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>> Chris: WISCONSIN'S RECALL
VOTE ON REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
SCOTT WALKER IS LESS THAN THREE
WEEKS AWAY.
AND DEMOCRATS ARE RAISING
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WALKER HAS
CREATED A CRIMINAL DEFENSE FUND
FOR HIMSELF.
THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IS INVESTIGATING
WALKER'S ASSOCIATES DURING HIS
TENURE AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED SO
FAR.
WALKER SAYS HE IS NOT A TARGET.
LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS IN
FLORIDA ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST
STATE AUTHORITIES WHO WANT THEM
TO REMOVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
FROM THE VOTING ROLLS.
THE STATE CONTENDS THERE ARE
53,000 DEAD PEOPLE ON THE LIST
AND MORE THAN 2600 WHO ARE
INELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY NEED
MORE INFORMATION BEFORE PURGING
THE ROLLS.
THE POSTAL SERVICE SAYS IT WILL
MOVE AHEAD WITH PLANS TO DOZEN
OF MAIL PROCESSING CENTERS.
THE NEARLY BANKRUPT ORGANIZATION
SAYS IT CAN NO LONGER WAIT FOR
CONGRESS TO DECIDE HOW TO CUT
POSTAL COSTS.
THE AGENCY PLANS TO CONSOLIDATE
140 MAIL PROCESSING CENTERS
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR
JOBS AS THE POSTAL SERVICE GETS
SMALLER BUT TONIGHT, WE LEARNED
THERE ARE PLENTY OF GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS READY TO HELP LAID OFF
WORKERS.
IN FACT, CORRESPONDENT DOUG
MCELWAY TELLS US SOME PEOPLE
THINK THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY.
>> A STUDY COMMISSIONED BY
SENATOR TOM COBURN IS CASTING
DOUBT ON WHETHER THE $18 MILLION
INVESTMENT IN FEDERAL JOBS
TRAINING PROGRAMS IS PAYING OFF.
>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF MONEY WE
SPEND IN JOB TRAINING DOESN'T GO
FOR JOB TRAINING.
IT GOES TO EMPLOY PEOPLE IN JOB
TRAINING, FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
>> THE G.A.O. STUDY FOUND AN
OVERLAPPING AND DUPLICATE MAZE
OF 47 FEDERAL JOBS PROGRAMS RUN
BY NINE AGENCIES.
SOME WERE RIPE WITH
MISMANAGEMENT AND CORRUPTION.
THEY SPENT THEIR DAYS SITTING ON
A BUS.
SOME WERE TRAINED FOR JOBS THAT
DIDN'T EXIST.
>> 90% OF PEOPLE WHO GRADUATE
FROM THIS PROGRAM HAVE A JOB
THREE MONTHS LATER.
90%.
>> THE NEED TO INVEST IN JOB
TRAINING HAS BEEN A PRESIDENTIAL
MANTRA THIS CAMPAIGN SEASON AND
A POLITICAL WEAPON AIMED AT
REPUBLICANS.
>> WHAT'S THE BETTER WAY TO MAKE
OUR ECONOMY STRONGER?
GIVE MORE TAX BREAKS TO EVERY
MILLIONAIRE AND BILLIONAIRE IN
THE COUNTRY OR MAKE INVESTMENTS
IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND
HEALTH CARE AND JOB TRAINING?
>> PRESUMED REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
MITT ROMNEY HAS CALLED FOR
OVERHAULING THE JOBS TRAINING
PROGRAM.
>> LET YOU FASHION YOUR OWN
PROGRAMS SO YOU CAN TRAIN YOUR
OWN WORKERS FOR THE JOBS OF
TOMORROW.
>> EVEN PROPONENTS OF JOB
TRAINING PROGRAMS ADMIT THERE'S
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.