of completely altering the focus of the national conversation, is really remarkable. two months ago we were talking about austerity, deficits, how government needs to cut and the last two months inequality, how big the financial system is, we ve been talking about the banks getting away with essentially bankrupting the economy and moving on with big bonuses. the focus of the national conversation has really shifted and if you are sitting inside the american bankers association or on the board of morgan chase or goldman sachs that has to start to worry you. do you think by they re now talking about gearing up to smear the occupiers, others of us in the movement, others like elizabeth warren they re of course trying to turn the debate back, which we ve always known that s what they always do is try discrediting campaign. do you think it will work? well, i don t think it will work, but i think one thing that
a quick handshake, good luck, as you would say, be strong. it s a very important night, a consequential night for the country. let s show you that live picture inside the haul. eight republicans for president engaging in this debate. in recent days, a crackling debate about the 2012 presidential campaign. not only, and you ll hear it all night long, taking aim at president obama and his agenda, but we have playing out a fierce and an increasingly intense battle for the leadership, the heart and soul, the policy agenda and the philosophical approach of the republican party. watch these eight candidates tonight. we know the texas governor rick perry has emerged quickly as the front-runner. the massachusetts governor, the former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney, his lead challenger, number two. and then there s a break between the other candidates. if there is one other candidate who perhaps has the most to prove tonight, it is the minnesota congresswoman, michele bachmann
the economy is still weak. it s going to help you make ends meet, but it s also going to mean more customers for businesses. it will increase demand. it s right for the economy, and i would sign that bill today if it came to my desk. [ applause ] tell congress to get past their differences and send me a road construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports. i mean, think about it. america used to have the best stuff, best roads, best airports, best seaports. we re slipping behind because we re not investing in it, because of politics and gridlock. do you want to put people to work right now rebuilding america? you ve got to send that message to congress. send send a message to congress to come to an agreement on trade deals that will level the playing field and open markets to our businesses so we can sell more goods to countries around the world. yeah, we ve got a lot of ameri
agreement as mr. clinton said in ta debate back in iowa. and lori, is think any evidence that the trade-off to get cheaper tchotchkes for people like you and me is in some way a net benefit for all the lost jobs and everything else? you can actually now do the numbers, and theoretically trade helps us on the import side by providing less expensive goods, but the loss we suffer because these kinds of trade agreements offshore, huge numbers, of different kinds of jobs now nets out negative. even when you save on some, that is to say, on some goods, the loss in u.s. income means on average the median $7,000 per person a year. i want to talk about two of these agreements that i learned these in the podcast i did with you, lori, that stunned me. this first on panama. this is from the wikileaks drop, a state department secret memo
talk about better than i can in a few minutes we will have lost millions of jobs to the aggregate not a single promise kept. not one. a sleeg colleague and i went band and looked at every one of the promises. every one has broken the agreement as mr. clinton said in ta debate back in iowa. and lori, is think any evidence that the trade-off to get cheaper tchotchkes for people like you and me is in some way a net benefit for all the lost jobs and everything else? you can actually now do the numbers, and theoretically trade helps us on the import side by providing less expensive goods, but the loss we suffer because these kinds of trade agreements offshore, huge numbers, of different kinds of jobs now nets out negative. even when you save on some, that is to say, on some goods, the loss in u.s. income means on average the median $7,000 per