source in any ig offices where they wouldn t have so easily written their lead. they had a source who read some ig reports and that puts them in precarious positions. we ll leave that for journalist professors to have that conversation. if she can create the fog of war aspect to this you know that s how she ll survive this going forward. she has a big economic address scheduled for this afternoon in new york city. should she, andrea, should she, will she address this? i don t know whether she will address this because the focus of that is the economy. she s going to be proposing interestingly a tiered capitol gains tax rate. favoring longer term investments. if you hold an investment longer you get a preferential rate. this is her whole pitch, that people who you know who really invest in the economy long term should get more favorable treatment. it is her trying to walk the line between the far more
madison avenue and worked for a lot of really big p ad agencies and big offices, and now he works on the third-floor walk-up, and really cool and retro offices, but they are really doing it. he boot strapped it for a while, and then he proved right away that there s something here and he got the angel investors and the venture capital funding which he did not go to set out to do. how many of the companies that you work with find that they have got something, and then go out and go out to find funding, but they don t go out knowing that they have something huge? well, the biggest challenge is not getting funding, but customers. at the tour events the best funder initially is the customer. the customer will give you money and incredible feedback to it rate. and the reality is once you have momentum for boot strapping, it is so much easier for investors. yes. and i love the mission, melinda, stopping the small business
if they can get that type of sweetheart deal, what s going on with these other nine, ten, 20 deals? we have to stop it because i guarantee you there s more sweetheart deals because there s more supporters of the current administration donators to his cause that are in the deals on the table right now. it s an outrage. brenda: gary b? i, look, i agree with toby. it s just almost ludicrous. it s not even sweetheart deals, i think it s fraudulent deals. look, if you have it s like the rich uncle that came to your house and when he got up to leave you went to the sofa and picked up the loose change he left behind. that s what the government is with the solyndras, we spend the money, it s there. you saw the solyndra thing. the deal was forced through. hey, whatever they want for money, big offices, big offi offices and nice furniture, let s spend it. the government is lousy at trying to pick winners. when we try to pick winners we invariably end up with losers. look at some of the reas
lame duck lawmakers who were voted out in the midterms are finishing up their work. they are doing it in a style to which they may not be ancus ed. peter doocy in an area of the capitol usual high usually off-limits. reporter: incoming congressmen and women have big responsibilities and big offices. in the we put in wall in reporter: shortly after house members lose their seats or retear they say good-bye to big offices and hello to the basement level departing members service center. some staffers call it cube cal city, other the loser s lunge. you get used it sort of like you get used to prison. reporter: mike castle from delaware lost his office december 1st, but he s in power until early january so he still has to vote. which means his staff needs somewhere to sit that s about all they get. it is very close quarters. reporter: upstairs, members have rooms full of
rick: leave it to a former congressman to jump in there. mitch mcconnell was one of his best allies getting this tax compromise. rick: gentlemen, thanks so much. thank you. heather: good job, rick. while legislative battles are being waged in the capitol, there is another story playing out. when those lawmakers lose elections, they not only lose their seats, they lose their offices, too. they have to do their last few weeks of work in very different space. peter doocy takes us inside. incoming congressmen and women have big responsibilities and big offices, too. in the cannon, rayburn or long ward building. shortly after house members lose their seats or retire, they say good-bye to big offices and hello to the basement level departing member service center. some call it cubicle city. others, the losers lounge. some said, you get used to