let's get right to it, the bulls and bears this week, gary b smith, tobin smith, jonas max ferris in our studio. >> outstanding. >> brenda: along with jehmu green. john, will more tax hikes have employers telling employees to take a hike? >> yes, no doubt about it. that's what's happening right now. we have the lowest labor force participation rate since 1979. and just a year ago, president obama was saying this is the last time we need to raise taxes. president clinton has said the exact same thing, but for years they railed on the bush tax cuts so this is why we've got so much deficit and then they make them permanent. they raises taxes on the rich and everybody gets free pizza. it's not working. and what we're doing is not working and raising taxes further is going to further this economy. >> brenda: what do you think about that? is it going to hurt the economy? >> i think when you look the at the jobs report at that came out yesterday, it proves one thing, we have to continue to invest in this economy and create jobs. and the only way we're going to be able to it do that is if wo

to gary b. smith, jah, john, along with stefan, welcome, everybody. gary b, do you think it's time to cut off foreign aid to countries that hate us and use it to keep us safe here at home instead? >> absolutely, liz you always got to look at kind of the cost-benefit. we spend $40 billion a year on foreign aid. but you look down the list of countries, i mean, my gosh, until recently, we were giving money to russia as long as -- as soon as six months ago. we used to give money to north korea. but it doesn't stop there. it's countries like libya and chechnya and across the board, liz. you got to wonder where th money is spent. even when we do spend it on good stuff, in 2009 we had almost a half a billion dollars unaccounted for. it's another example where we just keep perpetuating something that seemed good maybe 40, 50 years ago. it's the wrong thing to do now. >> to that point, 130 million bucks of that aid went -- just basically vanished in somalia and the thing is, there are no social security increases. there is minimal, maybe 1 or 2%. we criticize p

to gary b. smith, jah, john, along with stefan, welcome, everybody.me to cut off foreign aid to countries that hate us and use it to keep us safe here at home instead? >> absolutely, liz you always got to look at kind of the cost-benefit. we spend $40 billion a year on foreign aid. but you look down the list of countries, i mean, my gosh,

to gary b. smith, jonah, john, along with stefan, welcome, everybody.down the list of countries, i mean, my gosh, until recently, we were giving