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With that in mind, there's a group called hiring our heroes that and they put together this jobs fair. they're holding this one and hundreds across the country in small towns as well as big towns. they put together this event for employers at the health care industry, financial services, you name it. a lot of them are here this morning. let's talk to one of the founders of that group. the lieutenant colonel joins me this morning. good morning. come in here. tell me about this employment rate among post 9/11 veterans. why is it so much higher than the general public? >> i think there's a couple...

Rules. >> that's when grin hitch -- >> arthel: let me jump in. let me show you a fox news poll. this is important to latino voters, we took it in february. we're talking about most important issues in 2012. here it is, the economy and jobs, 29.1%. and in fourth place on this particular list behind education, health care, then immigration. 11.9%. so i want to ask you, congressman, i think you were speaking when i broke in there, how intense is this fight for the latino vote going to be? >> it's very interesting. i represented a large hispanic community when i was in congress. hispanics ought to...

Issues, though there at solyndra. brian? , gretch >> brian: our brave men and women who return home face a different battle, the struggle to find work, to get a job. for veterans ages 24 and under, the unemployment rate over the past year is 29.1%. 12 points higher than for civilians the same age. >> gretchen: major owen west is a former leader of a team in iraq and says vets are the first place companies should be looking when hiring. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: what are the main qualities veterans bring to jobs? >> i think what people tonight understand is they underst...

Who is good theater and politics isn't necessarily good policy. >> when you speak, people listen. o you think he's doing a disservice to the debate when the millionaires will pay on average 29.1% of income according to the associated press? >> i think a lot of it is theater. i think it's more than a sound byte policy. we should look at the real data rather than say one guy pays more than his secretary. >> let mesk you about politics. it's part of the debate over the economy and taxes. there's talk that there's dissatisfaction in the field. you know governor chris christie well. there's a lot o...

Capital gains, his tax would be a lot higher than his secretary tairs apz. if you are going to raise taxes, you are going to have to raise taxes on everybody. i suggest 2% or 3% on everybody. it's 150 bucks. for the wealthy, it's a lot of money. it's the only way to get things through congress. it's also true, if you are going to cut back, we can't balance the budget, david, without increasing revenues and reducing experiences. if you're going to reduce expenses, you have to reduce expenses for everybody. you have to take away the tax breaks for the wealthy and cut back on entitlements. unless...