their electricity. manufacturing is going to be paying more for the juice which they use. it does damage america's economic interests. i think the president is prepared to abandon those states and abandon democrats because he wants approval at the united nations which is going to be discussing a climate treaty next year. >> melissa? >> you know, even the e.p.a. itself says that it's going to cost utilities $8 billion a year. who do you think pays for that? it's not the utilities, it's the people at home watching the program. that's who ends up paying the higher bills. i look at the economy and where we are, the big contraction we saw in the first quarter, we are heading in the wrong direction. now isn't the time for something like this. >> marie a red flag, your state of the economy thoughts snnch the state of the economy is seen through the numbers. the g.d.p. was down 1% in the last quarter. employment should be a lot stronger than where we are right now. unfortunately companies are sitting on enormous amount of cash. the corporate sector is doing quite well.