unemployment rate in this country. this business that if you raise the minimum wage, all these jobs are going to disappear, historically i don t believe it s true and i don t believe it s true today. it s time to ask the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, we need a jobs program and, c, we need a higher minimum wage. we need structural reforms that will get us that, no question. education and a decent savings system for private citizens and the minimum wage is the wrong tool for these problems. a quick question and answer to both of you. doug, corporations, should they do more to help the workers who are making low-paid minimum wage? we checked, mcdonald thompson s salary in 2012 million. that was the coe of