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MARILYN GEEWAX, A SENIOR BUSINESS EDITOR FROM NPR.
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
THE JOBLESS NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO A. %8.1%. GUEST: MOST ECONOMISTS EXPECTED THE ECONOMY CREATED ABOUT 125,000 JOBS. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
THOUGHT. THEN THE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS MORE LIKE 150,000. THE REALITY IS IT IS 96,000. IT IS NOT FAR FROM WHERE PEOPLE WERE THINKING IT WAS BUT IT IS...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
FROM ADP, 150,000. GUEST: ADP IS MEASURING PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT. THEY PROCESS PERILS AND KEEP A WATCH ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING --
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
THEY PROCESSED PAYROLLS. ESTIMATES CAN BE WRONG. IT IS A BIG ECONOMY. SCORES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. IT IS HARD TO GET EXACT MEASUREMENTS....
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
OVER THE PRESIDENT'S TERM. NOW BUMPING ALONG. THIS 96,000, WHERE THESE JOBS COMING FROM? GUEST: EARLIER THIS YEAR, MANUFACTURING WAS STRONGER. IT HAS...
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
GOVERNMENTS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. THEY HAVE BEEN RESTRAINING THE HIRING OF TEACHERS AND POLICE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING TOWARD RETIREMENT IN THE...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
REPUBLICANS, 202-737-0002. INDEPENDENCTS, 202-628-0205. THERE WERE 96,000 JOBS ADDED. GUEST: A STRANGE THING IS HAPPENING. A LOT OF BABY BOOMERS ARE A...
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
THE POPULATION AND BOOMERS ARE STARTING TO DECLARE THEMSELVES UNEMPLOYED. IF YOU LOST YOUR JOB IN 2008 AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A JOB FOR THREE OR FOUR...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYER AND YOU THINK YOUR BUSINESS LOOKS GOOD, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE TALENT LEAVING THE
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
LABOR FORCE. THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS BETTER FOR THE ECONOMY TO HAVE ENGAGED WORKFORCE THAT WANTS TO WORK. PEOPLE HAVE NOT FOUND THINGS...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
SENSE OF HOLDING BACK. CORPORATIONS ARE SITTING ON CASH.
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
WAITING ON THE FISCAL CLIFF THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO ADDRESS. IF WE DO NOT DO SOMETHING TO FIX THAT FISCAL CLIFF, WE COULD DROP OFF AND HAVE A RECESSION...
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PARTY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION. SHE SAID OBAMA HAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING. THE TEA PARTY GRIDLOCKED OUR GOVERNMENT, WHICH THEY...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
THAT MANY BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN HOLDING BACK. THEY
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
WANT TO SEE THE STIMULUS ENVIRONMENT. THE IDEA THAT THERE WILL BE MANDATORY CUTS THAT WILL START TO KICK IN FOR GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THOSE CUTS COULD...
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CALLER, -
THE CALL CENTER OVER TO THE PHILIPPINES. STAN MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF HAVE BARELY HAD ENOUGH FOR FOOD, GAS, UTILITY. I DID GET A JOB FOR IT 25 HOURS A...
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
PAYROLLS EDGED DOWDN ONEN ONE CENT IN AUGUST. THERE IS FRUSTRATION AMONG WORKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE RAISES. WAGES HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED. WE SEE HOURS...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE PART-TIME JOBS AND WISH THEY HAD
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
FULL-TIME JOBS. HOST: IF YOU FOUND TWO PART-TIME JOBS IN AUGUST --
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
GUEST: THE REPORT WOULD NOT REFLECT THAT. HOST: IS THAT MORE COMMON? GUEST: PEOPLE ARE DOING MORE PART-TIME WORK. THINGS LIKE POWER WASHING YOUR NEIGHBORS...
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
OR MOWING LAWNS. PEOPLE MAKING MONEY BUT NOT SHOWING UP IN THE PAYROLL SURVEY BECAUSE THEY KNOW ARE NOT ON AN OFFICIAL PAYROLL. THESE TEND TO BE ESTIMATES....
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REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE JOB NUMBERS, THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE ONES THAT CAN FIX THE ECONOMY PROBLEM OF THIS COUNTRY. WHEN I LISTEN TO PRESIDENT CLINTON,...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
THTEN THYEN THEY BUMPED BACK UP. GUEST: IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE COME FROM THE FALL OF 2008, JOBS ARE DROPPING. THERE WERE FAR MORE JOBS BEING
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
LOST FOUR YEARS AGO AT THIS TIME. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME INTO OFFICE IN JANUARY OF 2009, THAT MONTH, WE LOST ABOUT 800,000 JOBS. YES, THERE ARE THOSE...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
OF THEM HAD TO SAY. [VIDEO CLIP] >> THIS COUNTRY CREATED OVER HALF A MILLION MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND NOW YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
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WE CAN GIVE MORE TAX BREAKS TO CORPORATIONS THAT SHIP JOBS OVERSEAS, OR WE CAN START REWARDING NEW PLANTS THAT TRAIN NEW WORKERS -- REWARDING COMPANIES...
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RETIREMENT AND EVERY PARENT KNOWS THAT THEIR CHILD WILL GET AN EDUCATION THAT LEADS TO A GOOD JOB AND A BRIGHT HORIZON. AND UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, I HAVE...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
POLITICS IS NOT MY AREA, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE FOLLOWED I HAVE NOT SEEN AT ALL SPECIFICALLY THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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MITT ROMNEY'S PLAN, ONE OF ITS FIVE. IS TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT. BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW IT LEADS TO MORE JOBS IN A DIRECT WAY. OBVIOUSLY, OVERALL, A STRONG...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
GUEST: I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO GO DEEP INTO THIS AREA. THE HEADLINE THINGS THAT JUMP OUT IS THAT
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT -- EDGED DOWN BY ABOUT 15,000. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE MANUFACTURING JOBS BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE HIGHER-PAYING JOBS AND...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
LESS. CALLER: I AM RETIRED MILITARY. AND I HAD BEEN LAID OFF FOR THE LAST 20 MONTHS.
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ON THESE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, IS THE MAJORITY OF THE BASED ON ACTUALLY AN UNEMPLOYMENT AND ON A SYSTEM? IN MY PROCESS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, STANDING IN...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
GUEST: IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE ECONOMY ON THE ONE HAND BECAUSE STOCK PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN GREAT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. YOU
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHOSE RETIREMENT FUNDS ARE NOT WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE. EARNINGS HAVE NOT RISEN MUCH. A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THEY NEED TO...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
VETERAN. I WENT THROUGH A TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY
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COLLEGE. I MAY CNC WRITER -- ROTOR AND I WORK FOR A BOAT MANUFACTURER. WE ARE HIRING LIKE CRAZY. I MEAN, LAST YEAR THEY SAID FLORIDA HAD RECORD TOURISM...
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
THESE SKILLS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE USING COMPUTER- CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT THAT HE REFERRED TO, THOSE ARE VERY SKILLED JOBS AND THOSE ARE VOLUBLE WORKERS....
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
SIXTH TO SEVENTH. THEY LISTED A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT CAUSE THE DROPPED -- CAUSED THE DROP, OR HINDER ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS. ONE OF THEM IS THE...
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
PROGRAMS ABOUT JOB TRAINING THAT MANY CRITICS WOULD SAY THIS NEEDS TO BE STREAMLINED AND FOCUS. WE NEED TO MATCH UP WAS AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH THE SKILLS...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
CALLER: I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT CONGRESS'S INABILITY TO ACT. ALSO, THE
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SKILLS MISMATCH, WHICH YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. ANOTHER THING OR LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT SOMEHOW THIS IDEA THAT GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, PRECISELY ENVIRONMENTAL...
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
OF DEMAND. THEY DO NOT REALLY TALK ABOUT -- I AM SURE, OBVIOUSLY, BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BETTER. BUT IF THEY...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
ADJUST OUR STANDARD OF LIVING DOWN. LET'S GET TO A COUPLE MORE CALLS HERE. CLIFF IN PIKESVILLE, MD., REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: THINGS FOR THE LAST 29...
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COUNTRY. BUT IS IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. IT IS AMAZING TO ME TO HEAR PEOPLE TALK AND SUPPORT OF VARIOUS CANDIDATES....
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
CALLER: I AM HOST: JERRY GARY, GO AHEAD. CALLER: I AM JERRY. HOST:
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GARY, GO AHEAD. CALLER: DO THINK THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB WITHOUT THE GRIDLOCK OF THE PRESENT TIME?
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GUEST: THERE ARE A LOT OF UNSOLVED ISSUES OUT THERE THAT IF THEY WERE RESOLVED, IT WOULD PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CERTAINTY FOR BUSINESSES SO
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
THAT THEY COULD GO FORWARD. IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT SOMEONE ALONG THE LINES HERE, SOMETHING IS GOING TO CHANGE AS FAR AS TAX RETURNS. WHILE CORPORATE...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
THE SOUTH, AND IT IS A VACATION AREA, IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT THE JOBS HERE AND NEED THE JOBS HERE CANNOT GET THE JOBS. WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THESE...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
TRUE THAT WHEN YOU GO TO PLACES -- I WAS AT CEDAR POINT, OHIO. IT WAS AN AMUSEMENT PARK.
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
THE WORKERS WERE ALL -- IT SEEMED VIRTUALLY EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH HAD AN AX OF -- AN ACCENT. AND THAT IS TRUE IN MANY AMUSEMENT PARKS WHERE THEY ARE...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
AND THE KIDS GET AN EXPERIENCE. BUT FOR AMERICANS WANT
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Geewax, Marilyn - Senior Editor
TO GET A JOB, IT IS TOUGH TO COMPETE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL 20-YEAR-OLD FROM EASTERN EUROPE. THERE ARE A LOT OF COUNTRIES THAT BRING IN LABOR FROM OUTSIDE...
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Scanlan, Bill - Host
MARYLANDLIN GEEWAX HAS BEEN OUR GUEST. THIS WEEK, WE WILL FOCUS ON A STUDY FROM THE PURE RESEARCH CENTER ON THE MIDDLE CLASS. PAUL TAYLOR IS OUR GUEST....
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.