republicans? we re doing everything to them that seems like partisan politics. how do you deal with this, secretary solis? you know, i have to go straight to the people. i ve been spending my time in neighborhoods, talking to people in community centers, at unemployment centers, people looking for jobs. and you know what, it is very important that we keep those people that have lost those jobs engaged and make sure that they come in for services and, number one, we have to extend the unemployment insurance. it puts food on the table, puts gasoline in their cars so they can go look for jobs. it keeps them on the road of recovery and that s what we need to do. today he was out with president clinton talking about making investments, talking about we can t wait for congress, making reductions in energy and modernizing our facilities and people that have been hit hard for the last two years back in work. except we ve got to take care of
report that may not be so revealing. there are a lot of people who have decided they are going to start their own businesses. right. and they are becoming entrepreneurs. they will also show up in our reports in a few months and we are going to see people creating their own jobs. we must also keep fighting because we still have challenges, african-american employment still at 15.5, which is up 11.4% among hispanics. so the fight is long. however, we re going in the right direction generally. we have specific areas we must fight but fight we must. secretary solis, thank you for coming on the show tonight. thank you, reverend, for the work you do. thank you. ahead, the banks are launching a new attack on elizabeth warren. but, don t worry, we re on to them. stay with us. all energy development comes with some risk,
injury, that s the last thing we need right now in this bad economy. we should be protecting our workers and regulations that help provide a level playing field for businesses. that s what this is about. and see what i just read, this was all in the senate bill as the alternative to the jobs bill that they voted down yesterday. but comes out of the jobs bill things that mr. cantor wants a vote on up or down. now, one of the things that really concerns me, we re now in november. if there is no vote, secretary solis, we re looking at people that will run out of their unemployment checks during the holidays this year. is that right? right. yes. how many people would be affected by this? we re talking about 1.2 million people that will lose their benefits come christmas. and next year, if we do not do anything, 6 million people. and don t just look at the person who draws down the check. it s also their families. but in addition, that money gets spent right away and it is a
president has been reasonable and has put on the table things that the republicans have in the past supported, but there s a time where being reasonable becomes unreasonable when you see that no matter what you say, the opposition is going to oppose it. for example, this payroll these extension on payroll tax cuts, it will cost americans $2136 a year if not extended. this has been a no-brainer and supported by republicans in the past. this has, in my opinion, become bizarre when we start seeing republicans start back pedaling on things they used to advocate. reverend, it s unfortunate but we re entering into that political season, as you well know. there are consequences when there s an action and there s consequences where there s bad decisions being made. you saw it happen in july and august when there was gridlock.
and as the secretary said, in the private sector, it s been so ever since. not enough. not enough. in fact, the other things the graphs show, is that as the stimulus fades, gdp and jobs fade as well. right. that s all the more reason why we have to go back to those measures. it is not that the stimulus didn t work, its that it faded too soon given the dep depths of problems. the very deep hole in the economy from the great recession. that s the lesson from those grass roots. really two-fold. . it worked and we need more of the same. secretary solis, the president and you will be in detroit on monday on labor day. detroit is a symbol of something that happened under this administration, that is the auto industry was brought back. is that why the president is choosing to speak in detroit on monday? you know, the president took some very bold steps in making some reinvestments there in the automobile industry. one of the corner stones of our