greta: i would be willing to go with the spend more if there is any indicia it is doing well. if they could point to any number. jobless claims up, unemployment level at best, steady. people out of work. where is the where should i have what statistics should show that the stimulus is working, give me one. housing stars? manufacturing? inventory? there are a lot of crews around the country working on roads so you see people spending money on these transportation projects. when something is failing and they keep doing it, i think it is a problem. if i were advising the president which would say try a business tax cut to give businesses incentive to hire more workers? greta: i think he should talk to the country and say where are what his plans are why he thinks we should stay
absolutely in the base as far as ratings are concerned, she was in the mid 50s. greta: one of the most colorful and one of my favorites barbara bush, how were her numbers? rated well the whole time well liked first lady even at the end of the george h work bush s presidency when george h.w. bush s presidency, didn t get credit for winning the first gulf war her approval ratings stayed in the 60s. greta: does it make a difference what first lady obama s numbers are. i must admit i m fascinated. does it make a difference or impact as to whether they roll her out to help with the midterm campaigning? it does. when there was bad publicity after the spain trip one of the ways the white house pushed back was to say she remains extremely popular and candidates around the country want her to campaign for them,
of 12. greta: s of the 340,000 were you able to determine how many in stances where a parent came to the united states to have a child maybe came six or eight or nine months before and those who for instance had been working in the united states, illegally for several years and having children? one the things were able to do with this data there are limitations we are able to look to see how long the mothers have been in the united states. more than 80% had been in the united states for more than a year. they had been in the u.s. more than a year prior to having their baby. greta: 340,000, 10% would be 34, about 70, give or take thousand were just here for parents who had been here for a short period of time. yes. greta: determine where this was happening? certain parts of the country where you are seeing more? it is difficult to determine the specific localities for this particular data.
for this report we don t have information about what states or what parts of the country undocumented immigrants are having children. however the undocumented immigrant population is concentrated in a few states. 2.7 million are in the state of california that has the single largest population. some in the top 10 include georgia, virginia, texas and new york and new jersey. greta: in terms of 70,000 babies born in 2008 with parents who have been here less than one year, do you are you able to or make nay tempt to determine whether they came with the specific intent to have a american child or they were here a short period of time and had a child? we are unable to determine their intent or motivations for coming to the united states let alone to determine they came here specifically to have a baby. all we know is how long they been here and whether or not they had a baby here. of those who had a baby, 80% had been here more than a year is all we can.
been spent. one person i have to say the administration has been on this summer of recovery tour with joe biden. it is hard to continue with that tour right knew given how bad these numbers are. the official unemployment number is 9.5%. i believe if you included people just that dropped out not even looking any more and include people who may be are counted as employed but they are only working 25 hours a week they can t have a fulltime job, i think our unemployment rate is closer to 15 or 16%. greta: democratic congressman yarmouth is quoted as saying today i m not happy with our economic team in the white house. they think it is more important that goldman sachs makes money than you, meaning the people, make money. that s where we ve got to change the attitude of the country. i think he means the attitude of the white house. if he are 18 months into if we are 18 months in the stimulus, holding unemployment