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unempl unemployed. there are good paying jobs available but those who need them most don't have the skills to get required. an emergency assistance from washington is running out. i'm christine romans. this is "your money." i sat down with christiane amanpour and candy crowley to search for answers from washington to the rest of the world. up first, a solution to the big skills mismatch in this country that remains illusive even in a recovery, and that could be a big problem politically. >> many of these people you know statistics far better than i do, tend to be 50 and 60-year-old males who have had a certain skill and got into a certain pay level, face it, that they're the first ones to go, when a company is trying to contract. if you can get a 25-year-old to do what a 55-year-old is doing, you're going to do that, because he's not at the pay scale. >> tonight i've asked vice president biden to lead an across the board reform of america's training programs to make sure they have one mission. train americans with the skills

employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now. >> i've talked to governors who have said before kind of privately, look, our retaining programs are not the best. in some cases, programs to keep state workers employed, not necessarily to retrain people, and the skills are changing so much. you used to also have a very, very vibrant labor movement in the country where labor would force companies to pay for the retraining, and now you don't have that agreement any more. companies want somebody ready-made. around the rest of the world, people who will work for a fraction of what we'll doll here for the same work. >> some of these place, china and some of these place, but even in those places will are bubbling populist movements pushing back against incredibly low wages and bad conditions in the factories and places they work. people are looking at that as not going to be the same cheap labor market as it has been for so long. >> what's different here, seems to me, what the long-term

unemployed need and those coming in to the jobs market is not retraining in their lane. it's retraining for something -- it's a different job. it's not like, oh, now you can do this. >> and we need more jobs. >> right. >> we need more jobs. talk about the livable wage. right? the jobs we do have and that we're growing prolifically are not jobs that you can feed a family of three or four on. walmart pays above average minimum wage but is getting slammed by unions and some of its workers who say it's just not enough. >> at our company you have the opportunity to enter at whatever level your capability would suggest and you have the opportunity to advance. but that student doesn't exist everywhere in the country. >> should we raise the minimum wage? is that the way to go forward, and -- >> shouldn't we ask thaw? >> let me retract that. is that a viable political option here? >> yes, yes. it's a totally viable -- when you look at long-term unemployment extension of benefits there and you look at

minimum wage, both of those are powerhouse issues. in the exit polls in the last election there were five qualities that people were looking for in a president. they said, the pollster said, which is the most important thing to you? then they break it up. mitt romney fwhwon in four of t categories. good leader, decisive. all this stuff. guess what category he lost in? cares about people. >> i remember that. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. it it needs prepare, i'll fix. not concerned about the very rich. they're doing fine. i'm concerned about the very heart of america. >> it is an achilles' heel, image problem, fine, whatever it is, when you put out minimum wage, long-term unemployment benefits, this was specifically put on the schedule, one a calendar thing, that republicans would have to articulate why they're against it. >> i guess this idea of one

america two economies. you have this country, the land of the american dream, yet it's the haves and have nots? i am very concerned. i share your concern about rising inequality. i think it's one of the most important issues and one of the most disturbing trends facing the nation at the present time. >> is that the view -- >> a growing gap. >> yes, it is. it is. but still, as i say, those who go from the outside to america have a better chance of making it and living the american dream. people do see that americans are suffering from this, not just income inequality but the growing gap of the inequality, but it's happening in places like london right now. >> everyone, from the pope to the president, has weighed in on growing income inequality. oxfam, the global anti-hunger and poverty group says the 85 riches people have the same

amount of wealth as the bottom 3.5 billion. here in the u.s., cnn orc poll show most americans want the government to reduce the gap between rich and poor, but that number hasn't budged in decades, despite the majority. the more you make, the less interested you are in government jumping in to close the wealth gap. the less money you have, the more likely you are to want washington to step in. at the very top of the heap, outspoken 1%-ers firing back at the 99%. forget the nazi reference of this wealthy venture capitalist made and then apologized for, now warning his most recent comments will make people even more upset. more money? then you should have more votes. that's just the beginning. hear for yourself, next. life with crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

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more money, more votes. vo the wealthy have more power at the ballot box? tom perkins thinks so. don't worry 99%-ers, you'll be

able to vote -- if you qualify. >> the tom perkins system is, you don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes. but what i really think is, it should be like a corporation. if you pay $1 million in taxes, you should get 1 million votes. how's that? >> now, he said people are expecting outrageous from him and he gave it to them. john avalon a cnn political analyst and executive editor at the daily beast. 4 43% of americans didn't pay taxes last year. do the 1%, a rhetorical idea, frankly, but there's a drum beat of the 1%-ers saying, don't complain, the rest of you, because we're the oneses macking it happen? >> no, dhoent have the power to make it happen. the constitution takes care of that. you are seeing a riff. perkins have been out front on

this, earlier with the letter in the "washington journal," anger at the 1% and sam zell -- >> who says the 9% soar emulate and envy the 1% and that the 1% works harder than the rest of america. >> the thing about naesamericant has worked, our political focus fish susures are more along the lines of race. giving rise to much more anger and anxiety than we've seen in a long, long time in america. when folks who are billionaires stock mocking pliring the victim card they exacerbate the thing they're afraid of. >> retailer no coicole miller, they're whining. would be considered wealthy in the rest of the world. we asked a nobel winning economist, what does he think about this? >> two ways to become wealthy.

one way is to innovate. to really do something new, to invent a transistor, the laser. discover dna. things that transform our society, our economy. the other way is to try to seize a larger share of the economic pie. what i call rank-seeking, wealth -- taking wealth from mothers. that's a very large fraction of the wealth of that top 1%, it's a result of that. ceos who are taking a larger and larger share of the corporate pie without any evidence that they are increasing the productivity relative to, say, the compatriots in other countries where a ceo pay is much more limited. >> you could argue the influence of that top 1% is already so vastly greater than the average person's influence. they've got lobbyists on k street, access to politicians at the very top of the country. >> yeah. and that's because it's true.

the middle class doesn't have an organized lobby. whatever specters people want to rise about 43% being almost majority of takers, quote/unquote, in the country and ending democracy that sass fear-field rift we've heard in american politics. the current issue is differ. it is urgent. it is something we should pay attention to gand we're having a debate. the squeeze of the middle class. i like a lot of folks think the country's strength really is historically, not just america base and how strong the middle class is. we should be worried about the folks who are objectively middle class and seems to be on the losing side of the vote. when folks are playing the victim card saying people are whining, they're creating the thing they're complaining about and not helping to solve the problem. >> the state budgets cutting back for years, the state government, and now seeing a boost in revenue. governing are even using the word, i can't believe it, dare we say, surplus. can you believe it? overall revenue, highest since the recession. some states are going to have to decide what to do with their

extra money. don't spend it all in one place. go to infrastructure? use it because, to fill in the cutbacks from elsewhere? what are the political, i guess, decisions now with surpluses from these states? >> people are so unaccustomed to surpluses on the state and loaf level it is mind-bending and a sign the economy is improving, first. >> they have to have balanced budgets and have to have surpluses by law. unlike your federal government. >> correct. that's another conversation for another day. look, politicians, of course, love it. they can talk about comeback going into a re-election mode. the thing to keep in mind the deficit sub plus doesn't mean they don't have a lot of outstanding debt. better use if you have a surplus, probably invest in infrastructure. the federal government doesn't get off its butt, bank, states, can do some things. because of an aging population and the states have serious problems with debt. the idea all is rosy and clear skies from here on out isn't a

reality. >> no rainbows and unicorns, the picture of the job situation. 91 million people are not looking for a job. 37%. i mean, that's unbelievable. how much of the actual population is not working. what's going on here? >> i think partly it has to do with an aging population, but it also has to do wit long-term effects of the great recession. 1% bouncing back taking 99% of the gain since then. some are sidelined. this is troubling. if you care about america as country, forget the bumper stickers. you care about stability, about the viability of the american dream, invested in the american dream, that's being eroded. >> if you're a politician looking at that number, you should figure how to get the right training for kids on the front end reeshgs training for baby boomers sidelined, the right jobs mix in the middle and wages that people can feed a family on and you just don't see that laser focus in washington

about jobs. 91 million people not even looking for a job. >> yeah. and every time we've had things, previously bipartisan support to boost the economy, in the current polarize environment, off the take with divided government. >> more to talk about next week. >> absolutely. coming up, want to be successful in this job market? there's one thing you need to have. what it is, right after the break. s is the story of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ choose two melt-in-your mouth entrees, olive garden's best 2 for $25 yet is ending soon! like new parmesan crusted chicken, 3 courses, 2 people, just $25 at olive garden!

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require more money. in the cities where it's rolling out. there's a lot of money already in the public school systems. ibm is not putting in money. the other corporate partner is not putting in money but knowledge. kids are coming out and don't have the skill set even if they do graduate, with a community college degree, to be hired in these companies. >> you here how networking is important. there's networking right there. >> give an mentor. each child has an individual mentor that stays with them through that whole experience. >> then they can focus on the s.t.e.m. and engineering math, the technical skills they desperately need for some of these big blue chip companies. >> absolutely. kids coming out of school way two or four-year degree. the difference between a starting salary between an english major and somebody with a math and science degree is huge. >> relocating into a build a factually in a town and looked at the high school graduation scores and look at sort of the educational basis of the community they're going to be in. because they know they need workers who are going to be able to adapt and be smart.

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stay on ice skates and go around in a circle. >> all right. thanks for joining us this week for "your money." join john berman and me every beak day morning on "early start," until then have a great weekend. hello everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. the top stories we're following in the "cnn newsroom." sections of the northeast are bracing for yet another winter storm. coastal massachusetts is under a blizzard warning, boston, maine, boston, rather, to maine, could see 12 inches of snow or more. and new york city could see even another few inches of snow by tonight. looking right there at a cloudy picture. a dusty, snowy picture of the statue of tlabt could mean a brand new round of flight cancellations and delays all over the place. rosa