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Hundred dollars a week to feed their kids. to pay for their heat. to pay the light bill. to keep their car and keep their house. this is not a lifestyle that one longs for. i know these folks. every one of the people who are unemployment that i know would gladly trade that condition for a decent job. now, of course, what speaker boehner says is he wants to see a pay forward and a jobs program as a part of it. >> hey, a jobs program would be great. i think if you had a real job -- >> heres the th...

And universal pre-k education. >> also, reverend, remember there was the american jobs act that the president proposed a couple of years ago. that was very specific policy. and just look at the affordable care act. if you were going to expand health care to 30 million people who do you think will do that? we need health care workers. if you want to talk about education and training you want to talk about a job that cant be outsourced. look at the health care industry. so health care reform in an...

Program and boehner was saying today that theres been no attempt to do jobs plus unemployment insurance. how does that fit into the political pressure here? >> the internet helps keep people honest and thats wonderful. it keeps people honest in a pressureful way. theres pressure to keep shareholders happy, thats led to bad short-term decisions without looking at the long-term of inequality. hopefully theyll do what needs to be done moving forward. >> i appreciate the little bit of skepticism. th...

Boon. instead, weve had stagnation. thats one reason why the reagan economy is different than the stagnation. >> instead of spending $25 billion a year for benefits, can that money be used to rehabilitate the labor market and create jobs? >> yes, in theory it can. the government has, i think, 169 different job training programs. but the government isnt necessarily a good job trainer. it cant duplicate the needs. the best jobs program is giving economies the incentive and the certainty in the eco...

Unemployment insurance fund. so what the government giveth with one hand has taketh away with the other. yes, you have people with unemployment money to spend. but at the same time, youre raising taxes on the employer who hire new people. >> but what about chairman ben bernanke said about this, john. he said ending the benefits will bring unemployment rates down but for the wrong reason. meaning that people will simply drop out of the workforce? >> well, as far as that goes, thats correct. but i...

Or philosophical or staff changes at the white house, whether its about the 2014 agenda or about the nsa. i could go on and on. it will be interesting to see how much energy he has for the back and forth. this has become somewhat of an annual tradition. its very important for this president. if you look back at 2013, he was essentially 0 for 2013. he wanted a new jobs program and do other things about the economy. none of them. and then he added gun control after newtown. none of that was accomp...

Was a feeling that washington couldnt come together and come up with a better jobs program. the fed was the last man standing that could do something about the economy. the question is, who has this money dump benefited? if you think about who owns stocks in this country, 75% of the stocks are owned by the top quarter of the population. if you own stocks, a home, youre feeling the benefits. if you dont, not so much. >> i feel there is a missed opportunity for outrage among people here. because o...

Things would be cut by over $22 billion just this year. >> mike barnacle. >> congressman, youre lucky by geography. you get to go home every night. you take a ride on wisconsin avenue and go home. as a result of the fact that the geography of your district and proximity to where you work, you get a chance more than most members of congress do to see people who get damaged by inaction in congress. so lets get to the most important word in the english language, j-o-b, jobs. education. all that stu...

$10, then you will have changed the world for the two or three kids that can sit at this desk when its delivered to their classroom. now, due to inflation and skyrocketing fuel costs in mulawi over the past few years, the cost of this desk has risen to $65, but that money is going to the company that is making these desks. and those workers now have jobs that allow them to feed their families and send their children to school. such is the virtuous cycle of the money contributed to the k.i.n.d. f...

Billionaires at the same time as the middle class disappears and we have more people living in poverty than any time in american history. so you asked me, ed, can we pass a minimum wage. if millions of americans -- and by the way, the polls are overwhelming. >> overwhelming. >> in favor of raising the minimum wage. if we make our republican colleagues an offer they cant refuse, and that is they aint going to stay in congress unless they raise the minimum wage, unless they give us a jobs program....