not one person that i talked to 30 miles away from pella, iowa, on saturday said, i need a tax cut. no. they said they needed a freakin job and they wanted to know why the rich who have gotten all the tax cuts in recent years, two of them in 2003, or 2001 and 2003 where are the jobs? outsourcing has butchered our economy and the republicans have absolutely no solution other than washington speak. even in the middle of the country. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question. are republicans responsible for killing manufacturing jobs in america? text a for yes and text b for no to 622639. our blog, ed.msnbc.com. we love your comments and will bring you the results later in the show. joining me, robert reich, former secretary ofç labor, now a poly professor at uc berkeley and author of the book aftershock.