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Sanctions are kind of the modern day smart bonl.mb. the devastation it's caused the country. the economy is about by all estimates 20% smaller than before the sanctions. unemployment rate is 20%, inflation is about 25%. there's $80 billion in currency that's tied up in other countries that they can't get their hands on. look, brenda, these are really horrific numbers. we're talking like depression numbers back from the '20s and '30s in our time. if that hits the country and continues to hit the country, only one thing can happen. the people will rise up and overthrow and put in new government....

Then. starting to ease off. if president obama has any, any idea what is he doing in the economy he won't raise the minimum wage. why does president obama -- >> bob: why do you have a bad economic professor. give you facts from the economics glaseconomic class. that i took. massachusetts has $8 minimum wage, higher than most. they have 15% unemployment amongst teenagers, lowest in the country. >> dana: 15%? we're going to do cart wheels for that? >> bob: this is 24-25%. excuse me, can i finish? can i finish? ohio has 19% unemployment. vermont, 19%. >> eric: nevada -- >> bob: by the way -- >> e...

Reinvestment. somehow it must be. the bush tax cut extension gave more wealth to top 1% and all the state's budget. that must be repealed early on to have enough money to reinvest and put america back to work. of course, there are patterns of race discrimination. we need the president to have a real focus on the impact of why blacks are so -- we voted first and voted most and then we have the most pain, but that pain appeals to him to hear our cry and address the direct focus away. >> i mean, 16.8% unemployment for the african-american community. that is being compared to, what, 8.2%? to what ...

Closer to depression numbers. those are staggering numbers, are they not. >> they really are. and quite frankly, they underscore your point, joe, that obama is very strong. to have numbers, whether it was 48% or 53%, those are excellent numbers when you've got an economy in the situation it is. i tend to agree with you that obama's comeback began when he basically brushed aside pelosi and reed, said let's end this stalemate, let's cut the deal with republicans. he did. he got a lot done in that deal, then he moved on to one thing after another and i think americans said, hey, government's begi...