california is 10.8%. even within california, i was just in silicon valley last week. they cannot find the biggest problem is they cannot find engineers. that is the biggest problem. then you go to southern california and it s a different story. brian sullivan and lee you were pointing out the uncertainty that ceos feel yet there are companies that are doing well and there is consumer confidence. there is data on the table that shows upticks, that shows people are feeling confident. how is this not in sync then? i mean, i understand that the administration might have caused some uncertainty for major companies but at the same time, at the same level they are making profits are they not? what am i missing? well, one of the the big thing i m sorry. brian, go ahead. ladies first. all right. lee gallagher? i m sorry, brian. please jump in. don t worry about it. a lot of this is a productivity thing. in the past three years these
people were on food stamps. today 47 million people are on food stamps. you might say, got an example of when it worked better? yeah. in the reagan recession when unemployment hit 10.8%, between the end of that recession, equivalent period of time to today, ronald reagan s recovery created twice as many jobs as this president s recovery. 5 million jobs doesn t even keep up with our population growth. median income s down $4300 a family and 23 million americans out of work. that s what this election is about. sean: joining us now is the author of the brand-new book who come the black helicopters, former clinton advisor dick morris. that was the single this is where the media i mean, barack obama has a pulse compared to being coma toes. oh, he showed up, so he gets a 3 on a 10 scale. romney goes up from the last debate as far as i m concerned. that was a devastating indictment of what the last four years have beens.
people were on food stamps. today 47 million people are on food stamps. you might say, got an example of when it worked better? yeah. in the reagan recession when unemployment hit 10.8%, between the end of that recession, equivalent period of time to today, ronald reagan s recovery created twice as many jobs as this president s recovery. 5 million jobs doesn t even keep up with our population growth. median income s down $4300 a family and 23 million americans out of work. that s what this election is about. sean: joining us now is the author of the brand-new book who come the black helicopters, former clinton advisor dick morris. that was the single this is where the media i mean, barack obama has a pulse compared to being coma toes. oh, he showed up, so he gets a 3 on a 10 scale. romney goes up from the last debate as far as i m concerned. that was a devastating indictment of what the last four years have beens.
get us the rising incomes that we need. the median income is down. 23 million americans out of work. that is what this election is about. it is about who can get the middle class in this country a bright and prosperous future. and to ensure that our kids can have the kind of hope and optimism that they deserve. megyn: michael reagan is chairman of the reagan group and a political consultant. welcome back. governor romney said this is not what a real recovery looks like. he said later in the debate that we don t have to live like this. we don t have to settle. we don t have to settle for these conditions, and he pointed to your dad is an example of someone who is faced with 10.8 unemployment. and created a whole lot more jobs than have been created over the past four years. was it effective? yes, that was his variation. you are better off four years ago than you are today. bringing up ronald reagan when he was able to do in the 80s.
these policies combined have not let this economy grow off and take off like it could have. you might say, you got an example? yeah. in the reagan recession when unemployment hit 10.8%, between the end of that recession and equivalent period of time to today, ronald reagan s recovery created twice as many jobs as this president s recovery. 5 million jobs doesn t even keep with up with our population growth. the only reason the unemployment rate seems a little lower today is because of all the people that have dropped out of the workforce. the president has tried, but his policies haven t worked. he s great as a as a as a speaker and describing his plans, his vision. that s wonderful, except we have a record to look at. that record shows he just hasn t been able to cut the deficit, to put in place reforms for medicare and social security, to preserve them, to get us the rising incomes we need.