possibility to join the work force is less and this is the big controversy. so you think that is a good thing or not a good thing? bad scenario. it s time we need an increase in wages. whatever is happening with people working has guess back to the bad decisions made in the economy before. where do you stand on the idea of raising the across the board the federal minimum wage going up to $10.10. this is going to happen in washington dc only. they re going to go higher. i look like 10.40. president obama in the state of the union last month announced that and that s positive. hough is this going to go across the nation, potentially will affect the economy. those are legislations that should be carefully assessed and not every state is doing it at the same time. but two different things we re talking about, just to clarify.
feds this year? what do you need from president obama and congress? we re getting great attention. i ve felt an unprecedented direct access to all of the secretaries, whether it s hhs or hud or transportation is there something you need now, you need them, like, let s stop this, we need x ? we need water infrastructure support. okay. you know, we just declared a drought in the state of california. and water structure is valuable, but it s like infrastructure all across the country you need the federal government to say, this is something the state can t manage on their own? absolutely. and we re also going to be raising our minimum wage. we re going to be in concert with the president around talking about income equality inequality, as you suggested, and for us, we ve got the highest minimum wage now you already have a minimum wage $10.40. we agree, we can t live on that. so we re going to explore as high as $15 an hour. mayor nutter and that s a nati
businesses and ultimately more jobs. just this week, the nonpartisan congressional budget office predicted that allowing benefits to expire will be a drag on our economic growth next year. a report by the department of labor, and my council of economic advisers, estimated that it could cost businesses 240,000 jobs. robert reich, rand paul knows nothing of that. no, rand paul, unfortunately, is not alone in knowing nothing of that. the entire republican party is saying no, not only to extended unemployment benefits, but also to food stamps. they want to cut food stamps. they don t want to have the minimum wage raised for inflation. i mean, if the minimum wage today were what it was in 1968, adjusted for inflation, it would be $10.40. the republicans simply don t believe that people who don t have jobs or are poor need some help. and they don t understand that by giving them some help, we are actually helping the entire
postmarked by midnight tonight. there are some freebies and discounts to make tax day just a little bit easier. one of them, free cookies from great american cookies. you could also get free popcorn at amc theaters. free massages. that sounds like a good one. some restaurant chain offering like a $10.40 meal at bruger s bagels. that, of course, is the take on the 1040 tax form. if you want to see all of them, and there s some really interesting ones, one that i couldn t say this morning so you want to go look, cnnmoney.com. you ll know exactly what it is when you go to it. appreciate it. alison kosik, thank you. 28 minutes after the hour right thank you. ahead on starting point, two monster avalanches trapping hikers in washington state s cascade mountains. one person dead. one person missing. we re going to have the latest on the dramatic search. and some bad press for the biebs. we ll tell you about some controversial comments he made in europe about the victim of the holoc
also half-priced drinked at starbucks. and boston market is doing we love the irs special. by the way i.r.s. technically stands for incredible ribs special. i know. it s hilarious. basically you can get two rib meals for $10.40. so two rib meals for $10.40. obviously named after the irs 1040 form. and at office depot you can print up to 25 pages tax free. they re hoping that once you re there you can spend money on other stuff. suzanne. there s a common theme, zain, i notice. eat and drink, eat and drink the whole day. start with your coffee and cinnabon and end the day with your ribs. eat, drink and be merry. exactly. thank you, zain. appreciate it. no problem. so as we just heard the price of gold plummeting today down $120 to about $1,400 an ounce.