and greg valliere is chief policy strategist with soleil securities. he's also, as you know, a cnbc contributor. welcome, gentlemen. good to see you both. we have been talking aw lot about turning the corner, whether you're talking about the economy as pertains to housing or the consumer or whatever. so do you feel that it is essential to extend these ñ unemployment benefits to keep ñ the economy in recovery mode?ñ >> no, it's not.ñ if you're in a state with high ñ unemployment, you qualify for a year and a half of unemployment insurance payments. and this proposal would take that to a year and nine months. well, a year and a half is more than enough time. and you have to understand the government doesn't have any money of its own, everything it gets it takes from someone else somewhere else in the economy. we've got a problem right now of the government running horrendous deficits. we're going to need to pay that off or we're looking at either ridiculous interest rates or strong inflation just around the corner. the government, we shouldn't b

greg valliere is chief policy strategist with soleil securities and a cnbc contributor. tony fratto former white house deputy press secretary and a cnbc contributor. thanks so much for joining us. tony, where do we stand in this battle? >> there's still a lot of time left to go in this month. but i'll tell you, it's not looking good for the president. the white house said today the president was setting out to change some minds and it appears he's succeeding. every time he goes out he keeps changing more minds against the health care proposals under consideration in congress. so it's a real problem for them right now. >> greg, you don't agree with that? >> maybe my friend tony can help me. there are so many good arguments against this health reform plan, i'd be the first one to agree. but this euthanasia death squad stuff which is mccarthyite garbage, why haven't any republicans spoken out against this kind of demagoguery? >> i think we know exactly why. but instead of the health plan itself, let's talk about how it's being managed, how the message is being managed. i me

we get the thoughts of greg valliere, chief policy strategist with soleil securities. he's a cnbc securities. we also have matt miller at the center for american progress. guys, i've got to tell you, this story really chaps my hide. i'm sorry, i got so excited about this i didn't see matt is also the author of "the tirny of debt ideas: letting goes of ways town leash the old prosperity." sorry about that. as i said, they force people like jamie dimon to get on the train, snand security lines, whatever they needed to do. jamie dimon out there ostensibly sabing the economy. these guys want to fly on gulfstreams to go spend my taxpayer dollars more quickly. greg wlarks do y greg, what do you think? >> you have to ask the question what were they thinking? are these people so tone deaf? when we talk about tone-deaf auto officials or big bankers -- >> and they were so smug. >> what in the world were they thinking? don't they realize that perceptions matter? >> matt, what do you think? >> i agree when it comes to tone deaf. i actually think congress was right to hold the ceos

and soleil securities downgrading comcast to hold from buy because of the cable operator's lower subscriber numbers. finally, stifel knick o'laus upgrading hansen's to buy from hold. >> today's better than expected job numbers may be giving boosts to markets but there are no consolations for millions out there looking for work. that's where careerbuilder.com steps in. the website has more than 1 million jobs listed right now. president and ceo matt ferguson joins me now to take us through the job openings and where to find them. thank you so much for joining us. let me ask you quickly, were you surprised by today's jobs number or does that go along with what you've been seeing? >> we did see jobs at our were up over 10% in july and june. so i'm not claer completely surprised but i think the number was better than most people expected and trending the right way. we'll see what happens in the next couple months, maybe the number will soften as they revied it in the last couple months. so i'm not going to be overly enthusiastic about it today. but i think it's a positive sign and we're klay we

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