in broad-based growth. we want to make the best products. we also have to invest in the best ideas. now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. today no area holds more promise than our investments in american energy. >>gretchen: is the word investment code for more spending? stuart varney from varney and company. i would say there is another "s" as well which is stimulus. you no longer hear that word because that had a connotation. although research shows spending also has a bad connotation. 87% of americans believe we have a spending problem. >> the president used the word investment or invests 13 times. he did not use the word spending. but that is what his policy is about. he wants to spend more government money. to him, it's government that's going to stimulate the economy. it's government that is going to create jobs. he proposed a pretty long list of government spending