disempowers places like vermont, oregon, oregon, california that want to do more. that i think is unfortunate. unfortunately we are out of time. i hope you ll allow me a minute or two to say it is rare opportunity for a moderator to say and be completely truthful, when he says, we have been so lucky tonight to have the two best experts in the country, two of two of the finest people in the country to talk about in credible issues. i want to thank you both for sharing your time and expertise with us. [applause]. on the next washington journal. an update on afghanistan operations with major general bird and davis, in kabul. then brendan duke of the senate for american progress and stan bowyer, of the american enterprise institute on the state of the u.s. economy. that is followed by a look at the working congress to update the no child left behind legislation. our guest is allison klein of education week. washington journal, live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, you can
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the minimum wage. how much is that in maryland, harriet? itler: i believe right now is $7.45. host: tell us about your experience. caller: i m going to tell you my concern. because there is going to be more competition in jobs. i am also an older worker. and there is credits given. i am not sure what, but when you fill out your application, they give credits. the government gives credits if you have ever been on welfare and for certain things they give the employer credits. they lower the wage for those people. and we are already and competition. we are getting older. we can t here as well, we can t well, well, hear as can see as well, and we can t compete as well. we can t live on social security. we didn t even get a raise this year. host: let s get a quick reaction to her experience from kendall fells. guest: i agree. you know, we have some politicians down in florida that took what the workers called the minimum wage challenge, which was essentially politicians trying t
you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. he very good sunday morning to you. i want to start with a few headlines from papers from around the country on this idea of the american dream. some recent columns in the wall street journal and a few others on the subject. robert reich the former labor secretary of the united states, his column from december 26. we will be talking about this issue of the american dream for the first 45 minutes. that subject has also been in discussion already in 500 or so posts on our facebook pages morning. i will read you just a few of those. i want to read you little bit from that piece. that is a bloomberg poll. we also have a poll on our facebook page. is the american dream still attainable? right now the results seem to be tracking the same as that bloomberg poll heard about 240 seven people saying yes it is still attainable and 404 people saying no, it is not. be talking about this subject, taking your calls and
shut down, when people were contrasting him and what he offered, what his party offered, with the republicans who were at a low point because of popular dissatisfaction. just two months ago. on the other hand, almost overnight the conversation government shut down to what most people would agree was the disastrous rollout of obamacare. the interesting thing is there seems to be more fluidity, i would say, with this president. he is certainly down now. let s see six months from now if there are 7 million people signed up on obamacare. host: are there examples of presidents overcoming a tough year five? guest: that is a great question. although it is a jix, i don t think it is a curse jinx, i don t think it is a curse. bill clinton is a good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the fact that he turned in a balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on significant successes on the foreign policy front, in cozumel