panel segments. panelist this evening, steve hayes for "weekly standard." dan ball, national ...

>> bret: we begin a new segment called "center seat." our guest this evening, minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann. thank you very much, congresswoman, for being the first in here in the panel. >> thank you. pleased to be part of it. thank you. >> bret: let's start it. dan, why don't you begin. >> okay. congresswoman, i think we want to start on the economy. one of the things you said is that the way to get the economy moving right now is to start cutting spending in significant way. i wonder if you can point to examples where there has been success in producing economic growth by sharply ...

Put pressure on them. >> the president some 14 months before the election throws in the towel and decides he is going to spend all of his time out campaig campaigning. we're legislating, he is campaigning. it's disappointing. >> bret: well, the president today in an hour-long mcthan hour long news conference but the focus was the jobs bill on capitol hill that painted a dire situation with the u.s. u.s. economy. said jobs bill is insurance policy against the double-dip recession no grapevine tonight because of the expanded panel segments. panelist this evening, steve hayes for "weekly standard...