slavery. listen to this. this isn t racist, but it s going to be like slavery when that note is due, right? we are going to be beholden to a foreign master. you compared it to slavery. slavery, yes. and that s not a racist thing to do, by the way. not a racist thing to do. what do you think, joe? it s a stupid thing to do. you know what i thought about when i heard it? i had just gone to see 12 years a slave. she ought to go see 12 years a slave. she ought to watch a professor gates special. she ought to go back to school. she ought to recognize that slavery isn t just about debt. and let me tell you. 20 years ago when i first started in this business, if you brought up slavery, here s what the right wing would say why do you keep bringing up slavery. why do you keep bringing up slavery? and now it s part of their rhetoric. and not just her. it s mr. 9, 9, 9.
karen finney weekends at 4:00 eastern receipt here on msnbc. and one note, i invited the koch brothers to come on the show tonight, they passed and declined further comment. ahead, comparing the health care law to slavery isn t just for the usual right-wing hate amongsters. it just got bigger. that s next vo: irresponsible. rep. rokita: obamacare hurts this country much more than any government shutdown. vo: reckless. rep. blackburn: people are probably going to realize. they can live with a lot less government. vo: destructive. rep. bachmann: this is about the happiest i ve seen members in a long time. vo: the government shutdown is hurting veterans, seniors, and our kids. now tea party republicans are threatening. an economic shutdown. refusing to pay our nation s bills. endangering american jobs. tell them to stand up to the tea party.
jim clancy, cnn, atlanta. slavery isn t something just limited to the underworld either. it s present in the mainstream economy, as well, in sectors like food processing, cleaning, even health care. in companies that turn a blind eye to it are risking their reputations. as george kell of the global contact office explains. clearly, the brand damaging issue is the more sensitive one. the brand damage is done so easily. and the more precious the brand, the more sensitive you are. and you just don t want to be associated with human trafficking. so i think it s the brand sensitivity, which is the big driver really. well, since we launched the cnn freedom project on monday, many of you have been writing in asking us how you can get involved. at cnn.com/freedom, we have all of the information to help you make a stand. that s the website address again