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Good signs. >> mike: people are giving up looking for work. thats one thing. >> august unemployment rate dropped to 7.3%. what exactly does that mean? is that good news? bad news? peter morici on this morning. he is an economics professor from the university of of maryland. he put it all in context for us. listen. the number of americans that are not seeking work, that dont have employment is up by half a million in one month alone. mr. obamas most effective job program is to convince itself tha...

Sign, this is it. asked me three times to sign a petition against fracking in new york city. want to do it anonymously? no. it was crazy. >> eric, what is this with the government job program where you would say it is shovel ready. >> remember about two years ago tomorrow vilsack, secretary of agriculture said food stamps are actually good for the economy. for every dollar, 1.80 economic activity. they understand by spending money you create economic activity. part of the problem with that theor...

Theyre doing. >> i think there may be a few people who feel that way. >> theyre i they think theyre sampson in the temple. they think theyre bringing it down. bring it down. >> there is plenty of blame on both sides. >> lets take a look at this. i dont think the president wants to bring things down. he wants to be kind of the cook. today he was out talking about republicans. lets listen to him. >> the point is, if washington spent as much time and energy these past two years figuring out how to ...

Starbucks because no fracking sign, this is it. asked me three times to sign a petition against fracking in new york city. want to do it anonymously? no. it was crazy. >> eric, what is this with the government job program where you would say it is shovel ready. >> remember about two years ago tomorrow vilsack, secretary of agriculture said food stamps are actually good for the economy. for every dollar, 1.80 economic activity. they understand by spending money you create economic activity. part ...

Measure it. this sort of seem like a study for the sake of studies. and to call it job creation seems a little silly to me. with you who knows? well see. i am not a master of science. i dont know how science works. so we will see if science proves me wrong. >> well, then, maybe thats why you need the study. >> the study. >> one of the things the white house has done here is carefully work with nongovernmental research. so you have the allen institute, the howard hughes institute, the kavli group...

Jimmy carter was accused of having too many balls in the air when he was president. this time the president wants to throw a lot at the republicans and keep them off guard. >> it reminds me of 2009 all over again. instead of focusing on the paramount issue that every american is still facing, the jobs, the economy -- >> whats the republican job program? >> its not about the republican job -- >> you just brought it up. whats your partys program? >> youre asking about the president, let me address...

>> what do you make of it, michael, from the other side. jimmy carter was accused of having too many balls in the air when he was president. this time the president wants to throw a lot at the republicans and keep them off guard. >> it reminds me of 2009 all over again. instead of focusing on the paramount issue that every american is still fising, the jobs, the economy -- >> whats the republican job program? >> its not about the republican job -- >> you just brought it up. whats your partys pro...

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Tools. that they say volunteers are unreliable, untrain and worse, taking food off the table. >> i need to be concerned about our people who have lives, families, they need to make living wage. that is a job program good for everybody. >> members of the laborers union even staff recreation center. they are forced to reduce hours because of budget cuts and union refusal to allow volunteers. in yakima the senior center remains open seven days a week with only three city employees. everyone else is...

Trillions on helping the poor, and the pentagon of those in the so-called "poverty zone," has actually increased. >>guest: it increases because not one single program ever aimed at the poor is based on being called greatness. never. never. never. the president will talk and brag about community colleges but when i was growing up it was get a ged, and you can be okay, and that stuff doesnt work. every single program in the poor neighborhood, they do not say be great or go for the stop, or be a sc...