calories. thanks, guys, sorry, thanks to amelia and to david for joining us. a pleasure to be with you. thank you. brenda: the white house compromising on the health care law again. but, could this one just compromise the entire health insurance industry? why did i roll over my i.r.a. to scottrade? for starters, it didn t cost me anything. and i got a one-hundred dollar cash bonus for rolling over by april 16th. i like bonuses. plus at scottrade, there are thousands of commission-free investments. and if i need help, i can find it online, by phone or at one of over five-hundred scottrade locations. it s why more investors with i.r.a.s are saying.. i m with scottrade. [music]
okay, actually, gary, i think you mean friday, david. but, gary, he said david said there s nothing new here, in fact, is that the problem, that there s just more spending? he also said he didn t want to get into the details, brenda, but that s where the details are i said, leave it to the details. please, gary, come on. (laughter) i try to paint you in a bad light whenever i can, david, i m sorry. you know that. listen the details are this though, in the last year, last fiscal year, the government spent 1.5 trillion dollars more than it takes in. now, the current administration just wants to kupt over ten years, 3 trillion. so, we re still, even if nothing changed, 12 trillion dollars in the hole. the problem is, obama wants to put that 12 trillion on the backs of these tax increases on the rich. we know that s not going to pay for it, even if behavior didn t change and the problem
over again. i cannot fight a union. and point out. and new hampshire has 5.1% unemployment and south carolina, a right to work state has 9.5%. and that s due to the manufacturing and the owner of the businesses. do the numbers and do the math. i do the math every day as a small business owner, all do i is do the math. you can t take one state out of context. you ve got to take all excuse me, new hampshire and south carolina. and you need to take a look at the big business compared to low business, and the age of the business. the statistics are wrong based on that. they re not wrong. i m saying over the next two years, it s going to be on the backs of small business. small business, cannot fight a union and david. with the unemployment rate at 5.1%, instead of becoming a right to work and ended up like south carolina. okay, so you re kind of looking at apples and oranges here, let me, hold on just a minute. let me just ask ameal, an as small business owner
absolutely, brenda, i m surprised all 50 states haven t done this, because the facts bear out. let s look at just some of the united states when you compare right to work states to nonright to work states. they have higher gdp growth, higher wage growth. higher pay, higher productivity and higher growth. and more of the population covered by insurance. you have to scratch your head brenda, and say why isn t this the rule in every state in the country. brenda: david, you don t agree with that why? well, if you look at other facts, that being states that are right to work, like alabama, arkansas, florida, they all have unemployment rates that are way above the national average. in addition to that, a lot of those states that are right to work are also ones that are on the federal dole in returning less tax dollars back to the
satisfying the customer need. they can do it, wal-mart can do it both without the government. brenda: david, is doesn t have to be an either/or. we have to have the government as toby said come out and say what the octane level is, what are calories are in your super mochaccino which you get. 1200 or whatever calories. you re absolutely right, brenda and in fact, this whole initiative, which i think is a great branding exercise guy wal-mart to take advantage of all of the attention that came from the bully pulpit of the white house and especially in particular, michelle obama, the first lady. and they took advantage of that and they re teaming up in partnership. she was at the announcement in doing this and they also consulted with government officials on just the standards that they now have arrived at. so, it doesn t have to be an either/or and government and business can work hand in hand to make this a healthy america. okay. jonas, tell us, weigh in on