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How about right to work? thousands of people are expected to converge on the mischigan state capitol in lansing as part of a sfwlooempts going to be interesting. steve. >> are we going to be serious? >> am i asking you about pot or gl growing the economy. growing weed or the economy. >> republican lawmakers are trying to push through this right to work. >> this is interesting actually. michigan is a heavily unionized state so why would it be going right to work. theres enormous downward pressure...

>> the stupidist thing ive seen. >> actually pickups are not selling well. >> apparently that is. >> this one is selling well. >> why are they even making it, steve? >> its america. >> like capitalism and lets not pay people either. we need to find our core a little bit. our core is were really stupid idiots that eat too much and drive cars that get 11 miles per gallon of gas. dont care how much it costs. >> theyre great. >> whats it like? >> it rides like a cadillac but it can go through dunes....

Interrupted you? >> a pattern. >> sorry. im sorry. >> we need to have our even space. >> you talk, i talk. >> okay. >> can i talk? >> yes. >> why is it, theyre like liberal, tobacco, big bad tobacco, and yet they celebrate that you kcan live long now in states. you can smoke pot, smoking pot is great, liberation, yeah yeah yeah, baby. >> doesnt kill you. >> but cigarette smoking is bad. >> it doesnt kill you. >> pot doesnt kill you. >> so pots good for you, steve? >> it is good for you. >> yes. ...

And across the country, if you did more to get high skilled immigrants into town, you could not only have an economic recovery but an economic boom. theres a lot of agreement off the record on this, but that politicians on both sides are scared to go out there and be the first to say, hey, lets do these big things that could have an appreciable effect on the economy. >> steve, do you agree with that assessment? what are the big things that need to be done? >> i totally agree. the thing thats dep...

>> that cookbook wont stay open, takes up counter space and a mess. introdu introducing the way to keep the recipe with you. >> good morning. its tuesday, december 11th. welcome to "morning joe." you like that, barnicle? >> i do. >> all right. wake up now. with us on set we have msnbc contributor, mick barnicle, former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst. steve brattner. >> he came with charts. willie, do you have a chart? >> no. >> hes disturbed. i dont know if you heard this. ...