challenge that he has, but at the same time to see this level of focus and specific level of focus on this demographic right now is more than we ve received from presidents of the past so for that i think we re thankful. well, let me try this from another way, partisanen. the democratic party has owned the big cities of this country, especially the african-american areas for as long as i remember. as soon as there s an african-american majority electorally you get a black congressman or woman, from every city, from new york all the way down to philadelphia and baltimore and down to atlanta and florida and then all the way out to the west of the west coast cities and the midwest cities so they have all been represented, these african-american areas. what good has it done them in terms of jobs in terms of economic development and training and the new industry jobs that will be available if you are trained? who has been leading that effort in that in those communities on behalf of the
something just under 18 trillion which was just over u.s. s gdp. so i think that s an interesting piece. i think china has an invert demographic in the last 20 years which allows it to have one child and one child only. if you look at how the middle class is expanding that requires middle class job. requires doctors jobs, surgeon jobs, industry jobs, engineering jobs. i think china is breeding for that requirement as we move forward. doesn t that have growth rates to rely on that growth. exactly. so, again, a lot of the geopolitical landscape will be driven by the economy in 2015 when it comes to china. china s defense is, its defense budget is expanding. just over 100 billion. we know they are expanding the navy. when we look at the u.s. defense budget 585 billion it s still
company up over 500%. just to give you an example here of comparison. you would have made less money if you bought a share of tech darling apple which had a lower gain than sturm, ruger & company, but you didn t have to buy stock to win. industry jobs commonly reward employees with a $140,000 salary. that s almost three times the national average according to first research, and because much is done by hand as sales have grown, so have the number of employees. now up 30% over three years and this while the overall economy lost 10% of its jobs. just take a drive, for every mcdonald s there are ten dealers you can buy a gun from. the leading megadealer is walmart. its broad distribution helped fuel an industry sales comeback after a pre-2010 slump. these are the top ten states of guns sold per capita.
industry jobs commonly reward employees with $145,000 salaries, almost three times the national average according to research and because much is done by hand as sales have grown, so have the number of employees, now up 30% over three years. this while the overall economy lost 10% of its jobs. just take a drive. for every mcdonald s you see, there are ten dealers you can buy a gun from. the leading megadealer is walmart. its broad distribution helped fuel an industry sales comeback after pre-2010 slump. these are the tp ten states and kentucky leads the group with more background checks than residents in the state. connecticut, home of the latest tragedy is ranked 47th in sales per capita. the firearm industry s good fortune isn t all just good fortune. gun issue non-profits that are pro gun have helped to lobby washington and pushed public
week. let s go to charlotte now a. major financial center second only to new york city. home to fortune 500 companies like lowes, home improvement, duke energy, the nation s largest bank, bank of america. reality there, not good. charlotte has been hard hit in the financial crisis losing thousands of well paying industry jobs. unemployment rate stuck at 10 percent for the month of july well above the national rate 8.3 percent right now. mike emanuel charlotte north carolina. it is time for charlotte to shine. harris, no question about that. watching the national democratic convention we will hear a vier right variety of speakers michelle obama and distinguished speakers cor