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Certainly those families will be affected. but again, go back to the basic problem. the problem is unemployment insurance benefits are helped after the problem has occurred. the real issue is to make the economy grow more rapidly so there are opportunities and give people the skills to take advantage of them. we're not doing either of the latter two. >> the fact is -- >> hold on. rana, go ahead. >> we need to do both. yes, we need to grow the economy. in my "time" cover, i actually spoke to janet yellen about this and she believes as many do that a rising tide still lifts all boats. sure, if y...

Persistently. this wealth effect is not widely spread throughout the society, that the income gap is spreading. >> right. and the long-term unemployed problem is terrible. we're not short of economic problems. i'm not sheer to proclaim that you know suddenly we're robust again. but if you want to understand why the president's doing better in the polls, apart from the campaign and who's running a better campaign, i think it's rooted to economic facts, which is modest upturns in a number of the indicators. >> steve rattner with real facts, thank you very much. love the charts. with todd akin ...