captioning sponsored by wpbt paul: august was a rough month for retailers. but some discount stores benefitted by slashing prices and offering big bargains. so what ll it take to get consumers to start spending again and paying full price again. susie: small businesses, health insurers labor unions all three groups have a stake in reforming health care. but they all have a different view of how to do it. we ll look at the lobbying battle on capitol hill. paul: gold futures continue to soar. they re flirting with the one thousand dollar an ounce barrier giving a big boost to shares of gold mining companies. we could splurge a little bit this week or stock up or something when there was a sale because we could look for sales items when there was something good, but we can t even do that now. susie: this couple now lives hand to mouth, out of work. their new reality includes training for a new profession and heating up the phones looking for new opportunities. you ll m
of you don t watch that show. i was on with chris matthews and governor here in pennsylvania, ed rendell. i made the easy case against the obamacare and i said to chris matthews, the reason that people are turning out to these town halls how many have been? the reason people are attending, you don t understand, this is something that has been been pent up since the first days of the obama administration since the stimulus plan, bailouts, health care and cap and trade. that s what s going on. i said ordinary americans are fed up to here with what is going on in washington. and chris matthews turned to me and said to me on air, he said the reason these people are going to these town hall meetings is because they don t want a black president to succeed. this was the most offensive things i ever heard. they think we are racist and i think it s important for americans to really see the face of the opposition movement. . [applause] there was a great political cartoon. i do not
these people may be the one who shot dead but in a couple of months when the members are up for election. the angry people at that town hall will be in the back of the members minds when they come back to talk about this and that about it. an event and vote about it. last question for you. it is your perspective on the questions you discussed with karen ignagni and why the speaker of house chose to criticize the insurance industry. the insurance companies polled terribly because i have a model that is not productive. karen made a good point and its. it is hard to compete in a way that is productive when you don t have everyone in the system. the helsinki the health the people can lead. in doing that, you deny people who have pneumonia, they have become quite heated. the political actors are acting on that knowledge. the insurance reform has patents because this is how you and i feel. it is where we see it. heart doctors help us, our hospitals keep us from bleeding on