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Cut taxes for small business, killed the death tax and have common sense regulations and engaged in workforce training. all of these things coupled with certainty here in ohio is what allowed job creators to feel comfortable and to invest in our state. almost a quarter of a million more people now working and were deeply grateful but we have a long way to go. >> the national economy is also in the midst of a recovery. have president obamas policies been part of the solution? >> look, i think the...

>> we have spend half a trillion on unemployment benefits. >> the cbo just said if we cut this extension, we will kill jobs, because those people who are looking for work wont have any money to spend. whose job left, because hes been a factory worker. that guy is not going to be picked up immediately. especially without training. were talking economic reality. >> he is not going to be able to pick up another job like this. that workforce training has been tut in half since 2000, and republicans ...

$1.70 on economic growth. it impacts grocery stores and farmers and it impacts the entire economy. they need to get with it. they need to stop being so mean spirited because thats what it is and theyre demonizing low income people. theyre demonizing women when in fact, they should be trying to work to find opportunities to fund workforce training, education and to create jobs so that everyone can live the american dream. americans deserve that. >> congresswoman barbara lee of california. thank y...

Raise up america tour. if the republicans in congress would pass some of the bills that the president put forward such as investment in infrastructure, such as public sect sector, stop all these budget cuts, we would be on the right track. there are many jobs in the future if we can get the initial investment. these low-wage jobs, i have to take, making $6 and $7 an hour people have to rely on snap, on food stamp benefits, on medicaid. its costing our economy much more at the other end. so we ne...

What we would be doing is looking at the fact we have bridges literally collapsing. we have roads impassable. we have an infrastructure problem that in the eisenhower era would have been addressed by building a massive highway program that would give people jobs. >> i want to tie this into our next topic because here in the city of new orleans, unemployment is higher than expect. more than half of working age african-american men in this city were unemployed according to the most recent census. ...

City were unemployed according to the most recent census. now, this is a dramatic increase in unemployment over the past 30 years. but we should point out over the last 30 years it was not the starvation of government or the starvation of infrastructure projects. the mayor of new orleans recently released a five-year plan by helping to attract better paying jobs in the city which calls for workforce training and support programs for small businesses. back to the panel, the both of you on this, i...

President hails to one the states most friendly to business? that is an issue i will take up with that states governor, governor markell. welcome back, we are not going to a break. we have the governor with us right now. governor markell, you represent one of those states, actually, very friendly to business. there is a reason why big companies incorporate there. so it does have me a little perplexed as to why this is a ticket that gets the reputation, especially since a former delaware senator ...

Community. be insulted all you want it, more insulting to take a group of people and say you historically vote for democrats. we are not black americans, white americans, hispanic americans. but it is -- here -- megyn, let me finish. it is more insulting and you cant paint everybody in one community. when you have a predominance of voting by party and race and gender, then you have a problem. then the black community. this is their history for 40 years. megyn: is it a mistake for him mott to spe...

>> laura: thats not a democratic talking point. >> dont have job. >> is that a democrat talking point? i just want to establish that go ahead. >> 4.3 million jobs. that can be verified by adp. that can be verified by adp. it can be verified by -- >> laura: how many people have left the workforce. >> a lot of people have left the workforce. >> what did the cbo say two days ago about the debt bomb thats going to go off in the future. >> thats republicans create. >> laura: what? >> that the republi...

Is that enough? >> laura: thats not a democratic talking point. >> dont have job. >> is that a democrat talking point? i just want to establish that go ahead. >> 4.3 million jobs. that can be verified by adp. that can be verified by adp. it can be verified by -- >> laura: how many people have left the workforce. >> a lot of people have left the workforce. >> what did the cbo say two days ago about the debt bomb thats going to go off in the future. >> thats republicans create. >> laura: what? >> ...