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Look at what happened during the bush administration. throughout most of the 20th century as american workers got more productive, their hourly wages increased as well. if you did more over the course of the hour, you got paid more. worker productivity and hourly wages were tied together as you there. what happened during the bush years. rocker productivity skyrockets, hourly wages remained totally flat. there was one silver lining during the bush years. there was one economic exception to these rules. the sole exception was the growth of corporate profits. corporate profits experienced annual...

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Months ago, told us if he could borrow $787 billion, almost $1 trillion, he would keep unemployment below 8 percent, it has not been below 8 percent since. this president has not succeeded. this president has failed and that is why we will get rid of him in 2012. let me note today's publics are tellly false. 8.3 percent unemployment today if we had the same level of portion in the labor first we had the day obama was sworn in it would be 10.8 percent. this achievement is not creating jobs but driving people out of the workforce. that is not progress. that's going backwards and it makes him the...

Him, they are now asking for a life sentence. bill: check out these numbers back here. history will tell you a whole lot about where we might be heading. the last double dip recession, the early 1980s. the first dip happened in 1980, the second dip from 1931-19 -- 1981-1982. unemployment went from 6.3% to 10.8, that's a blow outnumber, and inflation shot up 11% during the recession. my next guest worked as president reagan's economic adviser, art laffer's back with me out of nashville. good morning to you, art. >> good morning, bill. how are you? bill: i'm fine. we've come to you for answers. ...

To vote can vote for president. and so, you're talking about millions of potential votes. there are more puerto ricans living on the mainland than live here on the island. >> it's a great point, jose. the miami herald is pointing out that there are 857,000 puerto ricans in florida alone. so, the obama administration is recognizing the importance of the role that they're going to play for 2000 dwell. but they also really play an important role for congressional races, and everyone always knows what a linchpin and a pivotal state florida can be. >> absolutely. and let's focus for a bit on florid...