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This. if we don't solve the spending problem here in washington, there will be tens of millions of jobs in the future that won't happen because of the debt load that is being laid on the backs of our kids and our grandkids. >> well, then why don't you take the deal the president's got on the table, mr. boehner? republicans are willing to see people lose their jobs. they are willing to see projects and services fall by the wayside. this is the new mantle of obstruction. president obama is using all of his resources to put a public face on these upcoming cuts. and, folks, they are real. the tran...

>> hope springs eternal. the president can sit down tonight and work with the democrats to move a bill. it's time for them to act. yet we see nothing. >> do you have a sense of how many jobs will be lost as a ot.ult of the sequester? but i can tell you this. if we don't solve of spending problem here in washington, there will be tens of millions of jobs in the future that won't happen because of the debt load laid on the backs of our kids and grandkids. i came here to save the american dream for my kids and yours. this debt problem and the president's addiction to spending is threatening their...

>> they certainly did the best they could in bad circumstances. i think getting a deal and avoiding a recession is a victory that thud be recognized. getting some permanence to the tax code is a victory that should be recognized. ace said this is far from a slam dunk. we have a lot of work let too do and quite frankly democrats alcohol the white house and the senate and they need to do some of that work. bill: it's amazing through all this debate on this latest issue that no one talked about how this could affect jobs, put people back to work. wasn't that what the campaign was all about? >> th...

If you own a software company that employs 100 people, you are supporting 139 people in the state on that other list that work for the government or are welfare recipients or pensioners. the other factor they looked at was credit worthiness. they took a statement, what is their debt load for paying for all of this. what is the business climate like. how many businesses are leaving the state because of regulation. home values. they also looked at the unemployment rate. that's the credit worthiness. the death spiral states had a ratio of takers to makers greater than one. so 100 people supportin...

Ingredient here? >> here is the good and the bad news, chuck. there's one missing ingredient and that is for the next president and the next congress to nail down some of the fiscal issues, scaling back the cliff, the debt ceiling, laying out a path to fiscal sustainability. the deficit reduction we need in the long run is to stablize the nation's debt load. what we need to do is very clear. that is the good news. the bad news is we have to execute on that. that will be difficult. that's why i think over the next three to six months as we work through these issues the numbers could be softer t...