about what this means for the privacy of the average .erson a child born today will grow up with no conceptionvacy at all. they will never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves, unrecorded, unanalyzed not. and that is a problem because privacy matters. travis he is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. the conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and the government that regulates it. together, we can find a better balance -- and mass surveillance. remind the government if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. for everyone out there listening, thank you and merry christmas. >> that does it for our look at the 2013. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

caught up in this cycle of dependency and never reach the success they may have dreamed of as a young erson. >> chelsea, you talked about growing up on welfare and with government assistance and going through some similar issues. what benefits, blessings, less sons did that cause you to learn from going through something like that? >> many lessons mr. chairman. and so one lesson i can say is how conservative principles work. and i say that and mean that from the bottom of my heart which is why i'm so passionate about being a republican because again every dollar counted when i grew up, you know. when it was dinner time and we had a long day -- my mom had a long day at work, it was do i get two or three items off of the dollar menu today and that was my biggest decision of the day. those lessons have continued with me and it has allowed me to want to continue to give back and be a public servant. in 2010 i had the opportunity to run for a local seat there in jacksonville. i was elected and became the youngest female elected in my city's history. it was a big deal because for people in my nei

i was praying that the other ,erson in the car would be ok and the other person in the car was one of my best friends. i did not really recognize that at the site of the crash. because i played it over and over -- prayed over and over for thought, god was not listening. my prayer was not answered. i went through a long time of not believing and not believing that prayers could be answered. it took me a long time, and a lot of growing up to come back to faith. >> first lady laura bush, monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. next, white house council of economic advisors jason furman. 2014 economic the outlook, and president obama's goals outlined in the state of union. he spoke earlier at the christian science monitor for about an >> thank you all for coming. our guest is jason furman. our is his first visit with group although we have been honored to address a number of his right assessors starting with herbert stein. this came into 1996 during the clinton administration when he was still a graduate student at harvard and was hired as a staff economist to counsel. since then he has served

ersonally i was against afghanistan. i did not vote for that because -- i was the only one who didn't do that -- it was a blank check it.use force until we repeal many members i think 133 members voted against going to war in iraq. there were no weapons of mass destruction in iraq. to insert o reason ourselves in that. we see what has taken place now and it is tragic. the iraqis have to step up. they have been trained. -- we did a job, the job they were asked to do in those who have come ome need to -- we need to help them with their benefits, economic security, we need to delays ward and get the in their benefits corrected and make sure they have some security, of economic healthcare, mental healthcare, that they deserve. do in what we have to congress. host: we are talking about income disparity and democrats' to it.h jim a republican from alabama calling. yes, ma'am. ou are talking about unemployment pay. where are the jobs? we had more jobs in this country, we wouldn't need all of unemployment. host: thank you for th

. $23,500.erson, in terms of divisiveness, there is plenty of blame to go around.visiveness in this town. democrats are blaming republicans and mitch mcconnell and the republican leadership me obama and the democrats. it is a firing line of equal strength and proportion on both sides. stepping back from that, it needs commitment from both sides, democrats and republicans. it is going to be tough to do in an election year where the senate is up for grabs. it takes two to tango. both sides have been equally divisive and would need to step back. host: @boringfileclerk tweets in. use ae democrats downtrodden card? guest: that is the fine line we were talking about. hand, you are saying, americans are suffering. on the other hand, you are saying, oh yeah, i am president and in charge of the economy that is causing americans to suffer. is way to deal with that point to progress that has been made, which the president is doing and democrats are doing. improve theto situation for those who have not been brought along. host: you wrote a piece yesterday, why unemployment ben