'This Week' Transcript: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
George, Tim Geithner said that businesses are now starting to
borrow because they are now starting to take on risk because
we're emerging from this economic crisis. Is the economic crisis
the only reason why businesses are hesitating?  WILL: No, I
think there are a number of things. It's what they don't know
and what they do know. What they don't know is what energy is
going to cost. The president says he's going to push on with cap
and trade, which would raise the cost of everything. They don't
know what the cost of health care will be. The president says
he's going to push on with health care reform.  Furthermore,
they do know that their taxes are going to go up. The expiration
of the Bush tax cuts on the rich are actually tax cuts largely
on small business. Since the 1980s, the net -- almost all net
new job creation has been in small start-up companies five years
old or younger.  Furthermore, they know that interest rates
eventually are going to