homework and ship directly to the person you are buying gift for. take out the middleman. dave: and plan. that is something guys don t do. we wander aimlessly. guest: have a list. and stick to it. you know what you want or need. alisyn: show us the gifts you recommend that are the deficit savings? guest: this is the purchased at target and it was $89 and i applied exclusive coupon from coupon cabin.com and it is a g.p.s. to help you find your way. dave: we get lost, clearly. this is xbox video, where is the deal? all from target, as well, the game plus controller, and i apply five off plus free shipping so that is 10 percent
so every dollar counts and this is real money. so, the people will be pleased but tax cuts are stimulus, not creating money pumping into the economy, that is not, that does not, it does but it is temporary when you cut taxes people feel better and they hire more and buy things and they buy ipods and whatever else. alisyn: but if you liked the hand wringing wait until the middle of a presidential election cycling when we revisit this. dave: the house went home for the weekend there is unfinished business on capitol hill the senate add work with a few votes scheduled for today. and now from washington with the agenda, peter, working on a long saturday and maybe sunday? guest: and like you say the house of representatives does get to sleep in today but the senate is going to be in session starting about an hour from right now the second time they have been called to the office on a saturday and right off the bat, democratic and republican
watching fairy god marry, and some end up with a job but 17 percent, one in five, we structurally need to address that. everyone want as job. nobody wants unemployment money, but getting a job is not that hard. there are three things you can legislate to get a job: one, is undo the health care job and remove the uncertainty from those hiring who do not know what they will have to pay. two, have permanent low taxes. three, make unemployment law lester filing to employers. they are afraid they will be litigated. creating jobs is not magic. you make employers want to employ people. and know the government will not be on their back. that is not the situation that is offered in the current legislation. that is the problem. alisyn: but the president has signed this into law yesterday, will that release some uncertainty? will people hire? guest: it is a temporary
what all of us care about. and right now, what all of us care about is growing the american economy and creating jobs for the american people. he finally figured that part out when you keep taxes low you can grow the economy, for the better part of two years it was, no, we can t do that we have to raise taxes to pay for the debt but this is not the time to raise taxes he is right. alisyn: however, having said that, many people including the tea party are not comfortable with more deficit spending and there are lots of add-ons to this and it was not just about the tax bill but obviously 13 more months of unemployment insurance benefit and the tuition tax credit and lots of things that are considered big spending programs so congressman bok bachmann.
the brink of bankruptcy. reporting from the auditor the city has been running a huge deficit over the past three years and until being forced to resign in july, the chief administration officer was to earn more than $1.15 million, one of eight charges with misusing public funds and all pleaded not guilty. and an early christmas present, but a famed chorus from new york gets a special surprise from an actress at the annual winter concert. alisyn: they are excited. they will perform february 27 at the academy awards. before that, check them out