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They are all extremely thoughtful but i was most taken by what jamie dimon said. he's, of course, the chairman and ceo of jp morgan chase, dimon and his company emerged unscathed from the financial crisis. in fact, with both their reputations enhanced. you want to hear what jamie dimon had to say about the state of the u.s. economy and the job problem and europe and why he thinks he and his fellow bankers get a bad rap. >> there is still, if you know, if you look at polls in the united states, still a widespread feeling in the united states that the taxpayers bailed out the banks and the banks...

Of stronger job creation, we cannot consider the recovery to be truly established. >> the president himself said there's some $2 trillion in cash corporate america is sitting on. what does it take to get employers to spend the money and hire. >> well, one aspect to go to what ken rogoff has been talking about, changes in the tax code. particularly of the $2 trillion a big chunk of it is overseas. corporations argue if you would let us bring that back and reinvest it and we don't have to pay the high rates when we come back, we're more likely to do that. i think that's worth exploring. you have...

What we are willing to do about it. >> greta: what president obama policy do you agree with, if any? >> i like what he's done with respect to try to get teachers to work for performance rather than seniority. secretary duncan has done good work in that area. >> greta: big problem with jobs. you said when you left minnesota the unemployment rate was below the national average watch would you do about our job problem in this country? it makes me crazy when i hear we are out of a recession and i travel and see people out of jobs and see for lease signs. i don't buy the economist definition. >> st...

What we are willing to do about it. >> greta: what president obama policy do you agree with, if any? >> i like what he's done with respect to try to get teachers to work for performance rather than seniority. secretary duncan has done good work in that area. >> greta: big problem with jobs. you said when you left minnesota the unemployment rate was below the national average watch would you do about our job problem in this country? it makes me crazy when i hear we are out of a recession and i travel and see people out of jobs and see for lease signs. i don't buy the economist definition. >> st...

>> wrong again. i'm not saying they are bad people. i'm not saying they don't america to succeed as individuals as i do and you do and as the president does. they are part of a corporate machine. by law they're not allowed to give a damn about america. if it costs two cents less to make something in china, they are going to make it in china and hire in china. if they didn't, they would get fired. pleading with the corporate machine to do the right thing is futi futile. i wish the president at some point would understand that. all right. joining me now is the president of campaign for america's...