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the winner is obamacare hawkers at a cost of $130,000. let s move to the second matchup, beltway boozers against the d.o.e. gas guzzlers. the beltway boozers is 103 million spent by the federal government in alcohol in 2013 by the agency. the gas guzzlers, that s d.o.e., $700,000 to install an alternative, natural gas vehicles and then they simply go in and fill up with regular gas. completely wasted there. congratulations boozers. they have won. these people voted on your website at a cost ofรง $1.3 million. let s go to the next matchup. the state department is spending five million on custom glass stem ware from vermont. this is for goblets or stem ware to put in embassies around the country. this is about $85 a glass.
opportunity for every american, there, no question that president obama s actions to date have laid the groundwork for stronger, more sustainable economic growth in the years ahead. president right now golfing in california for the third straight day. but he will have an economic event tomorrow. then vice president biden on wednesday will have an event devoted specifically to the economic stimulus. so you can see they realize they have to push back on these republican attacks. all right. more on the shovel-ready projects and jobs in our political panel coming up. ed, thanks so much. separate program also pitched as something that could boost the economy but fell short of its initial goals. a new study released shows cash for clunkers, do you remember that one, did little to help the environment and was way too expensive. the program allowed people to trade gas guzzlers in for $3500 vouchers. brookings says americans traded in some 700,000 clunkers. but it cost the government nearly
i don t know anybody. yes, i do. i go to whole foods every day, and there are gas guzzlers in the electric car spots. there are no electric car owners where you are. yes. that s the gray poupon crowd. that s what i m saying. why is there one electric car owner? i think just because you go electric, you shouldn t get a free ride. you can drop the attitude, young lady. i mean all right. when we come back, have a company phone? well, your boss could be watching right now. and someone actually says that s a good thing. more on that at the top of the hour. i think that s steve forbes saying that. i like watching my people. forget about the weak jobs report we just saw. why another number from walmart may matter more. maybe a lot more. announcer: where can an investor
so it s sort of viewed as an image maker. gas guzzlers have gotten such a bad reputation over the years, electric cars show these companies do care about the environment. consumer response has been mixed. volt sales, as i said, are down from this time from a year ago, but sales of nissan s leaf, they are up quite a bit. tesla model s, that s doing quite well. carol? alison kosik at the new york stock exchange, thank you. picture this odd couple, the hoodie with tim tebow. new england patriots head coach bill belichick is expected to announce the quarterback signing at a news conference in the next hour, but do not expect to see any dwtebowing. andy schultz is here to talk more about the patriots move. why do the patriots need tim tebow? they don t necessarily need tebow, but they feel they can take him and turn him into a