proposition 8 or prop 8, the state s ban a same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. dan simon live in san francisco. dan, you ve been talking to people there. how have they been reacting to the news? reporter: obviously they re very happy about it. they expected this, quite frankly, and we should point out a little more than three years ago, a majority of california voters said they were against same-sex marriage. well, in this case the federal appeals court said the majority doesn t rule that proposition 8, which defined marriage between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. from here, brooke, most observers think this case will be headed to the supreme court. it does not mean the fact that same-sex marriage got a victory today that couples can start getting married tomorrow. this ruling is effectively put on hold while this appeals process continues. brooke? so ultimately we ll be looking for the next big step to be the u.s. supreme court. dan simon in san francisco. d
and heck, why should they with businesses like the finance one, for instance, wall street, making more money as they make less. wall street pay about to break a record this year. $144 billion in pay. that is up 26% since 2006. we all know what has occurred in those years. at the same time, profits are down 20%. have you ever heard of a business where the overall performance of the business is tanking or declining, but the executives and facilitators are jacking their pay? it s called an extraction, people, and it can only be done with the coordination of the government. bankers making money even when they don t make money for someone else because now the game is, if i can extract some for me, jam it into the gut of the fed and run a foreclosure scam, makes for a nice boat, doesn t it? brings us to today s job wars,