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Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus on politicians in Washington avoiding the big problems facing Americans.
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Not the only Jessica that -- Bernie Marcus zombies are just about eloquent about about trust is just as net -- welcome to -- it.
Great you know what that's one of the great catalogs have heard from very very little time -- terrific proudly display and yeah -- good misplaced priorities Friday it just seems like.
You know house is burning and someone's worried about the patio furniture I don't get it you know.
Well you know what this is -- occasion I it it's it's getting you're you're you're your view awful what's really happening.
And you know it's like a great poker player you know that that's gonna make -- is some kind of moving get you -- stop concentrating on the cards.
That's exactly what's happening awash -- that they don't want you to think about what the real issues are.
And if they keep coming up with -- with solar water and they come up with -- and all the other issues maybe they'll make you forget the fact that there -- twenty million people out of work and boy I tell you what the American people seem to be buying it which is really pretty depressing to me.
We you know some of these sentiment surveys -- -- Bernie.
You me some pause there and maybe use a -- that.
Maybe not everyone is buying it and may be a growing number Americans are getting frustrated by it.
-- Ed Ed and that's evidence dig itself -- Incompetence.
Reflected in -- people's future how they feel about their job situation they're kids a future.
But increasingly they're getting -- -- -- loves -- me -- I hope so I think that.
I think that the facts are very important and I think the American people better start looking -- them.
And you know every -- I see the president to go to college and university.
And anti and he tells about what what -- -- they have the vote they have the vote for him.
You know if I went to the university I'd say listen guys -- tell you one thing there are no jobs and you're not gonna happening when you graduate.
That's the issue that you better Wausau worrying about the American people have a really serious problem here and it's not being solve this way.
And the first thing they think in mind this is goes back the Bloomberg has happened I regulate something big about Jamie Dimon and his bank you know he's a brilliant guy.
The bank -- two billion dollars that didn't break the bank.
I if if it in the he made a mistake in some people -- in -- for the sake look in my career.
If if I got fired a got a -- government sanctified by every mistake I made I wouldn't be here today I'd be -- in hell somewhere.
I mean as an executive of the company you make errors as an executive accompanied.
That's the way it is you take risks sometimes you win sometimes you lose.
But the risks that that Jamie Dimon is making.
He does it is a businessman he does it and when I did it -- goes a businessman well you tell -- Howell.
How they take our money.
And I'll talk about the taxpayers money and some guy inside the Energy Department who have not -- a clue on how to win best money is investing you Solyndra.
And other energy companies and -- dollars and the one demonstrate why are we stopping that.
That's what we need to stop Jamie Dimon will take care.
