have to confront their own failures. the great recession and the slow recovery have reinforced trends towards inequality and inadequate pay that were evident even before the last downturn. fast food workers are fighting back in just cause and we re going to detroit on august 29th. and there happens to be a protest that day. so we ll be going. i m going. congressman keith ellison told me about it. michael steele, what do you think about these protests, these fast food protests? you know, look, it s what the market is willing to bear. and at some point people have to recognize, you know, in business, that in this economy, we have to do something to stimulate it. maybe it is looking at the minimum wage. maybe it is looking at the relationship between management and how they are dealing with their workers in this economy and how the workers have the opportunity to fight for and maybe get more ground. that s a debate we haven t had and we kind of hide away from it