let's get to ben stein and charles payne, dagen mcdowell along with adam, charlie gasperino, what do you think? >> we're not in 2008 levels. if we were at 2008 levels, morn stanley would have bn insolvent by today and it's not. they were facing the biggest rumors and their stock went down to december, 2008 levels, credit the default swaps, insurance policies on the debt blew out-- >> you don't think a meltdown is in the offing? >> i'm pretty sure it's not going to happen. i can never guarantee anything, but they withstood that, plenty of capital and a rumor they were exposed to french banks. i spoke with james gorman who-- >> who is james gorman. >> the ceo of morn stanley. >> neil: society general and-- >> and don't share my-- >> okay, bottom line, you don't see it happening? >> net zero exposure it french banks, dagen. >> i'm not worried about the u.s. banks, so much better funded and capitalized than in 2008, but they. >> neil: they've been coughing up blood the last couple of weeks. >> they are, but we're not in any danger, with the liquidity-- coughing up blood means the stocks

charles payne, adam, charlie, and kristen. charlie, what say you? >> it's pretty disheartening because the unemployment news, as you know, is not getting any better. private sector jobs are nonexistent, i think is the right -- growth is the right way to put it. and you know, businesses take cues from washington. they prepare for the future. remember, the market is forward looking. so are businesses. they say what it's going to be like a year from now. they prepare. what they say by not hiring is it's going to get worse. >> whether you're for or against it, just adds another uncertainty to these guys, doesn't it? >> i mean, the certainty is, and it's pretty clear, that there are two things that matter most to the president. and that's the green environmentalists and unions. no matter what happens, whether you call it economic policy, redistribution of wealth into union pockets, whether it's forcing businesses -- 93% of private sector employees don't belong to unions. you're taking away their rights. you're actually forcing them, 93% of americans to d

i'm neil cavuto, let's he get to it ben stein, charles payne, dagen mcdowell and rounding out our contestant, adam lashinsky and charlie gasperino. what do you knowing. >> evergreen solar costs massachusetts and this solyndra, 535 billion. >> million, rather, and last week, 15 more of the projects trying to ram through before september 30th deadline and this is scary stuff. i mean, not only are they wasting taxpayer money, but smells like political chaos and this stinks so bad, i can't believe that they're still rushing to push more through. >> neil: dagen, the reference to the dash for cash at the grocery store game show, you only have a set time before the end of the month, in the envelope department to use the 10 billion dollars on hand for whatever purpose or it goes away. so, the administration committed billions more t green initiatives, that might have the same same-- >> at least four companies have gotten money from the government since solyndra filed for bankruptcy and you have more than a dozen lined up just by the end of this month. and get more cash, but the problem is, something

let's talk to charles payne. charles, why the sell off today? >> you guys talked about ben bernanke. yesterday he did a lot of things, he used the word significant and when he talked about the downside risk to the economy that came a day after the imf lowered the economic outlook for most of the world, especially america. this morning what shook everyone and has everyone petrified right now is the notion that china may be falling apart, their manufacturing data contracted for the third consecutive month. in europe the euro zone contracted for the first time in two years. they are at a two and a half year low and it's a very frightening situation and it's one where i think also in addition to the worry that people should naturally have is that we don't know where th the answers are. where are the solutions, where is the leadership? jenna: let's talk a little bit about some of the things that are being done. we mentioned operation twist, what exactly is that, charles, and can that help? >> operation twist goes become to an operation they tried in

let's bring in charles payne, a regular on varney & company and anchor of the 2:00 p.m. show on fox. good morning. this really leapt out at me when i saw this this morning, because the head of coca cola is saying that basically he thinks it's easier to do business in china these days than it is right here at home. what do you make of all that? >> >> reporter: first of all, it's frightening. you are talking to the quintessential american company and you know what, he's telling the truth. he's not the first big time executive to say it, and it's not just china, martha. he went on to say that if you're talking about american companies doing business around the world, china, russia, europe, japan, he says all these countries were better to do business n. switzerland, every country around the world essentially feels like it's better to do business than here in america, which has become completely antibusiness friendly. martha: you know, we talked about obviously regulations. one of the things he cited were the u.s. tax rules and some might look at that and say wait a minute d