people looking for jobs as there were in 2009, the unemployment rate would be 14%. come on. again, we haven t the private sector job growth here is much stronger than it was. bill: james, 14% unemployment rate same amount of people looking for work. can you say whatever you want. i m using just like you were using with alan i m using the government figures. bill: i m using the government stats too. 14% is what it would be. this is a much more vigorous job market than under bush. bill: mad at me because ran tape showed corruption of jail. the mayor admitted yesterday the jail is still out of control and the sheriff is a moron or whatever it may be. why are you guys down there giving me heat? i m telling the truth. people down here like you. bill: i like them. i like new orleans. why don t you the factor come down here. bill: i was down there, james. i was down there for four days.
something that doesn t happen. highest unemployment rate. poverty rate is higher than the rest of the country. we do have a problem our crime rate is not any higher than you would expect maybe lower than a city by demographics. best improved school system here. we have all kind of great things that have happened here in the city. i want you to come and we are proud of our city. we want to take time and show it to you. bill: i love the city. i had a great time when i was down there. the stats are the stats. you have the got the highest murder rate and much higher poverty rate. you have got some problems. what about the entrepreneurs and job growth in this city? what about the fact that our school system has improved so much. bill: all of that is swell, james. all of it is good but you have got major problems. you should run for mayor. we do have problems. we admit that and we are trying to involve them and working on them. we want you to come down and see them and showcase our
people looking for jobs as there were in 2009, the unemployment rate would be 14%. come on. again, we haven t the private sector job growth here is much stronger than it was. bill: james, 14% unemployment rate same amount of people looking for work. can you say whatever you want. i m using just like you were using with alan i m using the government figures. bill: i m using the government stats too. 14% is what it would be. this is a much more vigorous job market than under bush. bill: mad at me because ran tape showed corruption of jail. the mayor admitted yesterday the jail is still out of control and the sheriff is a moron or whatever it may be. why are you guys down there giving me heat? i m telling the truth. people down here like you. bill: i like them. i like new orleans. why don t you the factor come down here. bill: i was down there, james. i was down there for four days. come down here and talk to
america s tax and spend situation under control. joining us now from new orleans democratic vat gist james callville. what about the argument if you raise taxes in a soft economy you make the economy worse? the president is going to come in tomorrow, 600 billion in new taxes. people are going to go hey, that s not going to help us out. if you raise the wrong kind of tax it will. we cut the payroll tax by 2 percentage points and helped a lot. when we put it back on that hurt. that effects everybody and effects a lot of spending. i know the people at wal-mart would certainly say that. what the president is talking about is limiting deductions for wealthy americans. it may hurt a little bit but probably not that much. you are talking about 600 billion over 10 years. we have got to wait to see what his proposals are. but i think most of congress would say these are the kinds of tax increases that would probably be limited in its impact on the economy but anything could hurt. let s get
people looking for jobs as there were in 2009, the unemployment rate would be 14%. come on. again, we haven t the private sector job growth here is much stronger than it was. bill: james, 14% unemployment rate same amount of people looking for work. can you say whatever you want. i m using just like you were using with alan i m using the government figures. bill: i m using the government stats too. 14% is what it would be. this is a much more vigorous job market than under bush. bill: mad at me because ran tape showed corruption of jail. the mayor admitted yesterday the jail is still out of control and the sheriff is a moron or whatever it may be. why are you guys down there giving me heat? i m telling the truth. people down here like you. bill: i like them. i like new orleans. why don t you the factor come down here. bill: i was down there, james. i was down there for four days.