income households in housing and have done very well but lower income workers are still underperforming, still down about 5.3 millionjobs underperforming, still down about 5.3 million jobs from preplanning levels in the united states, and about 1.7 million of thosejobs united states, and about 1.7 million of those jobs are in low wage hospitality sectors. it is complete recovery at this point. scott, thank you very much for your time. scott anderson in san francisco for us. now, a global crackdown on tax dodging by multinationalfirms global crackdown on tax dodging by multinational firms has taken a major step forward after ireland dropped its opposition to the plan. more than 130 countries have signed an agreement to charge companies a minimum of 15% tax. the idea is to stop the likes of google and facebook slashing their tax bills by setting up headquarters in tax havens. jurisdictions with low tax rates such as historically ireland. alex is a teen executive of the tax justice networ
congressman katie porter, democrat from california and member of the house oversight committee. i haven t seen you in ages. glad you re here. you want to prioritize child care. you spent a letter to speaker pelosi about it. what do you want specifically? we need a child care investment that will benefit the entire economy. that means leaving no family behind. no family should pay more than 7% of its income on child care and the lowest income workers shouldn t have to pay anything. that is the investment that is going to jump start our economy, deal with the 30 year record low. it is the investment that no family pays more than 7% that s going to let the economy grow in a strong, stable, globally competitive way going forward. that s what i am pushing for. and i am not alone. i push for this because this is what i am hearing from american
country is that true? i haven t seen evidence of that. i do think people should get vaccinated. people over the age of 40 should definitely be vaccinated. the evidence has been clear now for 30 or 40 years that these policies of lower taxes, pro business, these states like new york and connecticut, new jersey, have done so much damage to their economies and you are spot-on correct. the biggest victims have been the lowest income workers and those small businesses. we have 28 million small businessmen and women. in states like new york and chicago, it brings a tear to my eye to see the stores board up. now they can t get the businesses because the states like new jersey, new york, and connecticut continue to pay the
i haven t seen evidence of that. i do think people should get vaccinated. people over the age of 40 should definitely be vaccinated. the evidence has been clear now for 30 or 40 years that these policies of lower taxes, pro business, these states like new york and connecticut, new jersey, have done so much damage to their economies and you are spot-on correct. the biggest victims have been the lowest income workers and those small businesses. we have 28 million small businessmen and women. in states like new york and chicago, it brings a tear to my eye to see the stores board up. now they can t get the businesses because the states like new jersey, new york, and connecticut continue to pay the $300 a week.
i haven t seen evidence of that. i do think people should get vaccinated. people over the age of 40 should definitely be vaccinated. the evidence has been clear now for 30 or 40 years that these policies of lower taxes, pro business, these states like new york and connecticut, new jersey, have done so much damage to their economies and you are spot-on correct. the biggest victims havee been the lowest income workers and those small businesses. we have 28 million small businessmen and women. in states like new york and chicago, it brings a tear to my eye to see the stores board up. now they can t get the businesses because the states like new jersey, new york, and connecticut continue to pay the $300 a week.