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Coming up in just a few minutes and today's Clark Rage's moment.

You report out about how much debt we took on at Christmas.

I've got assignments for you to whittle that debt down to size.

And coming up yet later, a lot of people fear or hate robotics.

But I actually think they improve our lives and ultimately will create more employment.

I know that sounds impossible.

I'm going to tell you why I believe that and where robots are coming to your and my

life.

And that's significant because you'll start hearing me from CES tomorrow.

The consumer electronic show is I'm in Las Vegas all week or a bin here since yesterday

scoping out what things might be coming your way in the future.

I want to talk about something that's in your present.

Pay TV providers are raising rates way beyond prior years increases way beyond the rate

of inflation is phone company television cable company television satellite television.

They're all boosting prices.

And they're doing so because this is weird economics.

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