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Have said this legislation is ash treasure and discriminatory and it discourages investment in washington. walmart is the large effort employer in the country with more than 1.3 million workers and 4,005 stores. the company earned $17 billion in profits last year. and many walmart critics say that means they can and should pay workers more. but should a city be able to force the company to do so in steven moore senior economics writer of the "wall street journal" editorial board, david madeleine...

If you dont like the wages they pay, dont work there. >> well, we have things like a minimum wage to ensure that when workers work hard, they have enough so theyre not living in poverty. also, by those kind of policies we help the economy because we ensure workers have basic purchasing power and thats the core problem with the economy today is that workers dont have enough purchasing power so businesses arent able to invest. >> its like a mind-set of a kleptomaniac at a big department store who ...

Whats exactly happening? they didnt want to listen to womens voices. they would do anything to pass this measure, including throwing the rule book by the side, by altering documents at the very end on the time stamps. it was incredible to see the legislative process be made a mockery. >> michelle, does the republican party in your view understand their core problem? because you keep seeing this drama play out over and over again on the issue of abortion, and this time literally dramatized in thi...

Republicans. even bob corker said it was overkill. do you think it was worth adding this amendment? >> look, at the end of the day there are colleagues on the other side of the aisle, ive said this many times, no matter what we do, no matter what amendments we permit them to have. these are the same people who at different times in questioning the debate said they want a fence. now they dont want a fence. they wanted more border patrol, now they dont want border patrol. so these are individuals ...

They had their segment on race, all about how to trump the race card. wasnt how to appeal to african-americans and sound like you dont dislike them. it was about how to get them not to call you a racist when youre saying the things you want to. the problem with the republican party fundamentally, reince priebus goes out and does these focus groups in l.a., in san francisco, in seattle. he goes to austin, texas, probably the only liberal city in texas. and he asks these focus groups, how can we s...

And the poor are bums. if they cant change that core problem, they cant add to the republican party. because most americans dont think that way. >> picking up on what you said -- >> chris, i want to add -- i would add to what joy said is even if the core isnt a majority of republicans, that base dominates their thinking. best example, the senate judiciary vote on universal background check. 93% of americans and all 8 republican senators voted against it. they know better. theyre afraid of their ...

Think that the core problem is that there is no economic ideology beyond trickle down, which has clearly failed. that is a really, really core problem. it hasnt been addressed. i live in brooklyn, actually. >> as do i. >> there was one romney/ryan sign in the window on my block, and that house got egged at halloween. >> wow. wow. >> im not kid lin ldingkidding. of the folks on the side of draco, the most draconian folks in the raucous caucus, ryan is the one who scuttled the -- if were to beli...

>> i want there to be laws that go after the people that commit the crimes with the guns and go after the people that run those guns. that is the core problem that we have here flt lo. look at the numbers. 1% got denied. people are shocked by that. law-abiding scitizens are the ones that want a background check. the last thing you want to do is go get a gun. >> but i agree with that. 80,000 did lion their background checks. we are reaching some points of consensus here. here is the stibcking poi...

There war a background check. >> how do you know that? >> i know they were already convicted criminals who were already breaking the law by owning a gun. they were not allowed to own a gun by the laws that are not working now. >> you could almost use that argument for any criminal activity at all. criminals never obey the law. of course they dont, theyre criminals. it doesnt mean you shouldnt try and make it as difficult as possible for criminals to get their hands on firearms. >> this is where ...

Gun by the laws that are not in place right now. >> they dont obey the law. it doesnt mean you shouldnt tray and make it as difficult as possible for crim malesmales. >> i want there to be laws that go after the people that commit the crimes with the guns and go after the people that run those guns. that is the core problem that we have here. look at the numbers. 1% got denied. people are shocked by that. law-abiding citizens are the ones that want a background check. the last thing you want to ...