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Which should never have happened, and whose end has created this -- has contributed to this excellent result. the debate on that extension is over. and the conservatives were right. >> how about the theory that this relatively high unemployment rate, relatively low labor participation rate, are all a function of an automated economy, that many jobs simply will not come back? >> thats absolutely, no doubt thats part of it. and part of its globalization. to pick up on charles point, there were stu...

Instead of job growth, what we have had is growth in disability roles, which are at historic highs, growth in food stamps from 21 to 49 million people. and a job growth that just is barely ticking up. thats where the focus is. its a great political issue, they think, going into 2014 on things like extending unemployment benefits for another three months in which we will have this conversation all over again and make the republicans look like bad guys. the fact of the matter is the focus is not o...

Norm and thats why the numbers are sky rocketing. >> are there any chances of a different betting procedure? you go to weight watchers and you have to weigh in to make sure you are not cheating. can the government do more of an efficient job to check the disability rolls? disability roles? >> they can always do more, but it always falls through the cracks. the amount of fraud in our system, i call it the big, gigantic blob. there is no way of catching all of it. there is a vicious cycle out ther...

Discouraged. what does that say about our society? let alone our economy? those are people not paying taxes and people who are contributing to the growth in government funding because the other thing thats happening is costs over programs like food stamps is exploding. disability roles, exploding. so this is not something, you know, keeping people out of the work force is not contributing to the growth of the country which would contribute to more jobs. and what he does, they keep taking their e...

A piece posted by michael barone. 4.1 million people entered the disability roles. let me start with you on this, leslie, because you are married to a doctor. is it -- i mean, how does one enter the disability rolls? do you need to get a doctors note? >> you need a doctors signature on a federal form. because, you know, in my in-between life of broadcasting, ive helped out in my husbands office, so ive seen those forms. so certainly, the doctor has the right to say no. one of the problems is if ...

Participation rate, percentage of people who have jobs, looking for work, is the lowest in 25 years. chris, what does that tell you about the strength of the recovery. >> the recovery is still uncertain. and everybody knows that, and, the people in congress know that. the president knows that and as we have this discussion about cuts, and spending and all of these other things, looming large notice background is everybody knows that this could go right over the cliff, anybody time. in this -- an...