smartest woman i know. me! i should be the one giving you advice. in 2008 i got a lot closer to the white house than this gal di did. here is my advice. you got to do what you believe in your spirit, but also america but not teachers and their fat liberal books but also an even why worry about fast food wages with their status quo which is another latin word status quo. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern.
equivalent to fast food wages. so what does that produce in terms of pilot quality. fox news expert diane macedo joins us with more. the widening shortage of pilots as you pointed out are making near minimum wage. the wall street journal reports starting salaries average about $22,000. and some smaller carriers pay as little as $15,000 a year. on top of that the federal government recently increased requirements for pilot rest between flights and dramatically increased the minimum rest for pilots which of course increases both the time and cost involved in getting those licenses. put it all together, republic airways announced it s pulling 30 planes out of operation due to a lack of qualified pilots. and while the bigger airlines do pay their pilots much more they re still affected because they outsource domestic flights
courteous state. gq magazine naming chris christie the fox of the year. crediting his leadership after super storm sandy. he appeared on time magazine cover with that same title. 100 minimum wage protest will be served up across the country. the idea of hiking diane macedo has the latest on this story. good morning, diane. good morning, ladies. advocates for higher fast food wages have rallies around the country in hopes of getting businesses to in some cases more than double their minimum wage to $15 an hour. the federal minimum wage stands at 7:25 an you are who. while somerset the minimum wage higher. current minimums don t make
incomes and the income gains over the last three decades, i mean, it s really telling. look at this. the blue line showed that over the last three decades, the poorest 20% in this country had income gains of 16%. but look at this red line. during the same period, the top 1% enjoyed gains of 281%. i mean, this kind of disparity ought to alarm everybody across-party lines. it really should. it s one of the greatest challenges facing our nation in the 21st century. it s a problem that president obama has presided over. but it s not one that he started. and it looks to be getting worse and worse. income inequality is at record levels. interesting about the president s comments and how he is positioning this particular move to try to get this plan put in place. you notice there have been sort of organized protests across the nation around fast food wages. right. so it s interesting for the president to try to tap into
co-workers, actually have to rely on food stamps and other government help. more and more americans might need to rely on fast food wages. people at companies like sensata and hostess are getting laid off. fast food workers are demanding a better deal for everyone. reporter sara jaffe wrote this. cheap fast food and their cheap workers impose a cost on the country. in the form of food stamps. welfare through the tax code and social safety net programs. this is a place for government to intervene and for corporations to sacrifice some of their profits by raising wages to a livable level. reporter sara jaffe joins me tonight here on the ed show. great to have you with us. excellent reporting. your analysis is spot on. do you think the strike was effective? and will it have an impact? i think it scared the heck out of the bosses. i mean, all the workers went back into work today. they were accompanied by elected officials. they were accompanied by clergy, community leaders.