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Government has now. and so, to me, you know, the tax code is certainly very important oneful i think we can get the tax code fixed, flattened out, simplified, that would be very positive not just for our business but for the american economy. >> greta: is fixing the tax code the place to start? we have a panel of business leaders. steve forbes, carly rony, devoted to weddings, and pregnancy. nick waletta, talk points, a new media couple of business-to-business webcasting. and jason ackerman, director of fresh direct. steve, i know that tax is one of your favorites. is the tax code where to sta...

>> all right. our economy needs a big kick-started. but how do we do it? boosting business has sparked a firestorm and a new line of attack on the campaign trail. i, somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you have a business, you didn't build that -- somebody else made that happen. >> the idea to say that steve jobs didn't build apple, that henry ford didn't build ford motor, that papa jo...

>> greta: our economy needs a big kike start. but how do we do it? boosting business has become a critical issue on the campaign trail, sparking a firestorm special a new line of attacks. >> if you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you have a business, you didn't build that -- somebody else made that happen. >> the idea to say that steve jobs didn't build apple, that...

thing they hit is marketing and advertising. fortunately, we do better than most. but we feel when the economy feel its. that's the first thing i look at. the other thing i want to look at, the numbers and hours worked each week. is that increasing? if that's beginning to increase, that means people are working more that, means business is going to have to hire more. but that number's increasing at such a pace, you need a microscope. >> greta: how diswriz generally in the last six or eight months? >> sluggish. not bad. but like a car on the highway, we are going 25 miles per hour ins...

thing they hit is marketing and advertising. fortunately, we do better than most. but we feel when the economy feel its. that's the first thing i look at. the other thing i want to look at, the numbers and hours worked each week. is that increasing? if that's beginning to increase, that means people are working more that, means business is going to have to hire more. but that number's increasing at such a pace, you need a microscope. >> greta: how diswriz generally in the last six or eight months? >> sluggish. not bad. but like a car on the highway, we are going 25 miles per hour ins...