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The side of issue 2 that youre on? >> i guess what i would say is theres always that concern, because we cant take anything for granted. i have never seen this level -- born and raised in ohio. im 54 years old. daughter of a factory worker, union organizer himself. i have never seen this level of participation on the part of volunteers. i was at the cleveland teachers union call center last night. their goal for the whole campaign was 200,000 calls. they had already made more than 509,000 calls ...

>> he has no clue what hes talking about. >> what you have to do is go down this this and listen. in the media we often encourage people to tune in to find out what is true. what is happening there requires people to go and be present. i saw a society being built where theres free health care, theres education, theres housing and caring that people are finding there that they are not finding anywhere else. literally the learning circles are extraordinary. people in one corner talking about sort ...

Real clear what reasons. >> he has no clue what hes talking about. >> what you have to do is go down this this and listen. in the media we often encourage people to tune in to find out what is true. what is happening there requires people to go and be present. i saw a society being built where theres free health care, theres education, theres housing and caring that people are finding there that they are not finding anywhere else. literally the learning circles are extraordinary. people in one c...

Welcome back now to our ongoing series, jobs wanted. new jobs numbers set to be released tomorrow, theres a new movement that focuses on factory workers and training. it goal is to raise the skilled labor workforce by ten million before 2020. the average factory worker is close to retirement age and there are not enough students to fill up the jobs. spearheading this effort is actor john ratzenberger. hes a senior fellow for the center for america. >> its great to be aboard. >> we were in detroi...

Pursuit of mastery, such that you can do something better? >> you hit it absolutely right. its an american characteristic, it goes back centuries. you know, every farmer, every shopkeeper, every factory worker fought like a scientist. they were always thinking about how things work and how they can make them better. what worries me right now, in this cutting frenzy in washington, science is going to take more than the hit it deserves, it deserves no hit. it should be increased. its going to take...

While at the same time, saying that we have to maintain safety nets. that requires spending. i just dont think that adds up. >> ill put this to both of you. take a 50-year-old man who was an autoworker in the rust belt. in a place, some factory worker where the factory, town has almost shut down because the factory shut down. arent jobs in the area, they cant sell their house, maybe the kids are not going to college. we keep telling people there are open jobs. that person has to become an accoun...

>> we have over 50 tlts in unfunded liabilities, medicare, medicaid, all unsustainable. i think we need to do something in connection with the decision to raise the debt ceiling. it deals with the debt. both medium and short-term, medium term and long-term. that what it would take to get my vote. >> a cnn contributor, secretary geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the economy. now, he concedes no one knows for certain what could happen in the event that ...

Thats one thing. and they want cuts that are going to bring down the deficits while at the same time saying that we have to maintain a safety net. so that requires spending. i just dont think that that adds up. you cant do that. >> take a 50-year-old man who was an auto worker in the rust belt, in a place -- some sort of factory worker, in a place where the factory, the town has almost shut down. there arent jobs in the area. they cant sell their house. maybe the kids are not going to college. w...

some serious concessions from democrats. >> we have over $50 trillion in unfunded liabilities. all of them are unsustainable. we need to raise the debt ceiling -- both short term, medium term and long term. thats what it would take to get my vote. >> will cain is a cnn contributor. secretary geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the economy. he concedes no one knows for certain in the event that its not raised. are republicans willing to risk sending this...

Recession hit. that is a stark reminder that this program was borne out of the depression when an unemployed factory worker used stamps to buy surplus eggs and butter in rochester, new york. of course, these arent just statistics, they are family and faces and people trying to get by in tough economic times. where is the good news in all this? well, the increase in the number of people using food stamps is starting to level off, actually. and that could be an indication things are stabilizing in...