>> yes, we think so, congressman. >> thank you very much. >> congressman lloyd dogget is a democrat from texas and he heard the budget and economic outlook as a member of the house budget committee with the cbo director doug elmendorf, who testified before members of the senate yet and met with reporters and on capitol hill meeting with house members today outlining the projections not only in government spending but also a comparison to what the jobless rate is now and what we can expect coming into the summer and fall, a prediction the unemployment rate will actually increase to about 8.5% to 9% by the end of this year. it's 8.5% currently, jumping to 8.9% next year, possibly as high as 9.3%. this morning on "washington journal" we had a conversation about the economy, the debt and the deficit. senator jim demint is out with a new book called "now or never: saving america from economic collapse." >> let me show you our viewers the cover of your book, "now or never," talking about the economic collapse of this country, saving america from it, "now or never." i just want to read from the