host: daniel mitchell, do you agree?: what ross is doing is giving the keynesian argument that somehow deficit spending is good for the economy and i just do not think that is true. i think obama's stimulus failed. if you asked me what the most important job number to look at, it is not so much the on implement rate, it is the employment population ratio, but for much of recent decades we have been averaging between 62% and 63% of the working age population to employee. we have been stuck around 58% or so. that is pretty weak. it is not just a went down for the recession. it went down, and it has been stuck down there like a heartbeat. host: are these the story close> -- are these historic lows? how do they compare? guest: they got into the low 60's level and seem to be stable. not everybody of working age wants to work or needs to work. it is not we want that to be 90 or 95. that is not some magic number. but to see the number go from 60 to to 63 down between 58 and 59 and sit there when there is no reason why we might

morning on "washington j ournal," a conversation about private sector jobs with ros s eisenbrey and daniel mitchelkurtzleben talks with the federal reserve and state the economy. ojanskyn matthew r talks about vladimir putin and the unrest in the ukraine. "washington calls, journal" is next. ♪ ♪ host: good morning on this easter sunday, april 20, 2014. we are bringing you a three-hour washington journal this morning where we focus on the nation's employment picture and u.s. banking and the continuing crisis in the ukraine. but first we will talk about electronic cigarettes. this week and the city of los angeles instituted new e-cigarettes,ne and federal lawmakers called on the fda to restrict the sale and content of electronic cigarettes. we are

in former former commissioner of the irs author of "many unhappy return" as well as tax expert daniel mitchellsay you? like willy sutton, go where the money is. >> like any auditing, follow the money. if you were auditing a corporation with a lot of subsidiary and one made a lot of money, you'd audit that one more than the little ones. same thing with the tax returns. >> should we view that then, charles, as politically motivated, montearily motivated, or it just doesn't pay to you had a ate bunch of people who may be wrong on their taxes by 50 bucks? >> well, it pays to audit everybody a little bit so nobody thinks they can get away with not paying their taxes right, but obviously if you're making -- let's put it this way. people making over $1 million a year are only -- 3 out of every 10,000 returns, but they owe 20% of the taxes, so if you were auditing wouldn't that be where you spend more of your time? >> all about return on investment, the irs and all government, you want to spend the money in the time -- the more bang for your buck, so to speak. >> historically we've had much higher aud

on the next "washington journal," creating jobs with brey and daniel mitchell of the cato institute. outlines options for the federal reserve to stabilize the economy and matthew at the wilson center discussions vladimir putin and the unrest in ukraine. and we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal" on c-span. at the white house, president obama awarded the table academy football team with the commander-in-chief trophy. he also spoke briefly from the rose garden. this is 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> everybody, have a seat, have a seat. welcome to the white house. congratulations to the navy midshipmen. [applause] does this get old? >> never. >> no? okay. it's good to see coach ken again. and i want to recognize vice admiral mike miller for his service to the academy and to our country. this is the second time these seniors have come here to claim the commander-in-chief's trophy. if you guys have your punch cards with you, the next one is free. [laughter] i'm pretty sur

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the vice president of the economic policy institute and dan mitchell with the cato institute. daniel, a correspondent for fox.com will talk about what the fed might do to help stabilize the economy. matthew with the wilson center talks about president putin and the chance for civil war in ukraine. plus, your calls, tweets and facebook comments. live tomorrow morning and every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. supreme court justice stephen breyer will talk about human rights with advocates and senior officials from the department of justice. an event cohosted by georgetown, the new york review of books and law.enter for the rule of we'll have live coverage starting at 4:00 eastern time on monday on c-span. finished al have qaeda in 2001. our general who was there -- all of us think back. when we were attacked on 9/11, 3000 americans died. more americans than died in pearl harbor. we had al qaeda and we had osama bin laden tracked in some mountains. we did not finish them off. then we let him escape over the other side of the mountain because we said, that is pakistani territory. think f