>> no, jeba -- jen kwrarbgs i'm afraid i don't.nk the polcy uncertainties that have been injected in the economic equation by the administration and by congress have made consumers very, very nervous, consumers account for over two-thirds of the u.s. economy, and it's cut businesses -- it's got businesses on the sidelines when it comes to business expansion decisions, capital investment decisions, or hiring decisions. and unless there's some resolution to those policy uncertainty that is are out there and a clear recognition on the part of washington that it's the private sector that is going to lead this recovery and not the public sector, i think you're going to see that nervousness on the part of consumers and businesses sideline and continue into the future and i think that's indicated, even the fed and all the other government economists are downsizing their projected gdp growth for the second half of this year. jenna: you're part of an organization that looks for where the jobs are, so why not give us context. compared to las

the business community is reacting, so are unions, by the way, jen kwrarbgs they're saying essentially that look, we can't afford the health reform bill as it stands now and the way it was structured, health reform, is the democrats front loaded a lot of what they thought would be the thing that consumers would like, uncapping the benefit amount, not allowing preexisting conditions for children to be dropped, having children up to age 26 on their adult parent's plan, but that's proving costly for businesses, costly for unions, so what happened, mcdonald's threatened to cut back on the mini-medical plan, jack in the box, cigna. jenna: we should point ut, mcdonald's, the health care they were offering was the -- was to the very basic employees, the ones on the front lines, flipping burgers and fries, the people that really needed some of the health care provided to them. when we talk about a waiver, though, for how long? is it a get out of jail free card? >> that's the key here. it's only for about a year or so. and who would have been affected by it, 968,000 workers would have faced, yo