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Welcome to "politics nation." i'm al sharpton. we will be talking a lot about tonight's republican presidential debate in this hour. but we'll begin the show with jobs. there's nothing more important. we are getting new details about president obama's jobs speech tomorrow night. critical moment for his presidency and for the nation's economy. force the first time we have numbers. the plan is expected to include at least $30 billion this tax cuts, $300 billion, i'm sorry, in tax cuts and government spending. it's about a third of the size of the stimulus that was passed in february of 2009. tha...

Sure way that will not change. >>governor huckabee: the last package $862 billion and each job cost us about $228,000. and that is a fairly honest and conservative estimate. most of the people --. >>neil: but it is a cycle. >>governor huckabee: there is a study that says the actual unemployment rate is 10.3 percent based on their surveys. now, the question is, how many people have given up looking for work? sometimes the unemployment rate tends to go down but it is not because people have gone to work but they have given up and do not report. i am not saying that is what this is because i don'...

>> matt, clearly you cannot have sacred cows. if you counseled the economic stimulus package that was passed, what $862 billion, much of that went to domestic spending, not shovel-ready projects. weaver cutting from a bloated level. that's why my bill, hr-122, the federal employee responsibility act, would say to our federal employees whour unionized, who collective bargain, we're not taking away that right to collective bargain. we're simply saying not on the taxpayers' dime. you give us eight hours of work a day, that's what you're signed on to do, and let the union pay for the time you spen...

Maybe as hutch as -- much as 862 billion before it is over that. money isn't accounted for. it hadn't stimulated the economy. if we are upset about spending why is there selection about what we are spending on that doesn't seem to have a lot of effect? >> just so your viewers understand this. it is not as if we are suddenly paying for health care we didn't pay for before. we pay higher taxes they go to emergency rooms they get patched up and we pay the bill. >> mike: the only place this has been attempted has been mass pass and tennessee both of which had financial disasters when they required...