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Thats not right. we work hard and have the right as any other human being to be self-sufficient and independent and proud of the work you do instead of going home and feeling worthless because the seven days you just put in barely gives you enough to survive the next three days. >> with metro cards going up, with the taxi going up, you go to the store now a 99 cent bag of chips $1.49. everything is going up and balances out. minimum wage going up to $8.75, thats what theyre talking about. >> in ...

>> with metro cards going up, with the taxi going up, you go to the store now a 99 cent bag of chips $1.49. everything is going up and balances out. minimum wage going up to $8.75, thats what theyre talking about. >> in new york state theyre passing a minimum wage law. >> for one, its taking too long, it should have been done years ago. its not enough in the state of new york. i live on broadway in midtown manhattan. its not enough, paying all that money, working for $7.25, $120 a week, you know...

The hospital charged $1.50 per tablet. you can buy a bottle of 100 for $1.49. the outrage is clear. the solution isnt. joining me, steven brill, who wrote the special report for "time" magazine called "bitter pill: why medical bills are killing us ,"and neera tanden who worked on the affordable care act as senior advisor for health reform at hhs. steven, you say our priorities are mistaken. we have been looking at who will pay instead of how much is to be paid. why? why have we gotten this out o...

Tablets. the hospital charged $1.50 per tablet. you can buy a bottle of 100 for $1.49. the outrage is clear. the solution isnt. joining me steven brill, who wrote the special report for "time" magazine called "bitter pill: why mel bills are kiling us" and near ra tam den who worked on the affordable care act as seen area visor for health reform at hhs. steven, you say our prirpts are mistaken. we have been looking at who will pay instead of how much is to be paid. why? why have we gotten this ou...

The day went on that the other republican smarts could seek to put some hold on nomination given the performance that we had. you saw republicans i think offer some tough questions. what was striking to me is the number of democrats who felt like they had to go back and restate his position in a way that made them comprehensible. made them less embarrassing. will democrats want to do that? i think schumer was interesting early get for the obama administration. to me the interesting group is goin...

"time" magazine poll shows the president, 49% governor romney, 44%. the poll surveyed those who will vote on election day. also polled some early voters as well. could the absentee voting situation in the buckeye state, could it change the numbers as we get closer to election day? >> oh, absolutely. at this point weve had close to a million actually cast so far. as i mentioned we have another 800,000 out. and in ohio you can still through next saturday, the saturday before the election ask for a...

Dissatisfaction among a lot of voters with the choices they have. they are open to persuasion. they are open to listening for the next 70, 80 days, to a point of view that is serious and not low. they want hope. the big group of americans who are feeling cynical and disaffected. if somebody could reach to them and say i can help, that would be very powerful. >> the upside of the ryan pick, i think in this case about governing, it sort of widens the -- the width of this election, instead of a 51/...

Theres a sort of feeling of dissatisfaction among a lot of voters with the choices they have. they are open to persuasion. they are open to listening for the next 70, 80 days, to a point of view that is serious and not low. they want hope. the big group of americans who are feeling cynical and disaffected. if somebody could reach to them and say i can help, that would be very powerful. >> the upside of the ryan pick, i think in this case about governing, it sort of widens the -- the width of thi...

This race was a 51/49 race no matter what i think the window is wider. now youre having a large debate and were going to get a mandate election. >> the reality is that, that ryan has not won this argument within the proub electorate. when you look at the polling on medicare, its not just democrats and independents who oppose the kind of change that ryan is advocating. and he is a very effective advocate for what hes trying to do. but theres still a majority of republicans who do not like the ide...

>> let me take a step back and get your impression. one of the things that weve already seen just on this program so far is that i dont think, who are real allies of paul ryan who are not in a position to defend -- >> i didnt hear what rich wants this morning so far which is republicans going out there and defending the ryan plan on medicare in a way and going on offense. >> lets be clear its what rich wants that matters. >> did not sound like a guy who wants to have that conversation. and i thi...