dream and the canadian dream a thriving one? that s what my next guest asserts a former canadian diplomat. he s a contributor for the boston globe and clum nis for mcclains. welcome. thank you. you have a fascinating collection of data here. you point out when you lock at college degrees, 46% of americans have them, but 59% of canadians do. when you look at homeownership rates, 63% american, but 68% canadian. when you look at life expecta y expectancy, 78.7 years in america but 81.2 years this canada. so everything looks better in canada. why? it s a bit of a puzzle for us as canadians. we look to the united states as being the land of opportunity. when you start pouring through the numbers like you suggested,
north? is the american dream a dying dream and the canadian dream a thriving one? that s what my next guest, scott gilmore, asserts, a former canadian diplomat he s a contributor for the boston globe and for the canadian magazine mcleans. you have a fascinating collection of data here. when you look at college degrees, 46% of americans have them, but 59% of canadians do. when you look at home ownership rates, 63% american but 68% canadian. when you look at life expectancy, 78.7 years in america by 81.2 years in canada. higher life expectancy, higher home ownership and higher college degrees and more vacation day. everything looks better in canada. why? well, it s a bit of a puzzle for us as canadians because we look to the united states as being the land of opportunity like most people do, but when you start poring through the numbers like you suggested, no
but when you look at the economic numbers not good. heather: you can catch jerry on the willis report we can nights at 6:00pm eastern only on the fox business network. bill: right now unemployment 81.2% national lease, it has not dipped below the 8% mark in almost two years and 42% of those currently receiving unemployment have been out of work for 27 weeks or more. heather: that is tough. tough stuff. governor mitt romney with some strong words for iran while standing side-by-side with israeli leaders. we ll take a look at what the presumptive republican nominee said and how this could shakeup the race for president. bill: we are awaiting the rival of the accused colorado gunman to be back in court. he will formally be charged today and the massacre inside
good evening from new york, and this is friday december 10th, and 967 days from the presidential election, and today, we saw history on the floor of the senate. it started at 10:25 in the morning and kept going until 6:29 p.m. and 81/2 hours and change. reportly the numbers watching it were from the united states senate and a historic filibuster, because of the cause it was wachblg aged and technict a filibuster, but something new and unique a bernie-buster e. bernie sanders, senator from vermont, a self-pronounced buster. he is speaking against the president s tax cuts. this was the leading trend on twiter in this country, and the second one leading worldwide. turning his opposition to the bill into an epic essential lesson about the history of the nation s middle-class and the families and the children and the generational transformation