with folks. martha: did that answer surprise you, bill? getting and it was raised the point, a lot of presidents would say sending troops into battle, talking to families, that is the toughest part of the job and others, the bubble thing comes up with many presidents as well? you could spin it, that he is self-absorbed and i wouldn t do that, a skasked him a personal question about the worst part of the job for him and when he went into that i sympathize with him a bit, because i have the same thing. i mean, i can t have a casual conversation, i can t go out and do a bunch of stuff, everybody, when i walk into a room is, you know, watching every move i make and it is very, very intrusive psychologically and emotionally and makes your job and life very difficult. i guess you could say some people could say he is a self-centered guy. i don t think i dispute that. but, i didn t think his answer was callous.
they will not have a recourse. it is treatment for something that is legal. doctors and medicalals should lead by example but you are talking about something that is legal. so is it legal? they have no choice. they can t come back and say this is discrimination. that is my choice and i want to work here and you are not hiring me? do they have legal recourse? no. employers impose criteria for hiring employees all of the time and restrict what people can do outside of the workplace. as a lawyer working for a law firm i can t go out and promote things as an employee of my law firm. that is all over the place it is not just smokers and not a protected class of peopl. one other small point that kelly raised. second-hand smoke. levels of nicotine would not be enough to be detected. if you are home with someone that is a smoker should not prevent you from getting a job
whose brilliant idea was it to drive up the national debt, ask our kids to may higher taxes to pay off the debt in order to give tax breaks to people who don t need it? whose idea was it? i don t think and the irony here, i think, there are millionaires out there who say thank you, i don t need it. warren buffett has said. that s what bill gates has said. ben cohen of ben & jerry s has said it. we have given some of these guys something they don t want. they don t want an individual worker, somebody who may be hearing this on the tvo radio saying, it s my fault. there s smog wrong with me because i can t go out and get a job. well, you re not alone. and that wept on for how many hours? about nine.
unfortunately, very bleak. we have unemployment high, people are not getting jobs. we are doing nothing to help our small businesses. we are not trying to get product out there, we are not instilling confidence at all. so therefore these economists are saying it looks rotten going forward. megyn: are these partisan guys, right leaning guys. reporter: it s a great question, they are all actually employed by firms many of which are on wall street. these are not academic economists these are not your harvard. megyn: wall street economists. reporter: yes. megyn: perhaps the next piece of information is not surprising. the question question is do we need more government involvement in trying to solve this problem? i think it was 30 of those 57 said, no. reporter: right. megyn: butt out. reporter: leave it alone, let s left the private sector do its job. yes this is a wall street view overall. but look we spent so much money shall it s not working. we don t have jobs, we don t have c
okay? so, if you re going to give me a fair deal, but understand you ve got to take a lot of valuables variables in effect. mr. feinberg was supposed to listen to us, if he listens to us and understands the variables, the various conditions of our industry, the state that it s in and incorporates that in the estimates and makes a person a fair offer, a lot of people may take it. but we re not to that point yet. as you said, this isn t finished. it s just capped. the dispersants are masking how much oil is still in the gulf. how much is the fishing industry what is the outlook for you and your members? short term, long term? the oysters are concerned, i m scared to death. i have a lot of oyster farms. but also shrimp. right now the shrimp season is open. they re reopen. why can t we go catch shrimp right now. i don t have a market for it. i can t go out and catch it because my dealer don t want it and his processor doesn t want it. not for any price right now. when they do whe