but wiinhenorte, ere isreatspat san luis potosí, where jonese studied the town of cedral,ico. gained2,0 new jobs. that's less than the naonal growth ra. and even though the wages are below those near the border, there is aficant multiplier effect. families spend a very highs are percentage of their incomeder, close tobut richard jones employ twas not just interested to see if maquiladoras would spread south, but whether they could keep people home and stop them from migrating. and re, new enforcement policies at the u.s. border may have negated any gains realized by maquiladora diffusion. before 1993 the border patrol more or less looked the other way, allowing people to cross freely. once inside, the migrants with limited results. now the u.s. has erected fences and placedgents right up on ths of the border. it forces migrants to cross in remote deserts. overalf a million a year, and . bustileyss-- the get-tough approach has had an ironic and unintended consequence. now instead of crossing temporarily and rerning home with money, men either stay longer or bringir whole families and

. >> with america, it's meeting or beating of the joneses, keeping up with the joneses. >> reporter:really fast. >> yes. >> your car is an extension of your alter ego. >> reporter: what does that say that you're sitting in this tiny little car? >> i mean, i -- >> reporter: americans love their cars. but until they redesign human beings, what we really have to be thankful for is our ability to dream. at the moscone center in san francisco, john ramos, cbs 5. >> oh, some gorgeous cars. >> a lot of flash. >> and big cash. >>> drivers wanted but not for the car show. how you could help deliver joy to our bay area seniors. >> mother nature did her best to deliver some joy to you and your family. beautiful weather today, mid- 60s with sunshine and cbs 5 hi- def doppler completely dry. will it stay that way through the holiday weekend? i have your forecast coming up. >>> straight ahead, the absolute latest with the two number one 49er quarterbacks and this one goes back to the 1920s! the turkey day city football championship game. lincoln and mission were in this one today. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

don't get caught up in the fads and keeping one the joneses. be creative with your holiday gifts. photo albums are wonderful gifts. and ask people what they want, because sometimes it is not what you think they want for the holidays which typically if you are trying to get into somebody's mind and not really know, it can cost you more. ask people what, do they really want? make them creative and personal gifts. what you will find, those are usually cheaper. >> absolutely. i know that making gifts sometimes is more satisfying for both the gift receiver and gift giver. >> absolutely. >> now, what else should we pay attention to with our money? we have a plan. we are going to do alternative gifting where we shop for bargains, take only the low limit credit cards or cash. anything else? >> the other thing, a very simple concept, even before you get into the stores and shopping is pay yourself first. >> oh? >> that simply means when you get your income, put something aside for yourself. because what you are doing, you are building the habit and discipline or paying yourself first. even

gifts for us who maybe have more income means to buy, and we get caught up in keeping up with the jonesesand we want to give gifts that are comparable to the ones that we are receiving. you need to be mindful of what you can reasonably spend and what you can afford. the best thing that you can do for yourself this holiday season is giving yourself the gift of financial security. so keep in mind what your budget is and stay true to its. > thank you. paul golden of nefe. happy holidays. > > happy holidays to you. still ahead, a windfall at the box office. what new challenges lie ahead for blockbusters. that's next. thanksgiving weekend turned into a nightmare for dreamworks at the box office. our movie man, erik childress, is here for movies and money. good to have you back on the show. > > thank you. > let's get down to it - overall, the ticket sales for thanksgiving were outstanding, record breaking. but there was one film that managed to move a stock. tell us what happened. > > dreamworks, their big animated film for the holiday was "rise of the guardians," and we all expected it to do v

it's not about keeping up with the joneses. start saving for college when your kids are young. i can't afford the necessities now. how am i going to put something away? i'm telling you you can. try this. as soon as your child is out of diapers, take that money, it could be $500 a year, put it into a 529 plan. same thing with any raise you get at work. put it in your 401k or your i.r.a. immediately. start small, build quicso

number one, they have a group of political operatives like the van joneses of the world. that couldn't run big agencies. in addition to tom's pointed the thing of open records. with the defense department, there is a whole system to get information but if you are running out of the white house and conference rooms out of the white house with people that have mega responsibility over several agencies. this was very well thought in. they walked in with 30 czars. it was two fold. people who are political operatives with radical backgrounds didn't have any experience and the fact that they thought they would get away scott free. >> sean: they did get away with these appointments, right? >> congress needs to take responsibility. oversight over the government has decreased. the government is spending trillion extra. there used to be five oversight, you would need thousand darrell issas to run to all the fires. it needs to say no to these appointments by the soldiers. >> sean: what does he say in his book -- all of this basically tramples on the constitution in terms of oversigh

number one, they have a group of political operatives like the van joneses of the world. that couldn't run big agencies. in addition to tom's pointed the thing of open records. with the defense department, there is a whole system to get information but if you are running out of the white house and conference rooms out of the white house with people that have mega responsibility over several agencies. this was very well thought in. they walked in with 30 czars. it was two fold. people who are political operatives with radical backgrounds didn't have any experience and the fact that they thought they would get away scott free. >> sean: they did get away with these appointments, right? >> congress needs to take responsibility. oversight over the government has decreased. the government is spending trillion extra. there used to be five oversight, you would need thousand darrell issas to run to all the fires. it needs to say no to these appointments by the soldiers. >> sean: what does he say in his book -- all of this basically tramples on the constitution in terms of oversigh

i don't play keeping up with the joneses but we don't have hang out with friends as much. we don't have people over as much. it's not hiding necessarily what's going on with us, but it's withdrawing so that people don't know. it's this dirty little secret because everybody in superior is supposed to be able to go buy a new car, supposed to buy the bigger house. what we don't talk about is people who struggle. it's taken a toll. taken a real toll. >> an emotional toll? >> it takes an emotional toll. takes a mental toll, it takes a physical toll. there is a moment where i went, my joy is gone. my love for life, my ability to continue moving forward is gone. >> and then, things get worse. on february 14th, valentine's day, joyce's landlord says he's decided to sell the house they have lived in for the last few years. now lincoln is really feeling the heat. >> we have to find another place. most people don't like to rent to people who aren't employed. i can't blame them for that. so there's an additional pressure. >> like come on. can we just have a break? can i just have six

we can tell you thousands of people jonesing for these bargains in the east bay.jor traffic headache on 580, moving at a snail's pace for hours yesterday during the grand opening of the brand new paragon outlet in livermore. a total of 120 high-end stores with very deep discounts are the big-time attraction. mall managers hired the chp to try to help them keep all those cars moving. the new mall, how about holiday hours here. open until midnight tonight and tomorrow night. >> there goes your weekend plans. 5:53. >>> vice president joe biden making his primetime debut on nbc. he's going to be making a cameo appearance on "parks & recreation" next thursday night. the show's executive producer said it was hard to keep his appearance a secret. it couldn't air before the election because that was equivalent to a campaign advertisement and stations have to give equal time to every candidate. it shows thursday night right here on nbc bay area. >>> way to go, scott mcgruchlt he has either a very good idea or his gadget friday is a light bulb. >> well, it can be both. this

gets you hooked is like they give you some free samples of medicaid and then like then you start jonesingand then they jack the price in the future? >> there may be. there are two things going on. there's a subtle thing at the margin. if a state can be -- can figure out a way to get a potential medicaid beneficiary on to the exchange that's 100% federal dollars, there's a little bit of that arbitrage going on. i think that on the whole, though, states will be far better off if they get into this. and i think they will. they'll realize their own self-interest lies there. and if they don't, the hospitals and doctors will insist. >> what's happening in florida right now, and rick scott is the ultimate tea party governor, but he's engendering the rage of the tea party. he's doing, he's using this free money to bargain with the federal government for ways to do experimental public/private weird sort of partnerships with the way they cover people. they're getting these waivers from health and human services to experiment the way they control coverage. a lot of these same states are saying they

. >> they're jonesing for this four point increase which rich people you don't get at them with ordinary issue is much of fairness. >> fairness? 10% pay 70%, harold. >> you want to trade with the bottom 30, i'm sure they'd take the trade. >> it's a progressive code still. >> i'm not here to make the argument for that. i'm looking, we find ourselves at a moment at an election with consequences, one of the leading republicans in the tea party, allen west, congratulations to patrick murphy who beat him, one of the loudest tea party members, perhaps they get closer to getting a deal. the president won by saying he wanted to raise revenue. >> won for a lot of reasons, i don't remember him pounding the table. >> joe, he won. i'm not here to litigate -- >> you've got domenici and rivlin, simpson-bowles, his own panel and they're talking 28%. >> i've written and said repeatedly that the president should have embraced that early on. >> that's 28, not 39. it's below where it is now. >> he argued for this, the only reason i asked gary the question is we are now less than 40 days away from a big mom

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