earning the minimum wage or lower. you know, in this-- >> and how many are earning less than minimum wage. >> can i finish. >> megyn: let her finish, let her finish. >> the tip minimum wage for tip workers is 2.13 an hour and has been since 1991. ben, the reality in this quote, in this recovery we have been losing middle class jobs and increasing low wage jobs while profits at the top have gone up and businesses are sitting on 2 trillion dollars in-- they're not using to create wages. now, i don't understand why conservatives want to defend the ability of the top to do well and don't want decent wages for hard working people, what's the problem. >> megyn: give him a chance to respond. >> listen to what i'm actually saying. barack obama said that if i own a business, he wants to mandate what i pay people. $9 an hour is a prime example. i worked for minimum wage in my life multiple times when i was younger, it was an entry level job and now as a small business owner, if the