to continue the flow of supply chain to reduce the burden, reduce the pressure and reduce the cost. arthel: i get it. i m all for bringing it to texas and louisiana, for that matter, but then you ve got the shortage of drivers. so you bring the stuff into those ports, how does it get to other parts of the country? you know, you exactly right, and i think we need to start encouraging work again. a lot of what we ve seen, we saw $6 trillion up until this point of government spending. some of it was necessary, some people argue that some of it was not, but what we have seen is that, you know, we ve seen growth of guaranteed the basic income in cities, other spending such as the stimulus checks coming out. we need to really be encouraging able-bodied adultso get back to work. we ve seen the unemployment rate decline, but we still have a lot of able-bodied adults who are not employed. filling these jobs, i think, is exactly what we need to further reduce that burden, and that will bring b
president barack obama: bring jobs home and invest in america. worrying about your job, not saving my own. this is about jobs, even those with jobs, even those who seem to be doing okay. there is a subtle discontent in this country. reporter: though the official unemployment rate has fallen in recent months, those in both parties say the jobs situation is much worse than it looks. we saw the unemployment rate decline and 50,000 people left the labor force that can t be a good news story. as bad as the unemployment rate has been the actual job situation in the country has been worse than that. because of these ways they don t get measured. reporter: what doesn t get measured is those who have lost hope of finding a job and quit looking for one. what are known as discouraged workers. official figures simply don t count them as unemployed, though some six million people are in that predicament, a large portion of the total unemployed. if you look at the number of people wh
hiding a nasty political surprise. jim angle takes a look at that live from washington. hey, jim? reporter: hello, jon. it is clear no issue is more important in this election than jobs. even though the official unemployment rate has fallen those in both parties say the jobs situation is far worse than it looks. one of the most recent employment report, we saw the unemployment rate decline but we saw 50,000 people leave the labor force. that can t be a good news story. i don t think we should forget as bad as the unemployment rate has been the actual job situation in the country has been worse than that because of these ways that they don t get measured. reporter: what doesn t get measured those who lost hope of finding a job and quit looking for one, what are known as discouraged workers. firm numbers don t count them unemployed. six million people are in that group. in fact a huge portion of the total unemployed, some
millions of discouraged workers, americans who have been out of work so long they have given up looking for work all together. chief washington correspondent jim angle has the story behind the numbers. reporter: it s clear that no issue is more important in this election than jobs, and even though the official unemployment rate has fallen, those in both parties say the job situation is much worse than it looks. one of the most recent employment reports we saw the unemployment rate decline but we also saw 50,000 people leave the labor force. that can t be a good news story. i don t think we should forget that as bad at unemployment rate has been the actual job situation in the country has been worse than that, because of these ways that they don t get measured. reporter: what doesn t get measured, megyn, is those who have lost hope of finding a job, as you mentioned, and quit looking for one, what are known as discouraged workers. official figures do not count them as unemployed