private industry, for example, was hit hard by obama care. many small companies cut back hours and did not expand. obamacare premiums will rise about 7% next year. and 80% of those enrolled in the obamacare system are being subsidized by the taxpayers, working people. so it s clear the social welfare state is not benefiting working americans. someone tell the unions who remain under tremendous downward earning pressure. same thing happened when jimmy carter was president in the late 1970s, that s one of the reasons ronald reagan was elected. mr. reagan eventually did cut taxes especially on business and the economy rebounded in the mid 1980s. as yog divi berra might say it s deja vu all over again. if you are making less than 30,000 bucks a year you are essentially a poor person grinding it out. times are tough. if you are healthy, physically, you have to do something and not rely on the government. you have to be self-reliant. that means you might have to go back to school, learn comp
graph. there it is. yes. video game sales have gone up. let s talk now, since it is the summer time, there are a loft fresh faces here in the building. we have a lot of summer interns, or do we still call them interns because now they have to be paid. right. we don t call them interns. college associates. we have far fewer at fox. everybody is getting rid of them. i ve built my career on internships. i ve had 100 over the years. and they learn. some said boy, i learned more in one summer than in three years of college so far and i m paying them 30,000 bucks. one won a pulitzer prize. another is an anchor here who learned the business that way. the courts there she is right there. the courts have found in the instance of the interns that they should be paid. i men quit. but yes, in the law, it s been a department of labor rule for years, hasn t been enforced until this administration, which said yeah, it s exploited.
charge $75 a bag where it only costs 25 in the u.s. the charges add up. if you want to get your boarding pass reissued, 20 bucks. credit card, 2% more. if you re traveling with an infant, it s $41 more. it starts to add up. it sounds like if you re traveling light, you play your cards right, you could get there a lot cheaper. definitely a good deal. moving on to some brave lawmakers in michigan who took the plunge for a very good cause. unfortunately, for them the plunge was into a pool of cold water outside of the statehouse. some of them got into it wearing penguin, superman outfits. maybe the best was the guy who looked like he arrived from the oktoberfest. he didn t spill a drop of beer. the temperatures was 6 degrees. think about this as they re waiting in the water right there. they raised about 30,000 bucks for the special olympics events in michigan. totally worth it. there he is, saving his beer. he didn t spill a drop. he s a pro. you can tell. what a great fund-rai
carrying cargo and captured the captain phillips who was the captain of the ship. he saved the crew that s not what the crew is saying. are you on their side? no. but they are saying he should have gone out 600 miles. and captain philips doesn t caim to be a hero. this is from your interview with tom hanks. the primary motive was get the guys off the ship. if i can get them off the ship in any way. for a while it looked like they would sail away with 30,000 bucks. but he would never he he would never use the word hero in regards to himself. he said i was waiting for the heroes to show up. and they were the navy s.e.a.l.s.
their effort to put young buyers behind the luxury car. 30,000 bucks is still price? yes. i m going to keep my 2005 nissan. your pickup truck. yes, old rufus as i call it. time to talk more business. facebook is building a sweet apartment complex for the workers. yeah, if they don t get enough perks already. the social media giant is working with the developers that have constructed almost 400-unit apartment complexes. look at this thing. resort style pool, doggy day care. sports bar, gym. rooftop entertainment, deck. a few different themes there. according to the wall street journal the apartments will go for market rates. the apartments will be no more than three miles from facebook. you know the strategy here, like free food at google. we keep you here longer times working. i love to work but at some