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Floors. but most of this giant building is empty. as if thats not bad enough they spent $32 million on two other parking garages next door which they also defaulted on that also arent being used. throw in a couple of other pet projects, and all told, stockton wracked up a pretty hefty bill. they decided to pay for it the old-fashioned way. they borrowed for it. by issuing municipal bonds to cover the costs of the projects. but when the housing bubble burst, the tax revenue they were counting on ...

Beiarntd -- arent being murdered on the way to where theyre going. youve dont take government money from the united states. though, 30% of your money from some other countries. but you call for governments to spend more on foreign aid. and -- why when so much has been squandered? >> it is important to note we are calling for more of the right kind of aid. >> yeah, this is going to be the right kind this time. >> there are some things we think the united states government is doing that we think a...

In october. thats 2009. its down to 7% now. so is the justification gone for continuing to extend these jobless benefits? >> i dont think really anybody here will argue that the additional benefits are helpful to people. particularly the people who are receiving them. theres also this question of how you count this. one of the issues with unemployment rates these days is so many people have fallen out of the workforce who arent being counted anymore. im not sure 7% unemployment means the same th...

Your children and thats the circumstance of millions and millions of people not most but a lot. a substantial minority. and then its your fault, you are bringing the havoc and you are asking people who may be struggling themselves to put food on the table to give their tax money to you and then you are not even going to buy food with it you are going to buy booze and drugs with it because there is no government regulation about that. thats my problem. >> yeah, with all due respect, there is a lo...

Quarterbacking or legislative efforts they undertake to block the president, that they can really affect the outcomes for people and even obama might get blamed for those, its really outside forces contributing a great deal. >> i mean, outside forces of all sorts, theres sort of republican noise machine making it hard to understand what is actually happening. they are sort of driving the narrative right now making people think about several million who have been canceled and will be canceled. bu...

Or ineffective. history tells us people typically dont come back to the second-term presidents. >> its difficult in the second term. this has been a historical pattern, i dont know what it is with second terms, but presidents continuously have problems with them. in this case, it all has trance fixed and focused around the website, the rollout of obama care, what the president said, how people interpreted that. that has created, i think, real schisms amongst the public, they have questions that ...

>> governor, i want you to start on this. you know this better than anybody here. youre a successful politician. why doesnt the president have a tong if you will, a gang. just call it a gang. thats what it is in political terms. 20 or 30 men and women around the country, governors, senators, members of congress, prominent members of congress who on a regular basis go out and attack opponents for doing nothing and playing racial politics. every every other game they play. or its having no health ...

You know this better than anybody here. youre a successful politician. why doesnt the president have a tong if you will, a gang. just call it a gang. thats what it is in political terms. 20 or 30 men and women around the country, governors, senators, members of congress, prominent members of congress who on a regular basis go out and attack opponents for doing nothing and playing racial politics. every every other game they play. or its having no health care plan or using government tactics like...

The fat cats. >> its sure not me. i would like to see the middle class in this country prosper. i would like to see people who aspire -- >> the wage earner cant unless theres more jobs and competition. >> exactly. >> for that earner. >> why does this elude the president of the united states? >> ive been saying tha ining t years, you have to have more jobs to drive rages up. now they want a $10 an hour minimum wage. >> now the jobs that arent being created will pay more than the folks who cant fi...

Hard to see how theres any movement at this time. perhaps around october 17th theyll try to get to something where all sides look okay and boehner can bring back to the conference. where we stand right now, its still very much we will not negotiate until the two things are met. >> mark, lets bring in the news of the day which was reported exclusively by andrea mitchell. i woke up with her on the "today" show this morning reporting about families who are not receiving death benefits after loved o...