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States and high tax rates and it hasnt worked very well. what we ought to do, make america as kpesive bringing tax rates down, not up, to bring more capital and jobs to this country. youre right. i do believe that the job market is improving. weve seen that over the last two, three months. no question about it. >> yeah. >> but way behind where we should be. we still have 18 million people where theyre unemployed, cant find a full-time job or dropped out of the labor force. not the salad days for...

Man made problems are susceptible to man made solutions. >> the justice department says 17 states are currently attempting to increase access to this drug. president obama and vice president biden announced $600 million in new grants for job training programs. nearly $500 million will go toward developing ways for businesses and educators to help train potential employees. another $100 million will go toward expanding apprenticeship programs. a missouri mayor is hearing some major backlash t...

Cycling now, youre looking at live pictures inside the automotive shop at a community college outside pittsburgh where both the president and vice president biden will speak. the pair will first tour the lab. the school was chosen for its focus on aligning curriculum and training with employer needs, and its a rare joint appearance for the president and vice president who was tasked with leading a review of federal job training programs in january. together theyll tout $600 million in federal jo...

To, especially for low or middle-class folks. this could help -- this sort of a program, if it would work -- could help them enter the knowledge economy, the information economy, and be better equipped to bet back to those wage levels that they were used to. >> yeah, it sure could, toure. and thats what a lot of the problem is right now. a lot of the cyclical problems with unemployment have been reduced, but there are all these structural problems of peoples skills not matching the jobs that are...

Places like pittsburgh, and showing that this president is fighting for jobs and to get the economy trickling down so that ordinary american families are feeling it. the more they can do that. the less they can concentrate on issues that he gets derailed by the disastrous websites, the affordable care act. ukraine, another example, the happier this white house is. >> speaking of ukraine, mark. the thing that we dont talk about, and the unknown -- the known unknown, the known unknown is president...

With preexisting funds. this is another way that president obama is using his so-called pen and phone to circumvent conference in this midterm election year. so the first one is a $500 million grant, competitive grant program, that will seek to identify the best programs that link businesses and community colleges like this one. and then to expand those programs nationwide. the second one is aimed at expanding apprenticeships nationwide. thats $100 million program. there are currently about 375,...

Wealthy, but you can support a family. you can buy a home. make sure your kids are doing good. go to college. have something left over for retirement. have health care you can count on. maybe take a vacation once in a while. just the basics, and knowing that youre part of a community that is growing for everybody, not just some. >> that was president obama speaking at the community college of allegheny county in pennsylvania. announces new investments in federal job training programs. vice presi...

It will be harder politically for them to oppose this increase in spending than many of the others that have been proposed. >> lets go to that point you just made about job training programs. that is a big part of the partisan debate on the hill about this. john boehner and many other conserve sieves saying it doesnt do enough to train people for job. it would be better to make them more equipped for the economy. youre saying you dont think thats the most cost effective outcome. >> its not reall...

Poverty? one very important thing that you guys could do. >> job training skills. thats a big deal. we have a bill that we passed out of the house people stuck down and out in life can can get the skills they need to get a good career. >> tell us how that would work. >> well, it are about 49 different job training programs against whether they work or not. we passed a bill already in the house consolidating these programs, sending them back to the states so that people can go get a scholarship, ...

Wage. republican senator rob portman says good jobs are already out there. government-funded job training programs are falling short. >> the american people are way ahead of congress on this issue. weve just got to let congress know that. its time for 1010, time to give america a raise. its time to restore opportunity for all. >> lets make sure americans can get the skills they need to access the jobs that are out there. the federal government runs 47 different, often overlapping work force trai...