gave him an idea to help solve europe s debt crisis. he entered a contest looking for solutions to the debt mess and, yes, it comes to that. they are holding contests. so the dutch boy came one a plan for greeks to put their euros in a bank machine. they would get back their old currency. then the machine would turn the euros into a giant pizza apparent whether i peperoni and greece could pay off its debt by giving everybody a slice. he didn t win the contest. but he did get a 100 euro gift card which is about 133 bucks. one of the supposed winners of last week s mega millions held an extraordinary news conference today she didn t say a word. there is a report she has hid the ticket right under the noses of the co-workers who claim it s their ticket, too. welcome to the twilight zone and wait until you see this. plus, march madness is not over. a third grader, a buzzer, and a shot of a lifetime next.
a debt mess we are in and exposed how treasury secretary tim geithner is somewhat embarrassed to answer the question because he doesn t want to admit that the president s own plan says we need another $9 trillion to be borrowed over the next 10 years. that s a huge amount of money. the administration doesn t want to admit it. don t you think americans expect that kind of answer whether it would be tim geithner or anyone else giving that answer? the big problem is do we need to raise the debt ceiling and borrow a few more trillion dollars before the election or after the election? is it an election issue before or kicked down the road to somebody else? it does sound like we re about to run out of money before the election which means tim geithner and the guys are going to have to go can we move the money from there over to there? we can borrow just over we re allowed to borrow just over $16 trillion. we re at $15 1/2 trillion now. we re getting awfully close to november and to
soundbite. only plan on the table for long term deficit reduction is paul ryan s plan released the day before yesterday. that would lower the deficit long term. it was demagogued to death by the left. already. yesterday when tim geithner said how much would that be, it would make you feel uncomfortable. he knows what the number is generally. the number is $9 trillion in extra debt over the next 10 years taking our total debt to over $25 trillion. probably should have said, you know what? i really have no idea. i can t hear the question. that s a hypothetical question. i can t hear you. the man was on the spot. that s what i say. hats off to congressman gowdy for exposing the debt mess that we re in. hats off to you for making our show a better place to watch. we ll watch you at 9:20. if i said messier scored a hat trick, would you know what i m talking about? that s my sports report. yes. it s a soccer love in. regards to your family.
you. and we not only have to worry about our own rising red ink, but a debt mess every in europe and also, occupying headlines in 2011, the occupy wall street demonstrations. and protests against social inequality taking hold first in new york city and then in about 900 cities across the globe. and u.s. unemployment rates did drop slightly to 8.6%, but it was near 9% for several months and millions remain unemployed. for the first time in history. a credit rating agency downgraded the u.s. credit rating from triple-a. blaming the political failure to cut deficits. but you, the consumer, spoup. bank of america axing a $5 debit card fee after a major backlash from customers and n netflix admitting it dropped
neil: euro, no, forget the treaty, today s stock rally, we are getting the first sign that europe s debt mess is already hitting home here. and retailers are trying to pull it in. to fox business network, people forgetting this. we are talking about a string of big named u.s. retailers that could pull the plug on opening new stores overseas because of the unfolding debt crisis. adding a note of caution to the plans, crate and barrel, and forever 21, and victoria secret owner, limited brand. it could be a big step back for the u.k. retail sector which has seen several u.s. retailer tars getting a bigger footprint. apple, for example. crate and barrel says they are slowing down expansion plans but still has hopes to open stores in the u.k. in the next three to four years. and the manager of the pottery barn chain will open stores in