his part-time job to keep a roof over his head. bill: what is the solution in your mind to that problem? i believe that the food stamp program that we have is a supplement. we have agreed to supplement, which are both to the individual but they are also a business supplement because this allows his employer to pay lower wages. bill: 35% of the population is now on some kind of welfare here. that s up from 6%. so we are becoming what you, i guess want, they are getting this. it s a trillion dollars a year going into these programs. you know, bill, i would really prefer living wages. but. bill: so you want a guaranteed wage? is that what you want? which one do you want? bill: i m asking you. i m the interviewer here, sister. sorry. bill: what s your vision? you are a lobbying group? what are you lobbying for a guaranteed wage? every american family of four gets a thousand? s. that what you want. earned income tax credit is
create to put americans back to work. for every net new job created, about four people dropped out of the workforce, so, we re going in the wrong direction. this is a very difficult time for the american people. joining us now to react from new york is david callahan, a senior fellow at a progressive organization and here in washington former economic advisor to president george w. bush douglas holts eakin. okay, gentlemen, look, we had 368,000 people leave the job force. that was the number. but the bureau of labor statistics has its way of calculating the jobless rate that minimizes it, i think, doug, because it goes down to 8.1%. people think wow that s progress. tell us what it really represents. ignore the drop from 8.3 to 8.1. this is unrelentingly bad report. we had 368,000 people give up looking for joonget they re not unemployed they disappear from the statistic. inside that it s even worse.
a great program. actually congressman ryan said he favors. bill: it tell me what you want, sister. what i want is money in the pockets of hard working people living below the poverty level. laura: just ahead, we have a look at the winners and losers of the conventions. the round up is 60 seconds away. i was having trouble getting out of bed in the morning because my back hurt so bad. the sleep number bed conforms to you. i wake up in the morning with no back pain. do you toss and turn? wake up with back pain? if so, call us now. you ll learn how the sleep number bed helps relieve back pain by allowing you to adjust the firmness and support to conform to your body for a more proper spinal alignment. just look at this research. ® 93% of participants experienced back-pain relief. plus it s a great value because it costs about the same an innerspring yet lasts twice as long. so if you want to sleep better or find relief for your bad back, call now.
protected. empower us with your grace so that we might resist the temptation to replace the moral law with idols of our own making. or to remake those institutions you have given us for the nurturing of life and community. laura: in that prayer, he took down two of the pillars of this convention, right? he did. laura: abortion on demand and gay marriage. he did. laura: you are a catholic, right? i m only half catholic and i only half practice i have known every cardinal since feldman in the 1960 s, cardinal dollan follows in the great tradition of political activists. most powerful catholic in the united states. he is the pope of america in many ways. he is very charismatic. is he very blunt. he went to the rnc and delivered almost the same benediction there and roundly criticized by the democrats. guess what? you want me to come to your convention i will come to your convention. he went it the democratic national convention and he delivered the same benediction and there i
do that he has to make it between mitt romney the man and obama mat man. the vision thing is secondary. much more favorable playing field if it s about the personality. cool celebrities, a really cool wife. she has great arms. really cool jobs report coming out this morning. that makes it much more difficult for him. what worries me if this election is are you letter better off than four years ago obama is trying to make that argument. democrats are confused about what their answer is, obama tried to make the case you are better off the question is who is going to make you better off four years from now. i don t think either candidate has fully made that argument to the person american people which is why i think this election is a toss-up. laura: julia, can you close it out for us. what from