year. i want to play you sound from one of your colleagues talking to tianna gaines-turner because i don t want my audience to go away thinking this was an easy process. i want to listen to one of your colleagues from south carolina and then get to you respond. if they are capable of going out to get a job, sir, and have the necessary things to do that, then, yes. but you have to think of, there are some people who are not capable of finding employment because where they live, there aren t any jobs. let s think about it. there s a recession right now. how many jobs are there? well, i and good paying jobs. let s make sure we keep is that in mind. all i m saying is that if you rely on federal programs, you re never going to come out of poverty. the only way out of poverty is to be self-reliant and find yourself a job. so, i have all the feelings, congresswoman lee, about a millionaire talking to tianna gaines-turner about going out and getting a job. did you have any reaction
institutional racism is a huge factor in our whole efforts to address income inequality. we must not forget that. thirdly, let me say, back to what tianna said about minimum wage. we need to be looking at raising not only the minimum wage, which i agree is really just a pittan krft e, but we need to move to a living wage where people can develop a pathway to middle class through a living wage. we have to understand that income inequality, ceo compensation is at its highest now when you re looking at what the lowest wage worker makes versus ceos. it s outrageous. so, we have to really look at what some of these structural issues are and the republican tea party, i don t believe will even consider this because their ideology is about getting government out of the lives of people when, in fact, government is not the panacea. we re saying government has a
and it s a financial benefit, millions of dollars. winning a championship, hopefully, for the first time in 50 years, we ll make more money for the community. that s a good thing. ed fitzgerald, i m sorry for falling into the trap of being a tv host and asking you about lebron james. that s okay. ed fitzgerald, democratic nominee for governor in ohio. thank you for joining us. thank you. coming up, we have something really special we re excited to share with you. she is a recurring guest on this program whose voice is always so clear and powerful. now hers is a voice being heard by those who need to hear it most of all. the story of tianna gaines-turner going to washington. better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief.
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more conferences, more talks, more conversations, about everything that s the gamut. you can t talk about hunger and poverty without speaking about affordable wages, paid sick leave. the fact we use the word minimum wage is a big problem. the fact we oon have minimum in there, it s not a living wage. stick with us, tianna, and congresswoman lee. i m going to add one more voice to this conversation when we come back. he s a john s hopkins professor who concludes after a 25-year study that one of the things that helps a person get out of poverty is being a white guy. i want to ask him if there s anything else we can do there s a gap out there. that s keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes,