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Where do we go from here, bob? and given that the deal is done, what manoeuvring room is there for the government on the economy? well, lawrence, hopefully remember congress is now back home. they are hearing hopefully very loud and clearly from their constituents that jobs and wages and growth have to be front and center. now, that may mean and i m being perhaps a cockeyed optimist here that may mean with that when congress reconvenes in five weeks it is possible for the president to go back and say, we need a jobs package now. you mentioned economic literacy. the public knows what s going on. the public knows that consumers are 70% of the economy. consumers cannot spend. they are worried about jobs. they have huge debt obligations right now. their mortgages are swamping them. and their home values are going down. they know that unless you have a jobs plan and the government is actively engaged in trying to deal with that gap between full employment and where we are ....
Where do we go from here, bob? and given that the deal is done, what manoeuvring room is there for the government on the economy? well, lawrence, hopefully remember congress is now back home. they are hearing hopefully very loud and clearly from their constituents that jobs and wages and growth have to be front and center. now, that may mean and i m being perhaps a cockeyed optomist here that may mean with that when congress reconvenes in five weeks it is possible for the president to go back and say, we need a jobs package now. you mentioned economic literacy. the public knows what s going on. the public knows that consumers are 70% of the economy. consumers cannot spend. they are worried about jobs. they have huge debt obligations right now. their mortgages are swamping them. and their home values are going down. they know that unless you have a jobs plan and the government is actively engaged in trying to deal with that gap between full ....