LANSING -

Lansing Mayor

to discuss Congress' 11th-hour debt ceiling aversion and the call from Washington Democrats for a new jobs plan.

Speaking with

guest host Thomas Roberts, Bernero said there has been too much talking about the economy and not enough doing.

"We hear words. Here on Main Street, we need action,"

. "The president was right right: we are hurting in Middle America in places like Lansing, Mich.

"Our infrastructure is crumbling. Roads, sewers, schools - you name it."

Bernero voiced his displeasure with the debt ceiling deal approved Tuesday, saying it should have included measures for new tax revenue instead of dealing exclusively in spending cuts.

"Anybody who balances a budget knows you have to look at both revenues and expenses," Bernero said. "They only did one side of the coin. They focused on the spending but they did nothing about the revenue.

"The tax cuts for the filthy rich continue."

The lack of added taxes to corporation and higher income earners harms middle-class Americans, Bernero added.

"When (the) tax giveaways to the corporations continue and you do nothing to add to the revenue, what money will they have to help stimulate the economy," he said. "How will they help us to invest in education and invest in infrastructure, the things that are the very basic elements of economic development."

Bernero called for better international trade agreements, less outsourcing of jobs and more vocational programs to prepare youths for skilled-trade work.

"Lansing is one of the leading manufacturing cities," Bernero said. "We are growing that manufacturing. We make things here in Lansing and we're proud of that.

"Washington for too long has been focused on trade agreements that outsource jobs and ship out our manufacturing jobs. "

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