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Let me finish with this. i'm up here in boston for the gala at the john kennedy library. these are people doing something positive. meanwhile, this reminds me of something franklin roosevelt said as the country battled itself out from under the great depression. quote, better the occasional mistake of a government that cares than a constant omission of the government frozen in the ice of its own indifference. does anyone think the critics of affordable care want to improve it? do they wish it well and hope the best efforts to get it up and working? here's a clue. was there an alternative plan ...

It is much a do about much to do. almost 50% of young people in the u.s. are neither working nor currently in school. that is 16 americans 16 to 24. you are very attractive at that time and that means they are unemployed and uneducated and good looking. >> that's good for people like me. >> other research has shown that idle young adults are missing out on a window to build skills and less likely to command the higher salaries. it will be an economic drain on the rest of us. i like this. a president at the community college says, quote, if they are not in school or work, they are not usually d...

Then the tape and the book is sent out to the child. despite their circumstances, despite the bad choices that they've made to come here, they still want to stay connected to their kids and, you know, want to show their kids that they're doing something positive. >> let's go! meeks and stokes, come here! >> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes? this is story time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have four. >> are they all at the same house? no? okay. she's got some extras for you. you have to fill out one for each household. ...

>> we bring the inmates down to the library and they're able to pick out a children's book and they read it, it's recorded, and then the tape and the book is sent out to the child. despite their circumstances, despite the bad choices that they've made to come here, they still want to stay connected to their kids and, you know, want to show their kids that they're doing something positive. >> let's go! meeks and stokes, come here! >> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes? this is story time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have...

The library and they're able to pick out a children's book and they read it, it's recorded, and then the tape and the book is sent out to the child. despite their circumstances, despite the bad choices that they've made to come here, they still want to stay connected to their kids and, you know, want to show their kids that they're doing something positive. >> let's go! meeks and stokes, come here! >> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes? this is story time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have four. >> are they all at the sa...