he wants more government. well i m not talking about him because he doesn t write the headlines. he s an opinion writer. let me give you a vivid example today. all the auto companies came out with their sales. general motor sales are abysmal. i personally think they ll need another bailout. the headline in the l.a. times is general motors sales is up 2%, it was up 1.5, but they rounded up. in the same sentence they said volkswagen was up 34.4%. they didn t round that one up or down. [laughter] it s just an all out block and tackle, block and tackle. are do you think, either of you, do you think that the public is going to stand for another bailout of any sort to anyone? the last time general motor took bailout did you say you spent the last three years telling the american public pailouts work. bailouts work. they want to keep those two things about that. first, let s not forget who started the bailout, it was not the democrats it was wrong either way.
be hundreds of thousands leaving the workforce every month. the labor participation rate continues to decline. the question is what does this mean for the president considering this is his economic plan? let s add a few more numbers in as long as we are on it. 23.2 million people unemployed working part time but seeking full-time work or so discouraged they dropped out of the work areforce. 8 about percent or greater unemployment for 40 months. longest period since the great depression for are high unemployment. 5.7% unemployment is where president obama told us it would be today. so we are almost 50% higher than he told us it would be if we just passed the stimulus bill. 5.4 million people unemployed long-term. up from 5.1 million. the average workweek down to 34.4 hours. not good if you are being paid by the hour. 522,000 people lost their jobs net since the president came into office and at this pace of job recovery it will take us five years to get back to the
69,000. be hundreds of thousands leaving the workforce every month. the labor participation rate continues to decline. the question is what does this mean for the president considering this is his economic plan? let s add a few more numbers in as long as we are on it. 23.2 million people unemployed working part time but seeking full-time work or so discouraged they dropped out of the work areforce. 8 about percent or greater unemployment for 40 months. longest period since the great depression for are high unemployment. 5.7% unemployment is where president obama told us it would be today. so we are almost 50% higher than he told us it would be if we just passed the stimulus bill. 5.4 million people unemployed long-term. up from 5.1 million. the average workweek down to 34.4 hours. not good if you are being paid by the hour. 522,000 people lost their jobs net since the president came into office and at this pace of job recovery it will take us five years to get back to the
69,000. be hundreds of thousands leaving the workforce every month. the labor participation rate continues to decline. the question is what does this mean for the president considering this is his economic plan? let s add a few more numbers in as long as we are on it. 23.2 million people unemployed working part time but seeking full-time work or so discouraged they dropped out of the work areforce. 8 about percent or greater unemployment for 40 months. longest period since the great depression for are high unemployment. 5.7% unemployment is where president obama told us it would be today. so we are almost 50% higher than he told us it would be if we just passed the stimulus bill. 5.4 million people unemployed long-term. up from 5.1 million. the average workweek down to 34.4 hours. not good if you are being paid by the hour. 522,000 people lost their jobs net since the president came into office and at this pace of job recovery it will take us five years to get back to the
illnesseses, medicare, medicaid spend 20% of their budget on obesity related illness and smoking. it s become a bigger story. this september in new york for the first time ever governments are going to talk about what are noncommunicable diseases and obesity and lifestyle diseases have now become the biggest drivers of hechblg care costs not just in this country but around the world. obviously impacts our national security. this isn t a stupid equation anymore. it s the bottom line. it s real. whether it s obesity, heart disease, smoking, alcohol related. this increasingly much more than infectious disease you can go state by state, city by city, no recess, no physical education, and the vending machines in the schools. but the food in general. we can talk about that, dr. saks, the way americans eat. but if i can just say, mississippi is at 34.4%.