of civil engineers gives u.s. infrastructure a d-plus. and 1 in 9 of the nation s bridges are structurally deficient. look no further than delaware for wahat the impact could look like. an emergency shutdown of the critical bridge. the problem, cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country, causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary anthony fox say failure to fund repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. how many jobses potentially at stake here? we re estimating 700,000 jobs at risk. reporter: in 2011, commuters wasted 2.9 billion gal bes of gas just sitting in traffic. costing the average consumer more than $800 per year according to one study. the highway trust fund gets revenue from an 18.4 cent per gallon gas tax.
stopped. ah, the classic socialist line. you will have the cold hard facts to go with those. there s been 52 straights months p of private sector job growth under president obama. the united states is on pace for the best year of job creation since 1999. and on wall street it was a record-breaking day. the dow jones crossed 17,000 for the first time ever. look at this jobses picture. you can see the surge under president obama. but as your neighbor digests that, your cousin might start up on health care. obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country. the worst thing that s happened in this nation since slavery. it is in a way. it is slave ary. our position is very clear. the law is a train wreck.
than health care and even more than benghazi this upcoming fight over climate change could animate both sides a lot. you talk about the upcoming epa regulations that are going to be released by the obama administration next month. that s bad for jobses and bad for the local economy and republican candidates in various states will say the same thing whereas democrats will say this is a climate and the environment is a defining issue of our time. it s important for future generations and we ve got to address it now. governors rick scott of florida and paul lapage of maine and tom corbett of pennsylvania. what is the strategy, and let s start with with governor scott? with each of these candidates, steyer is targeting seven different states and these are gubernatorial candidates like scott brown in new hampshire. each of these states are places that barack obama won in 2008 and in 2012. so they re blue or purple states
the subsidies in obamacare are going to cause the labor demand to dry up. quick comment, e.j.ing this point about small businesses so important, a scholar at harvard has shown in countries that guarantee everyone health insurance, there s a faster rate of small business creation than there is in the united states. it says workers. there is a very big distinction. let me get a break. we re going to continue this debate, by the way, in just a moment. the battle lines drawn in congress over this very issue, talking about immigration, the debt ceiling and the obamacare conversation we ve been having. will it cost millions of jobses? two key senators will be here to have that debate coming up next. mee
going to cause the labor demand to dry up. quick comment, e.j.ing this point about small businesses so important, a scholar at harvard has shown in countries that guarantee everyone health insurance, there s a faster rate of small business creation than there is in the united states. it says workers. there is a very big distinction. let me get a break. we re going to continue this debate, by the way, in just a moment. the battle lines drawn in congress over this very issue, talking about immigration, the debt ceiling and the obamacare conversation we ve been having. will it cost millions of jobses? two key senators will be here to have that debate coming up next. mee [ grunts softly ] [ ding ] i sense you ve overpacked, your stomach. try pepto to-go. it s pepto-bismol that fits in your pocket. relief can be yours, but your peanuts. are mine. [ squirrel ] it s pepto to-go.