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Education front, and with those losses goes earning power, as well. the average male salary is down 28%. thats almost $13,000. so whats going on, guys? business columnist david leonhart of "the new york times" is here to talk about the stunning downturn and whether or not it is here to stay. so lets talk about the explanation for why men are earning less. is it the fact that there are not enough job skills, not enough education, or is out just the fact that businesses arent paying what they shou...

To the kind of reform they need. so even democratic leaders like yourself are saying we need to challenge the unions more. >> first of all, let me say that the governor of wisconsin is trying to do is break the union. and i dont support that. i dont support the idea that we should eliminate collective bargaining. i think we have to change the paradigm. were going to have to reform our pension systems in municipal governments and state governments across the country. theyve got to be sustainable ...

One. what is your take on why the republican governors association is jumping into this as it relates to wisconsin? >> sure. well, its a debate about how you treat taxpayers fairly and how you treat government workers fairly. taxpayers that arent working for the government, they typically dont have a pension plan. if they have in a retirement plan, its a 401(k) plan that they probably put up most the money. in contrast in most plans, the government worker, its a pension plan, a guaranteed return...

Challenge. thats how rent a grandma.com was born. >> everyone loves grandmas. a lot of them really arent working, retired people. they still want to be doing something and love to cook, they love to be around kids. so why not an agency that specializes in that? >> so for 16 to 23 bucks an hour, parents can log on and hire a grandmother to lend a hand. >> she was here helping us clean. she was here helping with homework. she was helping us do dinner. she was playing with the kids. >> a very diffe...

Level that each year were going to sustain it at a $5 billion level regardless of whats happening on the energy front. now, that doesnt mean that, you know, these arent still tough cuts. because theyre always more people who could use some help across the country than we have resources. and so its still a tough decision and i understand peoples frustrations with some of these decisions. having said that, my goal is to make sure that were looking after the vulnerable, were looking after the disab...

$5 billion level, regardless of whats happening on the energy front. now, that doesnt mean that, you know, these arent still tough cuts, because there are always more people who could use some help across the country than we have resources. and so its still a tough decision, and i understand peoples frustrations with some of these decisions. having said that, my goal is to make sure that were looking after the vulnerable, were looking after the disabled, were looking after our seniors, were maki...

Level regardless of whats happening on the energy front. that doesnt mean that these arent still tough cuts because theyre their are always more people who could use some help across the country than we have resources. and so its still a tough decision, and i understand peoples frustrations with some of these decisions. having said that, my goal is to make sure that were looking after the vulnerable, were looking after the disabled, were looking after our seniors, were making sure that our educa...

Its current lly running at mor than $1.6 trillion. joining me from the white house now, melody barnes, mr. obamas domestic policy adviser. melody, lets listen to republican paul ryan speaking just a short time ago, then well talk about this. >> this budget is a punting budget. this budget doesnt address the drivers of our debt. instead it makes it worse by doing nothing. calls for more spending which they call investments, and a lot of taxes. 1.6 in new taxes, 13 trillion added to the debt. were...

Develop hand over fist. >> so do you have an idea? >> yes. i think tremendous amounts -- and ive never heard it said -- i think hundreds of billions of dollars of money -- lets call it tax money -- could come from other countries when we stop them from ripping us off or, as an example, were protecting south creigh he korea from north korea. why arent they paying for it? they make a fortune. why are we protecting them? when bombs were thrown at them a month ago by north korea, we send the george ...

Programs that arent working. were not restoring the salmon and we dont have healthy fishable populations. >> as appealing as the obama line was to fiscal conservatives, many believe talk of real change is nothing more than a fish story. >> there will always be bureaucracy. its always opposing any attempt to streamline it. or reorganize it. >> a lingering problem is no one agency is accountable. some environmentalists are calling for a salmon czar. >> it would be help to feel have a salmon coordi...