workers is not borne out by the evidence. with that said, ihç don t want to see this trend continue. john, the evidence does bear this out. it does bear this out. companies again are coming on fox business and saying to me, i cannot hire, it costs too much they have to be temporary, i can t afford the benefits jonathan. that s the reality. of course. companies don t hire because tl?% are all truists they want to make a profit. the problem is our government has made hiring those employees so cumbersome, so expensive. tracy, forget the uncertainy, what about the actual certainty of the social security tax, medicare tax, unemployment tax, workers compensation. employer $60, 65, $70,000. we all would love to have more fulltime worker the problem is we ve may it more expensive for the employer to make that
convince that you somehow you ll be better off if nobody helps you. if you have if you have a problem in your life, whatever you may say about the democratic party, it s your only hope for help. now, we don t always get it done, but at least we re interested in trying. the republicans couldn t care less. they don t care about you. they don t care about me. they don t care about anybody but themselves. and you said last night on the floor may god have mercy on your souls. how cruel is it to deny unemployment compensation, what people have paid for in their own checks every week, every every month. just look at it. look at your paychecks. look where it says futa, federal unemployment tax. we re paying for it and republicans are holding it back from people because they wanted to finance the wars. congressman, you tell it like it is. thank you so much. let s get some rapid fire response from the panel on these stories tonight. michele bachmann s tea party caucus will hold its
nbc s brian mooar joins us from washington with more on all this. brian, good morning to you. reporter: we re learning the president wants to create jobs by building up infrastructure. he wants help for the long term unemployed, he wants to extend the unemployment tax, but perhaps poboldest of all, he s shooting for $4 trillion in budget cut, far more than the $1.5 trillion that the congressional super committee is shooting for before thanksgiving. but the president also want to the restorm entitform entitleme raise taxes on the rich. rick perry, the republican running to to try to take president obama s job, is on the campaign trail. yesterday in new hampshire. he toned down his message, but he did raise some eyebrows when he said that he does not believe in man made global warming.