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>> president obama at this morning's white house prayer breakfast, tying the story of easter to the story of america's rebirth. but the idea of any economic resurrection is proving to be a tough sell, with nearly 1 in 5 americans either unemployed or underemployed with gas prices at record levels for this time of the year, it's only helping to fuel frustration among voters. here to talk economics is our panel. peter, we've been doing this for years now on this network. can you possibly have a functioning economy if you have a corrupt banking system, rigged trade, and screwed up energy relation...

Think of the country much like a company. >> at the end of the day, there's a perception that if we simply cut costs, we cut spending, that suddenly we will have magically have prosperity. how does -- if you have an economy where the banking system is designed to suck money out of your country, not invest it using the credit default, the trade agreements are rigged in favor of trading partners, when you look at the tax code, which is designed to distort the flow of capital to a very specific group of people that is bought and sold every day in washington, if you have a rigged tax code, how doe...

Not going anywhere in the united states congress. >> luke, thank you so much for your -- for the reporting. can i just make one clarification with you, luke, before i let you go. >> yes, sir. >> around here on "the dylan ratigan show" we like to call it rigged trade. you mentioned it as free trade. they haven't taken my phrase up in d.c. yet? >> reporter: not as of yet, but come on here and crack some skulls on capitol hill, dylan, you would fit in quite well. hire a pr firm. >> i'm set up. work the people. working for the people. you're the people's champion, my man. come out here and do it. ...