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that job. what i hear is that people need that as a lifeline, they ve earned it and we should be able to stand up tall and provide that support until we get out of the woods. we re not out of the woods yet. secretary, one last quick question for you. we talked about people retraining for jobs. the government doesn t do much of that, and a lot of people think the government shouldn t do much of that. how do we deal with people retraining? do they have to watch shows like ours and find out what industries are hot and do it themselves? sdplz they c they can go on line themselves and look at where the jobs are occurring, find out if they need new training for these jobs and where they re located. i would encourage them to go to the web site. karen tumulty is a national political reporter with the washington post, rex
shift your view on that, is it the consumer confidence or the job numbers? what makes you think it may not be as bad as it felt two weeks ago. the stock markets made a nice recovery from the big lows. number two, we re seeing business spending again, and i think that s a big deal. you can have the jobs until businesses out there are building new factories and purchasing new capital equipment and technology. that s happening. and of course, the consumer is finally starting to feel they can dip their toe in the water and go in the stores again. but rex, businesses have some money piled up. we ve seen some mergers and acquisitions, which is a really interesting sign, and consumers have some money. we have a savings rate closing in on 6% from near zero. that s a really good thing. these are two good things. who is going to pull the trigger? it s not just some money, it s a lot of money. we re talking about a trillion dollars on the consumer side, balance sheets are back on