growth and jobs. his words! and now he is sitting here, looking at me by the way, that program, again, investigated. what the congress said was, it was a model, less than 4/10 of 1% waste or fraud in the program. all of this talk about cronyism. they investigated, and investigated, did not find one single piece of evidence! i wish he would just be more candid. was it a good idea to spend taxpayer dollars on electric cars in finland or wind mills in china? was it a good idea to borrow money from china and spend it on all of these various interest groups? let me tell you, it was a good idea, moody s and others have said, this is what we needed to stop us from going off the cliff and set the conditions to grow again. we have 4% of those green jobs didn t go went under, didn t work. it s a better batting average than investment bankers have.
high. 42 consecutive months of unemployment over 8%. that s hurting. greta: it s dropped down to 7.3%, 34/10 points less than when you took office. at least that s the right direction. what do you attribute that to? in our case we changed the business climate. we understood that people create jobs, not the government. i m going to stress tomorrow i think the current administration under president obama really had this view that success is measured by how many people are dependent on the government, particularly on unemployment benefits. that s not the pathway toward more freedom and prosperity for all of our people across the country. i think if mitt romney and paul ryan are able to make the case that they have a plan, a plan that will help all the people, all the hard-working taxpayers of our country do better, i think that s a plan that could ultimately win, a plan they have to lay out this week.
high. 42 consecutive months of unemployment over 8%. that s hurting. greta: it s dropped down to 7.3%, 34/10 points less than when you took office. at least that s the right direction. what do you attribute that to? in our case we changed the business climate. we understood that people create jobs, not the government. i m going to stress tomorrow i think the current administration under president obama really had this view that success is measured by how many people are dependent on the government, particularly on unemployment benefits. that s not the pathway toward more freedom and prosperity for all of our people across the country. i think if mitt romney and paul ryan are able to make the case that they have a plan, a plan that will help all the people, all the hard-working taxpayers of our country do better, i think that s a plan that could ultimately win, a plan they have to lay out this week.
the suvs sold by chevy, g.m., buick, isuzu and saab from 2006 and 2011 are on the recall list. chemicals used to clear ice from roads could cause power windows to lock, switches to short circuit, as well. 28 fires have been reported. anyone hitting the road is unfortunately familiar with that pumped up feeling, as in prices pumping up. aaa says the average gallon right now is three cents higher than last week to $3.72 a gallon. 27 cents up from last month. the reason why from abc s ron claiborne. reporter: some states are seeing record spikes in the price at the pump. in california, an average of $4.10 a gallon. up 27 cents in two weeks. in oregon, the price of a gallon up 29 cents. it is the peak summer driving season when high demand normally pushes up gas prices. but that alone doesn t account for what s happening. added to the mix, refinery problems and aging pipelines breaking down. high ethanol prices because of the drought, and tensions in the middle east.
more income. they add permanent hires down the road and we saw that total work hours in the economy increased by 4/10 of 1%. the biggest increase since february. do you believe that somehow the american business community is holding off on certain decisions waiting for november? are they waiting for the election results? what we are trying to do is dissect continues so that they can thrive. there a lot of head wins. the survey reference week took place before the elections in greece. that was a time when there was a lot of uncertainty and that is affecting your businesses. what the president is focused on is steps he can take with his administrative authority and steps that congress can take to strengthen the economy and the president will stay at it. he has been pressing congress for a small business tax cut, for example. i have to leave it there.