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Heres bill clinton talking yesterday about the economics of populism. >> this inequality problem bedevils the entire country and from my work much of the world. but it is not just a moral outrage, it is a horrible constraint on economic growth and on giving people the security we need to tackle problems like climate change. we cannot go forward if we dont do it together. >> the politics of that has put a spotlight on raising the minimum wang. and for the democratic party its one of the ideal iss...

And dont blame the job creators. >> i, bill de blasio. >> to solemnly swear. >> we are living in the world occupy made. for sure. >> a critical moment for progressives. >> a new progressive direction in new york. >> whether or not theyre still in zuccotti park, theyre not. we are the beneficiaries of what they did in terms of making this inequality. >> this inequality problem bedevils the entire country. >> the core issue of our time. >> a child may never be able to escape that poverty. she lack...

The progressive shift. >> i strongly endorse bill de blasios core campaign commitment that we have to have a city of shared opportunities, shared prosperity, shared responsibilities. we are interdependent. look around. we cant get away from each other. we have to define the terms of our dependence. this inequality problem bedevils the entire country and i can tell you from my work, much of the world. but it is not just a moral outrage, it is a horrible constraint on economic growth and on giving...

Universal. >> with the enjoying his honeymoon, more accustomed to schmoozing with wall street and concerned about it is drifts are now busy budying up to the red-hot it mayor. >> i strongly endorse bill deblasios core campaign commitment. this inequality problem bedevil it is entire country and i can tell you from my work much in the world. >> yet, navigating the deblasios political marriage will not be easy. if hillary runs for president she will need friends on wall street and main street. muc...

Children 0 to 5 trying to figure out how to make them healthy. pre-school is not my opinion an answer. a great deal of intervention, the in home environment on how they eat, how they exercise. facilities. we built a swimming home in santa ana which has the highest conend transition of obese kids in southern california because they have no facilities. i think different approaches all of which involve investment. investment needs be smart not just spring money on the street and hopes it ends the i...

>> this inequality problem bedevils the entire country. and i can tell you from my work, much of the world. but it is not just a moral outrage, it is a horrible constraint on economic growth and on giving people the security we need. we cannot go forward if we dont do it together. >> that focus on creating an economy built for everyone is being felt all over the country. 13 states raised their minimum wage yesterday. that means a pay raise for nearly 2.5 million low-income americans. and now the...

National urban league and former mayor of my city, new orleans, joel berg, the executive director of the new york city coalition against hunger, and ovit roy, a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. i want to ask amy quickly, if you have a sense of whether or not the issue here is the left and the right disagree that there is a problem or if the left and the right simply disagree about the solution to the problem, because the latter to me feels appropriate in a democracy but first feels like...

Zero budgetary costs that does what its supposed to do at a time when we really need what its supposed to do. which is to boost the earnings of our lowest wage workers and push back on this inequality problem. i think if speaker boehner were being more accurate, hed say im being essentially funded by opposing minimum wage my whole career. thats really the influential point here. and because the people -- and not just democrats. the people are with the minimum wage. >> and theres no doubt about t...

Full-time for $8.00 an hour and having to feed their family with food stamps. these arent people sitting around eating bon bones watching soap oprahs, these are people working 12, 13, 14 hours a day, two jobs, working at night, working all night. cant find child care for their kids. literally the im bod nabl cruelty of this, the fact that you would couch it in the bible is so sickening, its almost impossible to respond to. >> one piece of context on the numbers we saw, important, its not simply ...

Working in an industry where most americans say yeah those are low wage jobs but the fact is those are jobs thats replacing the middle class jobs so those jobs are our future american jobs. if we dont make them better we dont have a middle class. >> two points are critically important. one is kind of where were head, which is yes when you talk about the economy getting better in a totally agree on the macroeconomics and employment points, you really have to ask for whom is the economy getting be...