that would be a 21% jump to pay for more than 300 new hires and millions of dollars in new techtology. the sec's responsibilities could expand under the proposed regulatory reforms from president obama. on tuesday we'll hear if the sec has the tools it needs to repair its image and morale. and straight ahead on this program, stick with us here. whawhat you the viewer are saying about the troubled economy. we'll tackle viewer mail after this message. >> welcome back, everybody. as always, our viewers continue sounding off on the troubled economy. so let's get to our first call. >> yes. i'm a disabled veteran. i just wondered, i've been seeing you guys for years and how come you guys didn't see this crash in the stock market, didn't say anything about it? you guys didn't see it coming? no, thank you. >> i just want to say, tom, i started like three years ago here at first business and i remember in 2006 we were actually doing stories on the subprime crisis. of course it wasn't a crisis back then, but it was a trickle of news coming forth, but even the federal reserve didn't know it woul