Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140207:19:30:00
Ooichen with this progress, too many rural americans are still struggling and 85% of counties experience what's called persistent poverty. those are in rural areas. before i was elected president i represented illinois, home of a cup ol of your big ten rivals but also a big farming state. and over the years i've seen how hard it can be to be a farmer. already big producer whors doing well but there are family farms, folks scratching out a living, increasingly vulnerable to difficulties in financing and all the inputs involved. farmers sometimes having to work off the farm. they've got a couple...