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Soul of america because we've shipped all of the jobs overseas. what can we do to bring them back? >> well, the first thing we should do thinking as a farmer because it's a long hall, you don't put the seed but we should start reinstating shop classes in schools because there's an awful lot of kids that don't want to be a sowsiologist but they'd love to be a plumber, brick layer, carpenter. i was a carpenter before i became an actor. that's what kept me alive after my college degree. so i told my kids if anybody stands still long enough to listen, have a skill that you can take anywhere becaus...

We've destroyed the heart and soul of america because we've shipped all of the jobs overseas. what can we do to bring them back? >> well, the first thing we should do thinking as a farmer because it's a long hall, you don't put the seed but we should start reinstating shop classes in schools because there's an awful lot of kids that don't want to be a sowsiologist but they'd love to be a plumber, brick layer, carpenter. i was a carpenter before i became an actor. that's what kept me alive after my college degree. so i told my kids if anybody stands still long enough to listen, have a skill tha...

>> welcome back to this special edition of the pactor. in the back of the book segment. with the unemployment rate at 8%. lots of americans are desperate to find jobs. actor john ratzenberger feels they're pain and is trying to help. call him the job crusader. >> where's the jobs. >> nobody to fill skilled worker jobs like welders, carpenters, brick layer, late operators, tool and dye operators. >> technical jobs. you just saw the people down there working at $7 an hour, i'm not doing this or that. that goes against my worth ethic. >> i was working for nine. >> you start and build up some cred...

Disparity, do you want to bring the numbers closer together in. >> it's grossly unfair, chris, someone to sit at home and clip coupons, get unearned income and pay 15% tax on it, while some brick layer, or some waitress is working eight hours a day running around carrying bricks and plates and they are getting taxed at 25 or 30%, that's simply not fair and there ought to be a change in the tax structure. the government has to take the role. >> yes, lower the rate, have washington take less and have washington spend less. that's exactly right. and what we've seen happen over the last few years ...

From? are american investors taking money out of america to develop these companies or are these being funded internally? >> it's a mix of the two. in the case of brazil, this guy was just like a brick layer in rural brazil who had anned idea, boot strapped t talked his way into a contract. but in many cases, money is leaving silicon valley. and that's why i set out to write the book. i spent most of my career here, and i noticed a tremendous shift in money. when i first moved here in the late '90s, no one in silicon valley would invest outside of days drive. today not only does every single v...