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Borrowed money. weve got to start dropping spending. if its redundant, the different 100 plus job programs, we need to combine those and so we dont have the different costs. land, most of the western part of the united states is under the regiment of the federal government. we need that back to state and private control and not have the west owned by the government. we have millions of square feet of federal properties that are sitting unused. we need to sell those and not carry those assets all...

Borrowed money. weve got to start dropping spending. if its redundant, the different 100 plus job programs, we need to combine those and so we dont have the different costs. land, most of the western part of the united states is under the regiment of the federal government. we need that back to state and private control and not have the west owned by the government. we have millions of square feet of federal properties that are sitting unused. we need to sell those and not carry those assets all...

With men it does. theres this competitive thing. its patriotic. they like that. youre asking about the personal situation. you can never win a microeconomic argument because people dont believe what politicians tell them about their own economic situation. so jobs have to come back in the real world for these people. but as a broad political message, works much better with men than women. >> your thoughts on that. last thought from you, mark. the whole question -- we argue about this all the tim...

Teachers jobs? >> thats what theyre saying. >> we need teachers. no doubt about that. that $23 billion is not necessarily going to educating the kids, better books, fasts, or better curriculum. >> not at all. in fact, exactly what you said. we have turned our schools in job programs as opposed to career producers for children. its a way to make sure these adults keep their jobs. thats all they talk about all along. its not the children. they only talk about children as the after thought. when yo...

You are, head to weather channels website at weather.com. reverend al sharpton, lots of others participating in the forum at harlems first corinthians baptist church. we find mara. what has been the big discussion points this first hour? >> reporter: alex, what youre hearing discussed now is the economy. this is really the meat of the issues taking place in the african-american community because african-americans have been affected by economic troubles probably more harshly than any other grou...

Secretaries to lean on these states and say, were not going to send you billions of dollars for you to sit here and ignore disadvantaged businesses, they need to accestep up as well. you cant have politicians talking about crime rate, building more prison, talking about all of these negative things in our society but then turn around and say, well, folks cant get jobs. they have to say, look, if you dont this here, well sit here and cut the money off. do what atlanta mayor maynard jackson did wh...

With constituent, stayed hidden in washington. they passed what they wanted. it is now law. they went back and said i dont care how mad you are, i what i wanted. >> greta: what about jobs? did they have the wind behind their backs they can move forward with more job programs or they missed the boat? >> i think they are going further to the left. they are going to ignore jobs. they are going to immigration. >> greta: they cant ignore jobs with unemployment rates around 10%. >> this is my understa...

People and the responsibility that ryan talks about, the ability to get the training that ryan talks about? where -- how does it all connect? >> well, again, it goes back to execution on the ground. government can do short-term, booter shot-type of things by creating federal job programs. but the bottom line is sustained job creation you need a healthy, robust, local and national economy. black enterprise convened the largest gathering of black entrepreneurs in country in may in the black enterp...

You cant have politicians talk about high crime rate, talk about building more prisons, talk about all of these, you know, negative things in our society, but then turn around and say, well, folks can want get jobs. they have to say if you dont want to do this here, cut the money off, do what atlanta mayor jackson did when he said i understand the power of political power and i combine it with economic power. having a black president is one thing. but having african-americans with economic equal...

Beginningry of georgia. the programs have their critics who say that such programs should be focusing on businesses, creating jobs instead of the employees filling those jobs at jacobs ladder a nonprofit jobs program that teaches jobs skills in charlotte, north carolina. the executive director says there is a role for both. she says that just because the funding is temporary doesnt mean the jobs have to be. listen to her. our approach on that is that our clients get their foot in the door. they ...