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 sit