welcome back to the ed show. we love hearing from our viewers. tonight, an ask ed live. our question from butch. and he wants to know, do you think it s fair people have to work for minimum wage on turkey day. well, i m disappointed that anybody has to work on thanksgiving day, because it is a great american tradition. but, of course, the business pressure always brings us changes in society, and in the work culture of this country. i think there s a real bad turn taking place in america. there s more and more pressure being put on workers, there s more and more pressure on managers to hit that bottom line. and that is in a sense trickle-down. the guy in the front office says we have to hit this number. managers have to bring it on through to employees. and the next thing you know, you re working holidays. it doesn t seem too american. it doesn t seem too family to me. we re not going to shop on thanksgiving. you can do what you want. but i think it is rather unfair
strategy. melissa harris perry is a columnicolumn istist for the nation. they call this delay a bold surrender to business pressure, an act of political pandering and a cold-blooded portrayal of a loyal constituency. does this come as a surprise that environmentalists would fire back in that kind of tone? no, it s not a surprise at all. this is the ultimate lie that business has sold to communities, to politicians on both the left and the right. this idea that business is hurt and will stop creating jobs or shed jobs as a result of regulations on things like clean air and water. and when we look at fence line communities like those here in louisiana or communities in northern california or in new york, what we see is these polluters do not create new jobs
the oil extraction tax. the number is over $4 billion in the bank in a state of just 750,000 residents. the business pressure is off. it s just not there. maybe we can come to the conclusion that north dakota will let discrimination stand until there is a direct economic impact. get your cell phones out. tonight s question should north dakota lose federal funding because of its discriminatory law? text a for yes. text b for no. we ll bring you the results later on in the show. we go live to norfargo, north dakota. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. i m curious. what economic impact, if any, does north dakota face by allowing this law of discrimination to stand? it s called microsoft.