struggle too long, and the economy is going to be hurt too much if they don t have any money to spend, so these extensions were added to the regular unemployment relief to make it last longer. it s been renewed 11 times since then. finally, they re saying there will be no more renewal. how much money are we talking about to these people? that s really what it comes down to. probably $300, maybe $350 for some people, per week. as a point of reference, if you look at the stats for a family of four, particularly with teenagers, anywhere from half to two thirds of $300 a week will go to food alone. let alone your transportation and your housing and your utilities and communication and everything else people need if they want to have a hope of getting a new job. information that congress started this program as a emergency response to the great recessi recession, but if you look at the numbers, the jobs emergency is over. unemployment topped out at 10%
automobile industry because they thought it was going to save jobs. and it did. it did. that worked. not one republican was in favor of it. the fine line the president has to walk in his re-election effort is that he needs to do things that get his base enthused while still being the candidate who appeals to a broad swath of the public. basically, everybody in ideological way. the situation with the economy and the country is very bad. so, whether or not it is good politics, the only responsible thing right now is to work on jobs. it s the haves and have nots. right now we actually have a jobs emergency. we don t have a opinion problem. we have a math problem. republicans are the people that tell you there is no socialist in america. none. even though medicare is a purely socialistic program, social security. and at the same time, they tell you that the economy is the responsibility of the president of the united states.
way i think too many people now fear the future, that s a danger zone. the situation with the economy and the country is very bad. so, whether or not it is good politics, the only responsible thing to do right now is work on jobs. it s the haves and have nots. it s the haves, the have mores and the have notes. right now we actually have a jobs emergency. we don t have an opinion problem. we have a math problem. you could put any president in there. president obama is the political target to defeat. but it s the legislative body that is saying, absolutely no to the american people. what have you in brat titain conflict every week at prime minister s questions. now, yeah, it is angry and people have been told by the speaker to sit down and shut up in the house of commons. much rather that kind of open, in my view, ventilation of the anger and a conflict that occurs rather than what we have here, which is press conference, press conference, vote, gridlock. i think romney has
about criminology. i ll explain. first, here s my take. america s job crisis persists, and there seems to be little we can do about it. but actually there is one area where government can create jobs even if consumers aren t spending and businesses aren t hiring. and in a way that is productive for long-term growth. rebuilding america. the american society of civil engineers estimates that america s crumbling infrastructure needs $2 trillion worth of repairs, upgrades, and expansions. with needs on that scale, president obama s infrastructure proposals are at 120th the size of the problem. we need a big plan and a ground bargain between left and right to get it. the first element of the bargain would be funding. already there are several good proposals for infrastructure banks. relatively small public investments can be leveraged to attract much larger sums of private capital. compared with other countries, the u.s. still has an astonishingly low amount of private sector in
and finally, the bold truth about criminology. i ll explain. first, here s my take. america s job crisis persists, and there seems to be little we can do about it. but actually there is one area where government can create jobs even if consumers aren t spending and businesses aren t hiring. and in a way that is productive for long-term growth. rebuilding america. the american society of civil engineers estimates that america s crumbling infrastructure needs $2 trillion worth of repairs, upgrades, and expansions. with needs on that scale, president obama s infrastructure proposals are at one twentieth the size of the problem. we need a big plan and a ground bargain between left and right to get it. the first element of the bargain would be funding. already there are several good proposals for infrastructure banks. relatively small public investments can be leveraged to attract much larger sums of private capital. compared with other countries, the u.s. still has an astonis