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put into place? you start with looking this way. corporate profits are up. executive compensation has exploded. productivity is up. worker wages are pretty much flat. real dollars. then you pass a tax cut bill, the president did, that 71% of the benefits went to the wealthiewealth wealthiest 1%. the corporate tax cuts as part of that bill, the companies as gm did, instead of using the money to invest in workers, they used the money to move jobs offshore but they used the money for stock buy backs. s what would you do to fix? increased minimum wage. enforcing the over time rule. if you make $30,000 a year and
electric cars, whether they should apply or not. i can t say anything final about that but we are looking into it. mrs. barra told me, on the other hand, it might be possible to transfer workers to other plants in texas and in michigan. i am not an expert on general motors, or an analyst. that s what she said. there s a lot of disappointment, even anger. i ve heard it from democrats and republicans. look. i don t want anybody to get laid off, i want workers to do very well and i want worker wages to do well and they are. it s one of the great things. the pessimism i m reading about come maybe has to do with stock
and presidential candidates but this is president who thrives on driving a news cycle in front of large crowds. but the question is how long will this be release for a president who as the top networks stop carrying these rallies as has been the case the last few times he s been out, the next opportunity for this is tuesday in west virginia. so tune in or is often the case now, don t. west virginia, fourth time i think? there s a repeat in and of itself. later this week the u.s. stock market is going to mark a record, the longest full run. it shows corporate america is doing great, wall street is doing great. if you look at a graph of corporate returns over the last ten years and compare it to a graph of worker wages you ll see a flat picture. worker wages have been flat
basically since 2009 since the recession we came out of, and last year despite a tax cut we got a report from the labor department showing wages are down. we have to look at what s going to happen on the campaign trail. corporate america is doing great, worker wages are flat, that s going to be a theme on the campaign trail for a number of democrats. in the midst of a good economy, can they find an opening. washington spy drama continues this week. prosecutors have made maria butina, they had a bunch of photos of her smiling ear to ear and sharing her version of her story. those very glossy photos are going to be up against a very different image this week and that s going to be her mug shot