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determines their success in life. then we'll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for the next government check. >> that's new jersey's governor chris christie. he's endorsed governor mitt romney for president. who knows, the two could be running together against president obama in the fall if romney taps christie to be his vice presidential candidate. threats to hard work is hardly a new issue for president obama either. it was a central team in the kansas speech the president used to lay out his economic agenda at the end of last year. listen. >> for most americans the...

believe this is a place where only their willingness to work hard and to act with honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life. then we'll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for the next government check. >> that's new jersey's governor chris christie. he's endorsed governor mitt romney for president. who knows, the two could be running against president obama in the fall if romney taps christie to be his vice presidential candidate. threats to hard work is hardly a new issue for president obama either. it was a central team in the kansas speech h...

I was thrilled to read your article this week, and i said, we got to get bob to talk about this. the title of your piece is "manufacturing illusion." are the presidential candidates trying to manufacture illusions about manufacturing? >> i think they are, lawrence. look, i'm all in favor of trying to get manufacturing back, and certainly, rick santorum and mitt romney have been talking a lot about manufacturing. even the president unveiled last month a six-point plan for getting manufacturing back. and i think the president's plan is much better than the republican's. but the fact of the matte...

The real issue isn't how to get manufacturing back. it's how to get good jobs and good wages back. they aren't at all the same." joining me now from burton, california, is former secretary of labor under president clinton and former uc berkeley professor, robert reich. professor reich, thank you very much for joining me tonight. i was thrilled to read your article this week, and i said, we got to get bob to talk about this. the title of your piece is "manufacturing illusion." are the presidential candidates trying to manufacture illusions about manufacturing? >> i think they are, lawrence. loo...

Capacity. [ applause ] >> so we have a huge opportunity at this moment to bring manufacturing back, but we have to seize it. tonight my message to business sleerdz simple. ask yourself what you can do to bring jobs back to your country and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. [ applause ] >> we can start with our tax code. right now, companies get tax breaks for moving jobs and profits overseas. meanwhile, companies that choose to stay in america get hit with one of the highest tax rates in the world. it makes no sense. everyone knows it. so let's change it. first, if yo...