jerry o'neill, thanks so much for joining us. interesting perspective. >> okay, thank you for having me. lissa: here is our question of the day. should elected officials be paid in gold? i might want to be paid in gold from now on. i'm not sure. have to think about this. like us on facebook.co facebook.com/melissafrancisfox. or follow me on twitter, on melissaafrancis. stil irritated from the first interview. will take the commercial to calm down. hanging over the fiscal cliff, how the carbon tax could be slipped in to seal a final deal. >>> plus drivers love to find the cheapest place for gas. but just one florida gas station just doesn't care, charging $3 above its competition. they are raking it in. and they're not alone. this could be happening near you, if you're not careful. we'll explain it. more "money" coming up. ♪ . melissa: one of the ideas being floated as part of a deal on the fiscal cliff to start taxing companies for their carbon emissions of the why not? let just tax the hell out of them. a new report finds a carb