LOU DOBBS TONIGHT for April 1, 2011

• Published in: Lou Dobbs Tonight
• Main Authors: Dobbs, Lou, Lt Col Bill Cowan, Cotter, Chris, Gasparino, Charlie
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Atlanta CQ Roll Call 01.04.2011
• Subjects: Armed forces; Budgets; Candidates; Defense; Economic conditions; Health care policy; Housing starts; Intelligence gathering; Manufacturing; Military air strikes; Military strategy; Obama, Barack; Power; Presidents; Stock exchanges; Truces & cease fires; Unemployment; United States > US; California; Libya

The United States makes up nearly 25 percent of NATO's budget, it leads NATO's military, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, announced the pull back just as Libyan forces were seeking a cease-fire even, as I said, they retreat. According to 60 percent of the people surveyed by Rasmussen reports say a government shutdown, a partial shutdown would be worthwhile were the deficit reductions, the spending reductions be deep enough. [...]the contrarian outlook, Krissy makes us feel better about the market and you make us feel worse. Returning to Wall Street now, NASDAQ and Intercontinental Exchange making a joint bid, cash and stock, for NYSE EURONET (ph), $11.3 billion in stock and cash, topping by 20 percent Germany's Deutsche Boerse offer of $9.5 million. A little notice said it was included in health care reform to help continue provide group health insurance retirees 55 through 64 but that coverage has declined significantly over the past 20 years and large firms providing retirement health coverage has dropped from 66 percent down a 28 percent. The report says it was designed to stabilize that part of the health insurance market as health care reform fazes him. The government pays more than $36 million to General Electric, the public employee retirement system has gotten more than $70 million, and the United Autoworkers at the top of the list with 206 million. When you look at the process, and the original name of the Bill the veterans of first-time home buyer tax credit reduction or something like that. Miguel, I will begin with the project is that the impasse we deserve the congressmen talk about putting together legislation to make sure military gets paid be no Social Security and entitlements will be paid at what price will the Democrats or Republicans pay? MIGUEL PEREZ, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Democrats want to see what happens with the Republicans when they shut down the house but if I were advising the tea party which they will not take my advice, it would be get the $33 billion cut and say we have got this because of the incentives probably could get this with this and more next time and we have more fiscal sanity because the establishments of both parties are not listening. The Rasmussen poll says 60 percent of Americans say right now it would be worth it for a partial government shutdown in order to get significant budget cuts. Robert King, the executive producer, his wife, all of the great folks, and of course Joe Trippi, we had a lot of fun with a wonderful group of people there on "The Good Wife" on CBS Productions.