exactly. you re actively trying to talk with retailers to convince them to raise their wages. i asked a walmart executive about the minimum wage in this country last week. here is what he told me. i think this is an important discussion that we need to have as a country. in an open economy like we have, it s about supply and demand. and we re very interested in participating in those conversations to say what is the right price for workers across the country? and because we are a large retailer, we re excited to be able to offer that. our average hourly number is $12.81. so you say you re going to reach out to walmart to talk about this issue. have you? i ve just started my campaign. but i certainly do hope walmart looks at this issue seriously. one important point is that 12 dollar minimum wage nationwide would shift $160 billion each year into the pocketbooks of the low wage workers who spend every