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President, we went from a $300 billion deficit to a $200 billion surplus and we were actually on the path to eliminating the national debt. when president obama came into office, he inherited the worst economic disaster since the great depression. he has cut the deficit by two thirds. so, yes, one of the ways you go after the debt, one of the ways you create jobs is by investing in people, so i do have investments, investments in new jobs, investments in education, skill training, and the opportunities for people to get ahead and stay ahead. that's the kind of approach -- >> secretary -- >> --...

Lawndale and many cities around the nation. we must invest in the formative years of these children, so we need more than a conversation. we need transportation and education and trade skill training, and that will cost. it will cost more to not do it. >> you want to add something to that, marc morial? >> no, i agree exactly what reverend jackson has indicated, but i think we also have this important challenge because one might ask can the nation afford those investments? the real question is can the nation afford not to invest in our young people at this time of great difficulty? because to n...

Economy, and the best way to create more demand is to put people back to work. now, here is another reality -- >> please. >> on the ground. as i go around connecticut, there are a lot of manufacturers and employers that have jobs, openings right now, and they cannot find people with the skills to fill them, and job training -- i go further than the president has on this point, on the job training, pathways back to work has to involve giving people the skills to fill the jobs that exist right now. >> and you have a piece of legislation that you produced for pathways to work. >> yes, it's provid...

Organizations that will have to step up on that and make sure that they don't become just a kind of floating unemployment group after paying such a terrible price for the country. >> absolutely right. just to go to your earlier point, a lot of companies already are breaking the mold, as you put it. reinventing what the concept of employment is, particularly as it relates to our veterans. they're doing the skill training. small company in northeastern connecticut making new kinds of packaging so we lose less of the water that's dropped to our troops in afghanistan. new types of containers. they...