Post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. Us,can also email journal cspan. Org. The front page of the wall street journal frames the issue of poverty with the headline we want to get your thoughts this morning. Start dialing and now. It can also go to our social media pages and join the conversation there. The wall street journal says this as well. Those six republicans joined all including senators ayotte, murkowski, portman, and coats. The Washington Post reports this morning the president obama made coat made phone calls to sever all those republicans and urged them to vote yes on a procedural vote. This is part of the overall theme by democrats wanting to highlight what they call income inequality. Chad and override chad in rhode island, what you think . I think that we have lost the war on poverty. Thank you for your time. Host why do you say that . Caller when you have people working on a daily basis and have to apply to food stamps and , when our jobs have been shipped overseas and congress does nothing about it they go through the motions. These people really dont care about those of us who work for wages on a daily basis. Host you blame both parties . Caller yes. Host are there any policy solutions they should try . What congressnow, should do is get the Unemployment Benefits back to those 1. 3 Million People that are out of work through no fault of their own. Trade, we need to erect barriers. We need to start producing and consuming in the usa. Unemploymentng benefits, republicans say they should be paid for. What do you think . Caller i dont see that as necessary. These people have been paying out of their wages. They werent too concerned when wall street collapesed and government gave them money to bail them out. Republicans have no sympathy or mercy on the poor. Host danielle from washington dc, democratic caller. Im reminded of one of of history ins which the vietnam war was fox but not declared. The war on poverty was fought but not declared. I think we have been in decline. I think more and more economic entities have been turned over to private hands. We are looking at it corporate debate that has been extended through the last century into. He next one i am in line with the thinking that sadly the war on poverty hasnt been fought. It has been declared. The legislation has been somewhat positive. I understand that mainstream democratic thinking that brought us Social Security. But mainly this idea that were losing because of handouts or people are lazy, these are extremely oversimplified views from the white wing. I dont know why someone who is middleclass class would given to that middle class warfare. I dont see that legacy of johnson he continued to fight for improvement. Host allen is our next caller from boston. Good morning to you. Caller thank you for cspan. Ine than 30 Million People the country are under the poverty line. Why do we spend these high numbers on the military service . [indiscernible] little children dont have any food, they dont have any home. There are disasters numbers of host ry brickstoneal times the poverty numbers. Breaks down the poverty numbers. These are 2011 numbers posted in the financial times. 50 years later after Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty, are we winning at . It is a theme democrats plan to aboutp in 2014, to talk income inequality. Here is harry reid on the senate ahead of theay vote to consider extending Unemployment Benefits. Heres how he ties the two issues together. [video clip] this is not good for the country. That told by economists for every dollar we spend in it gets ant benefits dollar and a half to us back, just like that. We have to start understanding that we have a country that not everybody is benefiting from what is going on with these headlines i just reported. The tophe last 30 years one percents income and wealth has increased 300 . Almost 10 . Dropped i dont even i havent even mentioned the poor. They have been hit hardern than than anyone else. The minority leader responded on the floor yesterday. He laid out the republican arguments for extending these Unemployment Benefits without paying for them. We should work on solutions to support those who are out of work for no fault of their own. But there is literally no excuse to pass Unemployment Insurance legislation without funding with to create good stable jobs and find money to pay for it. Lets find a way to pay for these benefits so we are not adding to an already completely unsustainable debt. The administration seems almost totally disinterested in solutions that dont put government in the lead. It seems incapable of working with those who do not share that belief. Why we are inely the situation we are in. You believehen government is the answer to all your problems that you talk about Unemployment Insurance instead of job creation. It is time to get away from temporary programs and give the American People the tools they need to drive an economy that truly works for them and for their families. Host Mitch Mcconnell talking on the senate yesterday before the senate voted on a measure that would extend Unemployment Benefits. Want its said they brought to a floor vote this year. It is a vote that harry reid has promised as well. Are we winning . Illinois, independent caller. Good morning. I would like to say no one gets ahead by working for someone else. There are a lot of people that would like to start their own business but they are almost handcuffed by these regulations and the hoops they have to jump through. Out theey take us more they take out of our check back systemic the poverty. Host mark, our next caller, what are your thoughts . Isler the war on poverty political bs. It doesnt get to the real cause. Poverty is tooof many people looking for too few jobs. And how do we get too many people, having too many children. Lets get to the root. Be talking about solutions to this with two members of congress. We will get both partys perspective. Today marks 50 years when Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. On the extension of Unemployment Benefits and the debate over whether or not they should be ratedor mark udall this out mark udall tweeted this out. The plan would extend Unemployment Benefits for three months. , after the senate cleared the 60 vote threshold to advance legislation, House Speaker john boehner had a , saying the house will not take it up unless it is paid for. Heres what the statement said the speaker would also like to see language on the president s Affordable Care act included in these extensions, as well as an agreement to go forward. Jim from south carolina, a republican caller. Good morning. If harry reid is so right and they economy is stimulated by unemployment, why dont we all just go on unemployment yucca people not working and not conjure bidding takes away from that effective the economy. I cant believe people believe his rhetoric. Unemploymentd into they only paid in during a factor of 26 weeks, not for four years. It is a shame people believe this kind of rhetoric. Is true the government created such a big economy. The governmente created such a big economy, then how come growing five or seven fold. Heres a tweet from a congressman who too agreed with what you said. People arent doing those jobs so they are taking away from the people who are doing goods and services. Otherwise we could all do that. You have people who are not producing and adding to the economy. Positive than everybody could be on unemployment. It is a silly argument. Host democrats feel like this is a way this is one proposal that you get at income disparity in this country. As we mark the anniversary of the war on poverty, what do you think the solutions are you go art deco the solutions are . I dont hear them give me concrete answers on how they are going to make income equality. Dont hear their arguments other than helping out the far far low part of the spectrum. I dont know how that does anything for the minimum class. It just makes everything they buy more expensive. The economy is growing so that it is getting opportunities for the high end people to exploit overseas and make money. It is the realigning of the economic world we are living in. Speaking outnes about this rebalance inequality. I dont hear them come up with any kind of concrete solutions. Host the wall street journal is reporting what do you want to hear from these republicans . I want to hear things that would go back to the simple part of creating jobs, like low tax rates. For increasingre taxes on Capital Gains. That just put a damper on people willing to take a risk and create jobs and take risks. One of the things that is disappointing is the far left and far right seems to dictate a theof the dialogue and middle democrats and republicans just absorb or hide from they dont want to seem to take action. To get a pendulum swinging from jimmy carter to Ronald Reagan from a from clinton to bush, from bush to obama. Wheelies get these far right left pendulum swings. That is what it is going to take to move things along. If youre interested in what senator marco rubio is going to say, we are going to cover it. Go to cspan. Org for more information. He will be speaking on income mobility and the American Dream. The wall street journal is expected to call for new measures to redesign welfare programs. Said in a video. Is expected to make it his primary scene when he gets the state of the Union Address on january 28. Das from florida, independent caller. Gus from florida, independent caller. Wouldve been successful if we didnt have a president named president Ronald Wilson reagan. Against the human nature and man, against him and his greed. Those who have money in the bible states, all they want to do is more and more and more. Economics it did not work and will not work. That one percent is nothing but greedy. Do is revisit,d repeal, and correct reagans economic policies. They do not want to share. That is what the one percent is. Have you voted for republicans before you go before . Caller i dont vote. It is against my religious beliefs. Host what religion are you . Caller jehovahs witness. Host back to the wall street journal, related to what gus was saying. Tim in wisconsin, democratic caller. Your thoughts this morning on the 50th anniversary on the war on poverty. Caller good morning. Yes,o want to say this there are a problem there is ith things in wtih this country. Even though i worked the majority of my life before i i slowly created baffling to me. Poverty is quite mistaken. I just listened to mitch i would have to disagree with him wholeheartedly. Im having a bit of a hard time host we got your point, we will leave it there. Texas, republican caller, hello charles. My comment is about the war on poverty, which was brought about by Lyndon Johnson. There are several generations that are on welfare. Am not blaming them for it. It doesnt do anything but it keeps them down. I know this man who was an engineer for one of the big Computer Companies here in dallas. They lost their job during the financial crisis. We were going to spend 35 for a couple of buckets. He and his wife were now washing did washing windows. And his wife went out washing windows. He is making more money now than he did for the computer company. Where there is a will there is a way. Host on twitter that is also part of the democrats efforts to highlight what they call income inequality in this country. On the 50th anniversary on the war on poverty we are getting your take on whether or not we are winning it. Moved by the democrats was yesterday to advance legislation that would allow the senate to consider other or not to extend Unemployment Benefits total costonths, a of 1. 5 billion. Democrats consider the legislation, to voted yes. The Washington Post close quote reports the Washington Post reports white house advisers said that obama is going to discuss spending offsets only for a longerterm extension of Unemployment Benefits, not the threemonth bill under consideration right now. President talked to senator mark kirk of illinois. He was a no vote on advancing the legislation because it did not include any savings or offsets to the legislation. That is the debate now, whether or not you pay for extending these Unemployment Benefits. Lets go to lewis in michigan, republican caller. Good morning. Sad thing. S a we have spent trillions of dollars on this program so far. Has just made more people dependent on the government. I am a senior citizen. They were proud families, real proud families. A majority of children are born out of wedlock and just dependent on the government. They created this problem. I dont think it has worked and it never will. Betty in outlook turkey, new mexico, a caller, what do you think . Caller thank you for taking my call. Spotrom florida was really on. It has taken america 30 years to realize that trickledown supplyside economics, all these things, American Public has been had with all these notions. If i am not mistaken, and please correct me if i am wrong, was it David Stockman who worked during the Reagan Administration who just recently came out and announced to the public that yes, these werent sales policies. I also think the notion of the welfare queen, the story that was told over and over sure there are people who abuse policies. It doesnt matter what kind of policies you come up with. Therell always be abusers. But that was something that was really overblown. The other thing i wanted to make a point on you had a gentleman who just e mailed in a few minutes ago stating to the effect that raising the minimum wage decreases the number of jobs. There are no facts to back that up. That is something that is a total misperception. Lastly, i called in some time ago and mentioned the fact that john boehner, speaker of the house, was probably going to go down in history as the worst speaker in the house in history. He had numerous bills that he could present to the congressional floor that would have run about millions of jobs. Especially jobs that would shore up our infrastructure. Resisted adding these bills out the floor, knowing full well the votes would probably be there because he has been pandering to this crowd known as the tea party. In other news this morning, you have probably heard that former defense secretary Robert Gaines is out with his memoir. It has been leaked to pretty much all the papers. Coverodworth has the story for the Washington Post the criticism the most papers are leading with is dates was skeptical if not outright convinced it would fail , talking about the president posterity to put out a surge in afghanistan. Memoir,on to say in his i never doubted obamas support for the troops, only the support for their mission. Inside the Washington Post this morning worked he was known as bipartisan detachment. Provideir is likely to for the opposition party. He goes on to report that states acknowledges he did not reveal his dismay. I never confronted obama directly over what i and Hillary Clinton saw as the president s termination that the white house residents determination that the white house controlled every policy and operation. It was the most controlling i have seen since Henry Kissinger ruled the roof. Also read how he ends his piece that is bob gaze in his memoir that it will be coming out january 14 bob gates in his memoir that will be coming out in january 14. He writes that he is to be buried in section 60 of the Arlington Cemetery his memoir is out january 14. Have been several commentaries about him putting this memoir out. Tweet that came out a republican senator from arizona. Scott in ohio, independent caller. You are on the air. To turn your television down and listen to your phone. Lets go to dorothy, a democratic caller. I agree wholeheartedly with the color from new mexico and florida. We have a property problem in this country that is really devastating. We have all these people unemployed, they cannot find a job. The president has proposed jobs bills. If you look at the infrastructure in this country ,nd all the people unemployed women cant work the pipeline. We need construction jobs, all kinds of things. They refuse to take that up. Peopleel like different an extension on unemployment has to be pay for. What we need to do is put money back in the economy and that is what keeps it going. They keep getting tax breaks. Scott, lets go back to you. You have got to turn your television down. Build in nashua, new hampshire. In nashua, new hampshire. Caller i am so happy to be an independent. We have a war going on between the democrats and the republicans. A real war is between the very rich, the democrats, and the republicans. None of them are turning their head or are concerned about what is happening to this country. They dont care if we end up with one million kids totally uneducated because there parents arent educated enough to help them. Theyre not doing anything to turn this country around. Doing is trying to cut taxes for their best time to cut taxesy further, spend money we dont have further. What we need is less spending. Host from twitter you can go to facebook. Com c span. We are marking the 50th oniversary of the war poverty today. Lyndon johnson declared a before his joint session of congress pit today marks an anniversary, three years ago Gabrielle Giffords and others were shot in arizona in downtown tucson. Wrote today in the opinion pages of the New York Times as many of you know, he