floor. what about, for example, for servers? servers make, you know, $3.25 an hour compared to a hostess that makes $7.25. we differentiate based on the type of labor. there is a movement in massachusetts, where workers who work for tips to bring them up to the same it s actually not 3.25. i believe it s $2.13 an hour for the federal minimum wage staff. there is a movement. a lot of states are, whoing to move it. massachusetts has a ballot issue that will raise it to $60% of the minimum wage, which will be over $6 bucks an hour the west coast states, california, states like massachusetts. i love the west coast states require the tip workers get the full minimum wage. many of the states have the top growth restaurant states, states like california, arizona, florida and it shows it doesn t have an impact on job growth. it s a key women s pay equity,
earning the minimum wage or lower. you know, in this and how many are earning less than minimum wage. can i finish. megyn: let her finish, let her finish. the tip minimum wage for tip workers is 2.13 an hour and has been since 1991. ben, the reality in this quote, in this recovery we have been losing middle class jobs and increasing low wage jobs while profits at the top have gone up and businesses are sitting on 2 trillion dollars in they re not using to create wages. now, i don t understand why conservatives want to defend the ability of the top to do well and don t want decent wages for hard working people, what s the problem. megyn: give him a chance to respond. listen to what i m actually saying. barack obama said that if i own a business, he wants to mandate what i pay people. $9 an hour is a prime example. i worked for minimum wage in my life multiple times when i was younger, it was an entry level job and now as a small business owner, if the