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Little. let's get rid of the loopholes. there would be a dividend in repatriating these. that's going to give you a temporary boost in employment. i won't argue it won't. i'd like to see it used more constructively. for example, the federal government always has something like 40 jobs training programs. the graduates do about as well as college graduates do. let's use this money in an investment way that really leaves lasting value. i don't like jobs trainings programs. they sound good. i wish they worked, but the history is they simply don't. >> well, peter, i disagree with part of that, alth...

And our children's money because we're borrowing from the next generation to pay for this. >> you aen i know that the federal government wastes hundreds of billions each year. >> and there are dozens of jobs training programs which overlap and duplicate each other. >> cutting waste means more accountability. >> we have great federal employees, the vast majority, but you can't manage an organization if you can't control good work. >> now, you heard right. while the defense department and f.a.a. get ready to furlough critical workers, the federal government is spending millions paying workers wh...

Training programs take waste to a whole new level. some partic panteds train for jobs that don't exist. others pay for courses in jobs they already have. some funds spent on a contractor who bought videogames. and in one state, workforce agency employees took more than 100 gambling trips to casinos -- in work hours mp the study commissioned by tom coburn raises a lot of questions about your cash being spent on federal job training. and it is no small chunk of change. $18 billion annually invested in the jobs training programs. but the gao reports that since 2004, only 5 of 47 programs looked a...

john king, chief national correspondent and host of "jk usa" and sheila behr, former children of -- chairman of the fdic. before we talk about this i want to bring in christine romans to explain why this has been such an important deal in the united states. while i've been out here in cannes, the u.s. has been watching very closely what's going on here and what's been going on in athens, christine. >> there's a growing understanding that u.s. and europe are in it together. anything that is negative for greece and the eu, is not good for america. europe is america's number one trading...

i'm ali velshi in cannes, france. g-20 turned out to be something other than what i and the entire world thought it would be with the crisis in greece and more pressure on the eurozone. here to discuss this and impact on the world economically, politically and financially our chief national correspondent and sheila behr, former children of where they grow america's favorite potatoes. everyone knows idaho potatoes taste great. fdic. before we talk about this i want to bring in christine romans to but did you know they're good for you too? explain why this has been such they're high in...