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Harm than good. the problem with just writing checks is creating a culture of dependency. what you need is a way that tie to work and family. >> a lots of programs sitting in congress that do just that. stay here. this is an important conversation for us to have. and we're going to come back to this. we want you at home to weigh in on today's fire back question, exactly on this point. should job training be required to receive unemployment benefits. tweet yes or no using the #crossfire. we'll have the results aft break. and next, we'll let our the guests weigh in on a subject everyone, includi...

Accused of, republicans, being the party of no. now you're the party of strong no even against paul ryan. are you comfortable with that? being the party of no and now against paul ryan? >> what i can tell is that you the only people benefitting from this deal are the special interest groups that will get more spending in washington, d.c. if you look at the last year, the ideas of the democratic party. we have less unemployment, a faster growing economy, and it is all because washington, d.c. has republicans willing to stand up for the american people instead of special interests. >> okay, than...

Whatever the word is with this president? >> this deal does not help the economy. we need a growing economy. we need less regulations and we haven't even talked about the president's health care plan. you have to roll back on something. >> i have to say that continuing with this sequester, this austerity budget which it is by any other term is the worst for the economy. it kills job growth. it kills investment. it is the poorest of economics. that's why we're not fully recovered. if congress would get out of the way, i think the economy would have fully recovered. >> i want to thank both of yo...

Industries like manufacturing stay in this country. unlike our economic competitors in other countries who have done, who have aggressively intervene. you can't attack my record without listening to me respond. what i'm telling is that you the loss of manufacturing and automotive jobs in michigan was not the governor's fault. it was global forces that were beyond the fault of a governor but certainly could have been help by a bush administration that would reach its handled out to help manufacturing. that's my point. that's exactly what the obama administration has done. reached out to help au...

So it wasn't spending their way out of the problem. it was the bankruptcy process itself that allowed people to get rid of assets that were no longer performing and to keep the assets that were. >> my final question is about income equality. as a progressive, aren't you a little disappointed? >> i'm very pleased the president has started to make this a big issue. two days ago i was at a speech he gave which talked about the problems, not just that some people were not doing well but it means the whole economy suffers because we don't have a strong middle class. we don't have adequate demand. i...