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Obama Urges Congress to Pass Jobs Plan

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    FBN’s government experts discuss whether the president’s plan can lower the unemployment rate.

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Well joining me now -- -- my favorite American voices WVO in radio talk show host -- Tito Jackson -- -- a great to have you with us.

Matt Patrick KT RH radio talk show post and WABC radio talk show host mark Simone thank you all for being here.

And sent -- -- -- I mean we've.

Turn to you first your reaction to the president -- that.

Well I thought it was a -- beat.

I'm glad to see him finally directing directly addressing this crisis and while I appreciate these first steps of my it would be a -- family.

Wants to follow his campaign charged to keep up the pressure.

His first job tonight was to acknowledge the size of this problem 25 million unemployed underemployed Americans and I think -- call in a joint session of congress He did that.

His second job -- to put forth a plan that would fit the signs that this unemployment problem.

And I think that even He admitted in his speech that there is much more work to do this proposed job plan.

You don't assuming it assuming that people Republicans -- -- -- past past to get -- -- your thoughts.

Then applies and it's and then Lauder says that the event that -- work -- But remember this all important -- I they did I -- I didn't.

Out of Manuel Zelaya says -- amendment I mean come on it.

Are you kidding me I've heard this all be poor and now I have to wait two weeks to find out exactly how you plan on page board and how about the super committee -- it is a bill rallies agency the -- -- they went.

What now we gotta find another you know trillion dollars you know it was a great advantage he's campaign.

And it but there's nothing there He mentioned used today here in Texas we take care of our -- don't worry about it at their bread and we got about a -- -- Come.

And I've heard of -- a what massing to have a pretty good handle on this thing mark I have a great -- don't usually make notes what I had to write down with so many things that bother me here you know personal look at but it's school construction.

You know occasionally do that the summer so I can't start till next year that's a bit of a problem people are wonderful anybody pointed -- -- the product.

-- -- emissions Warren Buffett fixes taxes -- are behind -- he's gonna have there was sort of strange draws them because what they currently -- billion dollars in back taxes he's not paying.

He's hired lawyers to go into court and get his taxes lowered its in its annual report if you don't believe me.

But by the way there's another solution here there would probably cost less than a crazy -- -- -- everybody.

You warned that.

Look -- you and I've known each other put a lot of -- suck your item that just friend to friend I got to tell yet if there's a simple way out of this with your secretary give.

Give the woman -- -- okay.

Double -- -- -- do whatever you're a rich man she shouldn't.

Well you know that's right episode well I'm getting at the secretary's been vortex and warn Buffett the secretaries overtaxed that's the problem what happened now that you know that's a bitterly other things He kept saying pass it now pass it now I was always taught never binding from a -- out of breath.

-- -- Why is it's -- -- you know the reason is.

Clinton could cellular plan He can't sell it we have to demand it just demand He is a bit demanding.

Did any of anything about his tones -- -- did it.

Did it president and off putting you and it.

No because I'm seeing the misery.

On the south and west sides of Chicago where we look at the CBC to -- when we see the congress we'll wait a minute -- yeah you're seeing military children under even if we did our oldest president not on the Gulf Coast on the soul growth absolutely I'm a depression level I'm -- -- really.

The greatest recession since the Great Depression whatever that -- -- -- Great Depression.

We're seeing African American unemployment hit a high water -- -- 27 year high water mark.

And we're seeing the rest of America rapidly follow.

And so for those of us on this panel we are employed the people who unemployment is about to run out the president said they will extend by -- if it passes that's -- People are really struggling around here -- -- a lot of pain and I think we need to tap into my is that they're desperate why why why are you stretch okay credible structurally we've had problems -- at structurally weak and about who's to -- based -- -- not.

What we know to be frankly I don't like -- does.

You one.

I don't like it I didn't like NAFTA I felt that it was a bad idea.

But why don't you know we can look in the path to see all of the things it did not work the fact is we are here but Republicans have done at this -- not only.

Russia hypothetically we're way over a but I got -- -- essentially and I apologize to you -- that we were out of time I apologize to you mark.

But let's assume there's no federal government sent in -- let's assume it's a city of Chicago.

Let's assume you've got to -- a former our community organizer for the name Barack Obama.

You got reverend Jesse Jackson.

You've got all of these folks and and terrific leaders in Chicago.

What in the world with the city Chicago do about the murder rate the education issues in Chicago and and and the devastation what would the city do for itself.

And we the fact is -- out what I I cannot even imagine a life.

But at a federal government and reverend Jackson thank you for mentioning my father's name at it was -- I -- office.

Well here's what you know what mr.

mr.

-- to be fair to be fair.

The fact is we have personal issues that we also we have personal problems that we -- institutional accountability.

The fact is when ever you dropped this atom bomb called unemployment in any community.

You see these kind of social problems in Q since -- -- -- do something because we'll cannibalize each other.

Okay -- you know what we're gonna continue that conversation map Patrick Bob.

Thanks for being -- -- I appreciate -- it's my advisor who just did talk and archived on vendors that did things -- I don't mr.

dobbs I want to be your guide our next here.

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