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Feel that way. >> they will think theyre sampson and the temple. they dont know what they say. they just bring it down. >> theres plenty of blame on both sides. >> i dont think the president wants to bring things down. today he was out talking about the republicans. lets listen to him. >> the point is, if washington spent as much time and energy these past two years figuring out how to grow our economy and grow our middle class as it spent manufacturing crises in pursuit of a cut at all costs ap...

Unemployment rate in this country. this business that if you raise the minimum wage, all these jobs are going to disappear, historically i dont believe its true and i dont believe its true today. its time to ask the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, we need a jobs program and, c, we need a higher minimum wage. >> we need structural reforms that will get us that, no question. education and a decent savings system for private citizens and the minimum wage is the wrong tool for these proble...

>> we are not doing fine. and right now the sequester is not balanced. sure, were taking money out of the budget but at the same time theres no new revenue coming in. thats a balanced approach, the president said he wanted it. i think thats what most americans want, a balanced approach because if we continue the sequester, economists are saying by fall were going to feel the unemployment numbers pool down and the president proposed a jobs program, it has not seen the light of day. we need to hav...

Fashioning entirely new ones that are better suited to 21st century realities and challenges. deep political and institutional obstacles through necessary reforms will need to be engaged and overcome. >> former republican senator from nebraska was a leading critic of the iraq surge, spoke out forcibly about israels bombing campaign against lebanon in 2006, and has worked, maybe more accurately had a penchant for speaking frankly about cuts to the pentagon. heres hagel in 2011. >> our defense dep...

Practices, but where necessary, fashioning entirely new ones that are better suited to 21st century realities and challenges. deep political and institutional obstacles through necessary reforms will need to be engaged and overcome. >> former republican senator from nebraska was a leading critic of the iraq surge, spoke out forcibly about israels bombing campaign against lebanon in 2006, and has worked, maybe more accurately had a penchant for speaking frankly about cuts to the pentagon. heres h...

Subsidize postal carries. there are a lot that can use those resources. >> fair point. half a million or more employees, they arent able to switch that fast. im not saying -- thats why their so scared. >> the government is not a jobs program. it just isnt. it shouldnt be, rightfully so. and the fact that congress wont allow a single post office to shut down is part of the problem. if you lift the mandate and open everything up to competition, it would be a much different story. >> thanks very mu...

Im not saying that defends it, im just saying thats why theyre so scared. >> the government is not a jobs program. it just isnt. it shouldnt be, rightfully so. and the fact that congress wont allow a single post office to shut down is part of the problem. if you lift the mandate and open everything up to competition, it would be a much different story. >> thanks very much. sorry to worry you. i think theyre watching you. i think theyre watching us right now. "outfront" next. the essay, justin ...

To cobble together what he needs from the democrats to get something done. meanwhile, we still have unemployment at 7.9% and 22 million americans unemployed. >> michael, you dont have and the president doesnt have but i have a jobs program. rebuild america. big time. we do it in our ads. its called lean forward. >> but how does he do it when he shuts down the job -- >> 3% interest rate right now. you can borrow the money at practically nothing to get the job done. >> thats right. >> try to get t...

The united states senate and congress wants is sometimes two different things. thats the point. the president is trying to triangulate these interests to put his agenda out there to put the republicans on the defense to cobble together what he needs from the democrats to get something done. meanwhile we still have unemployment at 7.9% and 22 million american unemployed. >> michael, you dont have and the president doesnt have but i have a jobs program. rebuild america. big time. we do it in our a...

>> shovel ready was not as shovel ready as we expected. >> we have had four years of the obama economy. it hasnt worked. >> its been tanking for four years. >> the worst the jobs council did was very helpful. >> the jobs council that didnt embrace the presidents jobs program is when you have to say, what are they up to. >> jobs council -- >> a number of ideas was acted on by this administration. as part of the presidents overall commitment to job creation and economic growth. >> shovel ready was...