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The chevrolet closing of the plant. we'll have job growth going forward after a very strong pace in 2018. >> some people make the argument that if we're at 3.8% unemployment, and we have more job availability in december of 2018, there was 7.3 million job openings, and there was a fewer number than that of people on the books. the fact is are we getting to a point where we don't have enough people and that will start to slow job growth? >> it could. i have spoke to a lot of employers that have people that can't pass the drug tests and that is a big factor. that is something we're starting to s...

That would be accurate there is a skills shortage, a skills gap. that is accurate. that is happening right now. however, you have got to remember that you have never seen a number like this before. and with that kind of job availability wages rising and broken newses being paid to bring in workers. you can expect some of those people on the sidelines to come back into the labor force. there is not that many available frankly, have you unemployment rate of 3.7%. this economy is really going very well indeed. ainsley: it's interesting. if you look at those numbers, too. more people are quitting ...

Were you surprised to see it in there. >> i was surprised to see as much as i did, and i was happy to see it in there. you are right. if you think about -- remember the economy. >> i've heard of the economy, yes. >> the unemployment rate is still way too elevated. 7.9%. gdp got a pop but most of us agree it is growing well too slowly. this is our biggest near term problem. our biggest near term problem is not the budget deficit. that is a long-term problem, a serious problems, we have a chance to do something about it. . if we can at the same time, help the 2013 economy by giving it a bit of a...

Serious problems, we have a chance to do something about it. . if we can at the same time, help the 2013 economy by giving it a bit of a boost, that means a lot to workers, their paychecks, job availability. i'm very happy to see that was in there. >> when you look at the white house's proposal, what do you think they think they can actually get? >> i think they think they can get the increase in the top rates. that's the biggest kind of thing to finally break the mold on that, to really push back against the kind of grover norquist ian asymmetry. i think they can get that. i'm not sure we end...

Of bain's activities? >> to the latter part of your question, of course not. my former boss, the vice president, nailed it in that quote and there is difference between those two words. it's not what the campaign is saying it is. >> but jared, isn't the difference that he, the jobs went as it were were outsourced, but as far as his own assets are concerned, they're offshore in swiss bank accounts. >> they supported sending jobs abroad. they're calling it outsourcing, which is something different. once you send a job abroad in that whole tangled sentence doesn't make sense to anybody, so let's ...