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Local and state governments, but are the communities, meaning you, the big losers. the new york times financial reporter first reported this. nice to see you. unbelievable story. these companies are getting huge breaks. >> i added it up across the country as comprehensive as i could. its still missing some things but i identified over $80 billion a year for spending. theres cash grants, tax credits, free buildings, free roads, worker training. its really a big tab. > >> greta: now, the reason wh...

Local and state governments, but are the communities, meaning you, the big losers. the new york times financial reporter first reported this. nice to see you. unbelievable story. these companies are getting huge breaks. >> i added it up across the country as comprehensive as i could. its still missing some things but i identified over $80 billion a year for spending. theres cash grants, tax credits, free buildings, free roads, worker training. its really a big tab. > >> greta: now, the reason wh...

Growth, you can see pro guess there. we cant stop there. >> and if my recollection serves me correctly ohio unemployment is lower than the national average. there is a republican governor there. do you howe do you convince its not the republican governor that did this for you its the democratic president? >> i think what is interesting is that many republican sounded a different tune on the economy. and there is when they know rescue was essential there in virginia. and said that it was essentia...

Growth, you can see pro guess there. we cant stop there. >> and if my recollection serves me correctly ohio unemployment is lower than the national average. there is a republican governor there. do you howe do you convince its not the republican governor that did this for you its the democratic president? >> i think what is interesting is that many republican sounded a different tune on the economy. and there is when they know rescue was essential there in virginia. and said that it was essentia...

Reference to mitt romney, the president could hope some voters took that as a comparison to mitt romney. but im very surprised that mitt romney fell for it and actually tried to make it an issue himself. did you think you were going to get that lucky with mitt romney? >> well, you know, the president has said that he wasnt born with a silver spoon in his mouth before. and the point that hes making is that hes been the beneficiary of good policies that allows everybody to get ahead, not just thos...

Hes going to help everybody be successful, instead of people just like him, he attacked the president and said the president was being divisive. and thats not the case. the president was in ohio yesterday talking about policies that he put in place and policies that he stands for that helps everybody get ahead. worker training, job training, education, all of the things that prepared the president to be successful. and, you know, as you mentioned coming in, mitt romney was in ohio standing in an...

in secret service prostitution scandal and growing disgust on capitol hill. lawmakers say expect more secret service employees to resign or be fired soon, and the more details congress learns about a night of heavy drinking and hiring escorts in columbia, the more outrage. >> it is a stunning thing, actually disgusting. those people that are responsible have brought disgrace and it is disgusting. >> people that are here to protect the president, they go to columbia, have a fight over a...

Detroit that saved a million jobs up and down the supply chain. governor romney actually said we should let detroit go the bankrupt. weve seen 32 straight months of growth in the manufacturing sector. for the first time since 1997 when we had a decline and years of decline in that sector. it didnt happen by mistake. that happened because of policies that this administration is pursuing, investing in the middle class, investing in worker training. >> ben, we have one quick last question from hugo...

With a story that found residents with voters in his northwest st. louis district. >> if you could tell the president in the state of the union, which is -- this is what i want to hear about jobs, what would you tell him? >> id like to see more dollars going to worker training. a serious discussion about this is what we need to do. >> retraining programs like this green centering course run by the united auto workers union had been a life boat for some workers. michael moore who retrained in hea...

A little bit about ukraine, so we dont know how much of a meeting of minds there was. and this president for example is going to go ahead and continue the strengthening of nato. so i actually think theres a lot of questions out there. the one thing i like is perhaps some overlap, this issue of worker training, the german apprenticeship programs, this might be an interesting way to finesse the largest trade debate, of how do we make sure that workers can cope with new technology. and perhaps this...