verge, what does this mean for lansing, michigan, if the automakers had not had this opportunity? look, this is phenomenal. i mean and on behalf of working people, including my dad, a gm retiree, let me say thank you to you, ed, for being such a mega phone for the working people of this country. you are a treasure. look, this saved millions of jobs. maybe 2.6 million jobs. you alluded to the supply chain, of course. it s not just people making cars, but the entire supply chain, all the things that go into the car. $284 billion in payroll that would have been lost across this country. something like $300 billion in tax revenue, you know, to support government at all levels. and an incredible something like a 700% return on investment. and think about the things we spend money on, ed. think about to put in perspective, people talk about $10 billion. what an investment, what a return on investment. we re fighting two wars right now. we re spending something like $1.2 trillion a ye
working folk of america? merry christmas. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question. will republicans ever admit saving the automobile industry was the right thing to do? text a. for yes, text b. for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we ll bring the results later in the show. i m still waiting for the story on fox. they ought to be jumping up and down underneath the christmas tree, saying, we re out of the car business! we re finally done. it s over oh. whew. we dodged that bullet. no more obama motors. for more, let me bring in the mayor of lancing michigan, and leo gerard. great to have you with us tonight. happy to be here. i know you re busting at the seams, because michigan state, beat ohio state. i ve got to remind our audience, you didn t have anything to do with that, you re just the mayor of lancing. go green! all right.
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legislature would have to give a license plate to real estate develo developers in favor of development. gregg: i m completely out of time. good to see you both. good debate. martha: significanting argument. let s go over to jenna low and find out what is coming up a few minutes away on happening now. jenna: he was just telling me he had a desaoeurpb license plate. he was a poe die a podiatrist. we will be talking about the big story, protestors taking over the state capitol in michigan. as michigan becomes a right to work state. it could happen any time. more coverage about the state of tennessee. tennessee is becoming the latest state to say it will not institute state-run exchanges. we ll talk to the governor about why that decision was made, plus as you know it s been three months since the deadly terror attacks on our diplomats in libya. are we safe, and what is really