ed.msnbc.com. we ll bring the results later on in the show. and you can tweet out during this hour. #edshow. if you think this is the new big three that the republicans are talking about. they were talking about medicare, medicaid and social security. but now they ve got a new big three that they want to attack in this holiday season. for more, let me bring in senator bernie sanders of vermont. senator, good to have you with us tonight. senator, what do you say to these republicans who claim raising the minimum wage would be a job killer? i say they just are factually wrong. in my state of vermont, our minimum wage is $8.60 compared to the national minimum wage of $7.25 and we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in america. you have states where there is it virtually no minimum wage at all, and their unemployment rate is much higher. the facts just don t bear it out. the reality is, if we raise the minimum wage to at least $10.10 an hour, about 30 million americans would get a
ed.msnbc.com. we ll bring you the results later on in the show. it s interesting, the president this week was talking about income inequality, and upward mobility. how can anybody move up at $7.25 an hour? you know, if you pay better, you would get a better employee. you would get someone who would be more loyal to the business. and you would still make a profit. it s proven. i m waiting for all of the fast food industry owners to step up on this program and tell me that you just can t make it if you pay your workers 15 bucks an hour. for more, let s bring in john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation magazine. actually, we ll go one state over to wisconsin in madison tonight. john, good to have you with us. you know, i think this is very impactful. we ve never seen this before in 130 cities. what impact do you think these protests are going to have, if any? i think it s huge. and it s very, very significant that this is the second year that we have seen this sort of
there? he wants a capitalism that promotes people over profits. to hear the pope regurgitating this stuff, i was profoundly disappointed. and today s top trender. a rand plan. a federal judge ruled that detroit is officially eligible for chapter 9 bankruptcy. republican policies did all of this. when it comes to free trade, outsourcing of jobs, attacking labor. low taxes. of course, wee got to cut taxes. president obama sits back and watches this unfold. ken senator rand paul taking action. the kentucky senator wants to keep detroit a conservative utopia. what i m promoting is something called economic freedom zones. these zones free up detroit to bail themselves out. reduction in individual and corporate tax rates. get rid of the capital gains. reduce the red tape and let businesses thrive. this is horrible. this idea much. i think really what we need to do is try something different. . let s turn now to michael eric dyson, georgetown university professor
have a great weekend. appreciate your time. thank you. coming up, the opportunity gap. it s widening. the numbers show it. and republicans seem to be pushing more americans over the edge with their policies. plus, the georgia insurance commissioner makes a wrong turn in his obama care analogy, and lands in tonight s pretenders. but next, i m taking your questions live from the north country. ask ed next on msnbc. [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts.
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