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Something that both parties like. >> paul, there is an enormous frustration in american politics now. we sat here at table -- sat at the table wanting to push government in default over the debt ceiling debate. though there was no possibility of them winning on the argument. >> this is the liberal equivalent. >> progressive equivalent of that. >> people are frustrated that they want the leaders to do what is impossible and it will make them feel better if they can do something big and bold. >> is this about framing the issues for the election knowing that you are not. >> absolutely. the presid...

And failures. as parents send their kids off to college, sticker shock is setting in. why does higher education cost so much and are you kidding your money's worth? >> welcome to journal editorial report. i'm pall gibot. president obama poised for a major speech next week, labor leaders are pressuring the president to go big and against a republican light plan. last week, afl-cio president richard trumka accused president obama of allowing republicans to set terms of the debate so far. saying will he commit all of his energy to offering bold solutions or continue to work with the tea party? if...

Construction program. from the federal budget. they no longer participate in a real economy. from the uaw or minors union. >> membership is falling off a cliff. public sector union membership hovers around 30%. the private sector unions were 20% in 1980. they are down to 7% last year. >> steve, what do you think the president should do if he wanted to grow jobs? >> well, the first thing he should do is repeal obamacare. the one thing he could do, paul, that would create the jobs is call for restructuring of the tax system. we have a super committee. there is a growing bipartisan agreement to b...

Board member mary kissel and stevemore. what do you think, go big or go home? you have to be like fdr and have another $1 trillion jobs program. what are they asking him to do? >> they are asking him to go big. >> but what does it mean? >> it means to do big, it means to spend as much money as he can, maybe $250 billion. $300 billion to propose a big infrastructure building program. roads, schools, airports. bridges. >> didn't we do that? >> we did. that i want to repropose card check and do things that politically are impossible for him to do. >> they want him to do things that the republican...