$1.73 a week. in the false name of economy, millions of children have been deprived of milk once provided through the federal school lunch program. this was the payoff of the republicans promises. and this is why we must have new faces in the congress of the united states. democratic faces. this is why we must elect not only president truman but also men like mayor hubert humphrey of minneapolis, the democratic for senator from minnesota. mayor humphrey, 37, is one of the ablest men in public life. mayor humphrey is fighting for all the prince plz advocated by president truman. for adequate low cost housing forget, civil rights, for prices people can afford to pay, and for a labor movement free of the taft-hartley law. when he released that tape in 1984 tip o neill said, i ran on the democratic ticket in 1948. i have not changed. reagan has. my next guest is going to be my cousin kirk o donnell s
pretty good in 1946. but what has happened since then? since the 8 0g9 congress took over? prices have climbed to the highest level if history although the death of the o.p.a. was supposed to bring prices down through, quote, the natural process of free competition. unquote. labor has been handcuffed with the vicious taft-hartley law. social security benefits have been snatched away from almost a million workers by the gearhart bill. fair employment practices, which had worked so well during war time, have been abandoned. veterans pleas for low cost homes have been ignored. and many people are still living in made-over chicken coops and garages. tax reduction bills have been passed to benefit the higher income brackets alone. the average worker saves only $1.73 a week. in the false name of economy, millions of children have been deprived of milk once provided through the federal school lunch program. this was the payoff of the republicans promises. and this is why we must have new
states. i am here with vice president of policy and research at dimo. i want to get your reaction to the president s speech, tamera. well, i thought it was great because he start ed out talking about how having a decent minimum wage is a fundamental value. no matter what you do, if you mop floors, flip burgers, care for the elderly, you are contributing to our society, right. and you deserve to have a decent wage. so he started out with the big picture which is so important. then he went on and made the business. right. right? and what we know from studies, and there was just one in bla bloomberg today that examined the experience of washington state. washington state raised its minimum wage in 1998. over the last 15 years, their minimum wage is now close to $10.10, it s $9.73. they have had more job creation than the united states overall. and the industries that were most opposed to raising the minimum wage in washington state have added more jobs in
through democratic circles that they may hang their hats on come the midterms is the minimum wage fight. we ve got 13 different states raising the minimum wage on their own. in your state of vermont, it s going up 13 cents to $8.73 an hour. again, the average being $7.25. is this year going to be the turning point on this? and do you think democrats are going to go all in on wanting to see a federal minimum wage hike to pull republicans out from where they stand on it? expose their position? look, here is the story. the story is that the national minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. i think most people understand that is a starvation wage. individuals can t live on it, families can t live on it. if we raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour which doesn t go as far as it should, that would be a raise for 30 million americans. the vast majority of them are adults and that s not just people making $7.25 an hour,
what do you make of this? that s a lot of spending. out of the worst economic times in 2008 we have had since the great depression. people are hurting. want i don t use the numbers from the last five years people have been hurting the most. it s not like we paid a lot in 2009 and it went down. it s done up every year. by the way, mark zandy at moody s said on food stamps more people getting them now than ever. puts money back in the economy. for every dollar in food stamps $1.73 goes back in the economy because they spend the the money immediately. even people with unemployment spend the money immediately and it s been good for the economy. david? the whole crew was laughing. glad i could make you laugh. thanks for the humor. glad to entertain. this is the most ridiculous principle that if you take money from somewhere else and they spend money you are creating wealth. you are. let s put aside economic