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It? on the left you hear calls for more government stimulus, on the right you hear more government spending isnt the answer, in fact some republicans say safety net programs like jobless benefits, they add to the problem because they disincentivize work. heres how gop presidential candidate mitt romney put it on the campaign trail. >> you see an america where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check. >> it is all about opportunity and getting government out of the wa...

A job so there are some maybe positive steps that you can take. >> i think we have seen sort of a retraining crisis by the time people retrain for something, its obsolete or theyre retraining for the wrong things or there isnt a great connection between these programs and industry. at the same time stimulus is a dirty word in washington so you have to have direct hiring into government jobs or subsidizing, government subsidizing jobs for example to work at a charity, youre not going to be able t...

Prime education and the further down you go, the income distribution until you get to the really poor zip codes the worse the schools get. its very interesting mobility, social mobility has declined in the u.s.. we talk endlessly about inequality but we should worry about social immobility. if youre born into the boston quintile chances are youre stuck there. that isnt what happened in the past. what happened to the american dream? >> even though he says the u.s. has its structural problems ferg...

Boomers. thats the reality of fiscal policy and nothing that has happened including the sequester fundamentally changes that. >> you talk about this next generation, almost as if america in some cases is eating its young, when you look at the high student loan debt, the fact that so many kids are underemployed, all of these majors at one time would have been a path to middle class life are not anymore. the kids are underemployed. theyre not even working in jobs. >> right. >> large share of gradu...

You can see this strong creeping trend which is clearly going to continue. >> you ask the question like what are they there for. i wonder sometimes. >> there are many things. >> shouldnt the answer be coparenting? shouldnt it be running a household and planning the familys future? i dont understand why that is the question. >> men are stepping up to some extent certainly. we talked about this before. the last time i was on the show actually there was a baby on and i think you asked joe to change...

I keep talking about how what the government needs is punishment. it needs to be grounded. the irs gave us the answer. the more that you agitate, the more that you agitate, the tea party agitates, the less likely they can target you because of what went on. if they do target you through an audit or any kind of harassment, then theyre exposed as they are just exposed now. in a sense, the irs has helped to bring down big government. you should go to ace hardware after this show. you should buy a s...

This whole mess. i keep talking about how what the government needs is punishment. it needs to be grounded. the irs gave us the answer. the more that you agitate, the more that you agitate, the tea party agitates, the less likely they can target you because of what went on. if they do target you through an audit or any kind of harassment, then theyre exposed as they are just exposed now. in a sense, the irs has helped to bring down big government. you should go to ace hardware after this show. y...

I keep talking about how what the government needs is punishment. it needs to be grounded. the irs gave us the answer. the more that you agitate, the more that you agitate, the tea party agitates, the less likely they can target you because of what went on. if they do target you through an audit or any kind of harassment, then theyre exposed as they are just exposed now. in a sense, the irs has helped to bring down big government. you should go to ace hardware after this show. you should buy a s...

Company had to bring back the original formula. when was the last time a south carolina democrat won a u.s. house seat that was previously heldpy a republican sm the answer was 1986. according to an analysis by the university of minnesota, south carolina democrats failed 47 times in a row to pick up a republican held house seat. if elizabeth colbert bush wins next month, shell be the first since 27 years ago. congratulation to todays winner, nathaniel smith. if you have a political trivia questi...

November 2009. >> it is another short term fix with one week to go the democratic controlled senate has passed a stopgap bill to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year. as the measure provide $982 billion. the bill lost in the $85 billion of federal spending cuts that went into effect at the beginning of this month. the house is expected to approve the bill. it could vote as soon as today. >> theres a startling new figure out that shows at least 1 million children in the ...