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Optically, it's a great deal and for the workers that are going to be able to keep their jobs and to keep the ancillary impact, the economic impact. when this was first announced, the state said they were going to lose $100 million in economic impact by the loss of those thousand jobs. that was back in february and the whole trade problem and bad trade deals and the average worker at carrier makes about 24 to $26 an hour and the jobs were going to mexico and they were going to be $23 less than what a carrier worker makes in america. >> it's interesting, because martin savidge mentioned this, s...

If he does not do that. he's a pro-business and capital guy. he's talking about business of having a primary purpose of creating good paying jobs. he's trying to do things that cause business to thrive but also to cause that thrive and to flow directory to the benefit of workers. that's where the disconnect was with mitt romney. let me drill down. i want to play some sound. this is a carrier worker who talked to my colleague. >> some people are saying that is christmas miracle here and we get to keep your jobs. the kids will be having a good christmas and we won't have to have that worry that ...

Going to be $23 less than what a carrier worker makes in america. >> it's interesting, because martin savidge mentioned this, salena. after this deal, can there be backlash? every worker who lose as job overseas wonder why donald trump didn't ride to their rescue? >> there's probably going to be part of that, sort of a natural reaction. i think what trump wants to do and he said a lot in his campaign rhetoric is to ease up regulations for businesses so that, you know, they could have better deals within the continental u.s. now, that might be part of what this plan is with carrier. we don't kn...

Velchi, indiana is getting $7 million of tax deals. is this a sweet deal? >> yeah. here's the thing. america creates 6,000 jobs a day, 180 jobs a month. most new jobs are created by small and medium sized businesses, so incentives for large businesses are a little more optics than they are dealing with the underlying problem that manufacturing jobs have been leaving this country for 40 years. that is a secular economic problem based on the fact that we have higher wages than other countries that can create those same things for lower wages. great example, $25 a day -- is it 23, $25 an hour for...

People who have no previous government experience, people who have not been connected to the regular economy in decades and decades and decades on end. the indicator that he will be sensitive to the needs of your average main street american are next to nil. that is something i think everybody should be concerned about. >> wait a minute. i just interviewed a carrier worker who says he's quite comfortable with donald trump's picks. donald trump after all picked up the phone, called the ceo of carrier and convinced that company to maintain its business in the state of indiana and not mexico. he'...