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Think you belief this as i do is if the chains come off the private sector. if they cut the corporate income tax. if they basically get the money flow going up again. thats whats going to do it? >> right. which is kind of -- that was kind of what he was trying to say with that op. ed in the "wall street journal." but then he undercuss all thinks work by saying oh never mind im not going to put out the huge regulations i have put into place. >> bill: he wants the wall street people to believe him...

The country. we found that costco had pay consistently a higher wage and gave benefits. wal-mart only half the time provides health insurance -- >> 80% of the employees qualify for benefit. >> the information we have with a high deductible, too. $4400 deductible. the average wage is under $25,000 a year. for family of four, that could put you below the federal poverty level. they provide the low prices but price has been the jobs that families cant live on -- >> mike: are you saying that the peo...

The country. we found that costco had pay consistently a higher wage and gave benefits. wal-mart only half the time provides health insurance -- >> 80% of the employees qualify for benefit. >> the information we have with a high deductible, too. $4400 deductible. the average wage is under $25,000 a year. for family of four, that could put you below the federal poverty level. they provide the low prices but price has been the jobs that families cant live on -- >> mike: are you saying that the peo...

Checking, real simple magazine did some pricing on five items in october of 2009. a gallon of 2% milk, a dozen eggs, a pound of apples and some store wheat bread. i went out this week and checked the six major chains they checked on the same items, i actually went for the cheapest deals i could find. at kroger, prices are up 33% on those five items. at safeway, theyre up 27%. at walmart, theyre up 8%. at whole foods, theyre down 8%. that really surprised me that whole foods in 15 months are actu...

Prices for food last year went up 1. 5% from the year before. could go up 3% this year. sort of thing that sneaks up on you. listen to shoppers, they are noticing it. >> i am paying more for produce, ive noticed thats gone up. juice has gone up. and milk has gone way up. >> meats, vegetables, fruit, everything. >> milk, butter, potatoes. >> i just realized strawberries are totally expensive. >> i havent the slightest idea. as a single man, i come in, shop, do whatever i do. >> reporter: typical....

The country. we found that costco had pay consistently a higher wage and gave benefits. wal-mart only half the time provides health insurance -- >> 80% of the employees qualify for benefit. >> the information we have with a high deductible, too. $4400 deductible. the average wage is under $25,000 a year. for family of four, that could put you below the federal poverty level. they provide the low prices but price has been the jobs that families cant live on -- >> mike: are you saying that the peo...

What other international brands are looking at india at the moment? >> there are so many, but one of the big ones, one of the most well-known names certainly in the u.s. is starbucks. india has been a tea country for very long but there are a lot of coffee shops that have come up. starbucks looking to enter the market. theyve teamed up with an indian conglomera conglomerate, tata, into both tea and trucks and everything in between, theyve teamed up with tata hoping to get into the market in the ...

Generations ago. they came in the 1600s, 1700s. their americanism is manifest. what do you feel when you hear the word patriot used by somebody against you. >> you know, what i think of is i always want to remind people that large parts of this country were built on the backs of african-americans. >> for free. >> absolutely free. people were brought here in chains and absolutely horrible. when in the history of this country have you ever heard anyone go on the radio or on television and say rona...

By all means have a disagreement about the man but dont cheap shot him to the extent its going on. >> lets talk about african-americans because its an irony. im a third generation american. my grandparents came from england and ireland. i know where i came from. im lucky to be here. i had grandmother grew up with a foreign accent. african-americans, most african-americans were born ten generations ago. they came in the 1600s, 1700s. their americanism is manifest. what do you feel when you hear t...

Foreign accent. african-americans, most african-americans were born ten generations ago. they came in the 1600s, 1700s. their americanism is manifest. what do you feel when you hear the word patriot used by somebody against you. >> you know, what i think of is i always want to remind people that large parts of this country were built on the backs of african-americans. >> for free. >> absolutely free. people were brought here in chains and absolutely horrible. when in the history of this country ...