host: we're speaking with michael hirsh. served as a senior editor of four"newsweek -- senior editor newsweek."news. news o caller: i was downsized. i have not had a full-time job yet. i have had some part-time jobs and have tried to survive on that. i was overqualified or brought great experience to a job but i didn't have what they were looking for. the government is supposed to retrain people. but they take the money and does not give any but the real training. i have been looking for real jobs since 2001. i was homeless for a while. what help me out with some friends. i have had a difficult time. i am on unemployment now. i'm facing homelessness again. i'm 38 years old. guest: james fits directly in to a lot of the phenomena we are talking about here. it is a sad situation. what james was referring to it was what i was talking about earlier. we have not prepared the social buffers. the amount of money that's spent on job retraining in this country is by far the smallest of many of the major industrial economies. it amoun

a recent look at a weekly magazine article, this one written by michael hirsh.ou can go to our website and read the article, called the "left behinds". we encourage you to read the article and call, tweed, an e- mail to more. judy, an independent, go ahead. caller: i believe that the press has a lot to do with what comes out. when bill clinton was running, all of his moral shenanigans with women while he was governor came out, and he was elected regardless of those things that came out. i think it's clear to make your choice to go after the women are to go after the candidate. host: that is from north carolina. let me run through some more headlines. this is from the "wall street journal." sparks from the battery pack, gm working to reassure consumers to avoid a potential gaffe. cyber monday, online sales up 15%. and then, here are two headlines from two different headlines. the same headline. the rich get richer. some connecticut and nancy years -- financiers who won the latest power ball payout. they will split $100 million. and then some of you will see -- if

host: michael hirsh, twice a thank you so much. on, d.c., nov 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable mo brooks to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan, for five minutes. mr. duncan: thank you, mr. speaker. this past weekend i joined millions of americans in celebrating thanksgiving with friends and family. as americans each of us has so much to be thankful for this holiday season. america is the greatest, most free country in the history of the world. as a nation we c

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