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Effort to reform social security by partially privatizing it. the democrats no doubt sense they have set another trap for republicans. if the republicans resist heavy new taxes to offset the deficit, they will have to support the serious benefit cut that the public repeatedly gaffed on in the past. public alarm on spending has never been as intense as it seems today. some republicans like paul ryan of wisconsin who has a serious plan involving serious cuts are betting it will be different this time. we will see. bret? >> bret: do you sense there is a disconnect between this white house and the...

Effort to reform social security by partially privatizing it. the democrats no doubt sense they have set another trap for republicans. if the republicans resist heavy new taxes to offset the deficit, they will have to support the serious benefit cut that the public repeatedly gaffed on in the past. public alarm on spending has never been as intense as it seems today. some republicans like paul ryan of wisconsin who has a serious plan involving serious cuts are betting it will be different this time. we will see. bret? >> bret: do you sense there is a disconnect between this white house and the...

But that's a near-term positive. if i get covered for preexisting conditions, and i'm not as fearful about leaving my existing job, which i may not like, and i can go to another job where i will be more productive, that will increase the mobility in the labor force. that is actually one of the greatest strengths of the american economy and why the american economy pulls out of a recession faster. this will only help that mobility. >> mark, you've made a name for yourself in sort of looking at proposals from both sides of the aisle and trying to make sense of them. on balance, what do you think...

Once it's a foreign automaker instead of a u.s. automaker having major fiscal problems. >> gregg: remember the exploding pinto and the side saddle gas tanks gm had but the they did in end recover as likely toyota will, too. >> as did ford with the explorer and audi did as well. so... >> gregg: brenda buttner, good to see you, thanks. >> good to see you. >> julie: what' difference a day makes and what a job they have ahead of them yet. it could take clean-up crews days to clean up from the blizzard and restore power to hundreds of thousands of people sitting in the cold. take it slow, officials...

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