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Effect on the company. is it too soon to tell? what do you think? >> its not too soon to tell. i put out a tweet for people to tell me if theyre seeing money in their checks already and what theyre doing with it. most people are putting it into their 401(k)s. some people are putting it in the market. other people are catching up on bills. its going to last. the bonus part, people spend right away. the higher minimum wages, the paid maternity leave, theyre part of a corporate culture. its a win-w...

Money to feed their family. are you in favor of raising the minimum wage? >> you dont want to do anything to keep the incentive away for whether mcdonalds expanding in this country. at the same time you have to let people live. i heard something the other day that was interesting. two minimum wages, one for young kids that are in high school and, you know, going to college and young and want to learn, and another for people raising families, gets very complicated and you get away from free marke...

That was interesting. two minimum wages, one for young kids that are in high school and, you know, going to college and young and want to learn, and another for people raising families, gets very complicated and you get away from free market. there is a lot of debate right now on minimum wage. it does create problems. >> when you look at next year, 2014, a big year, what do you want to see happen? >> we need leadership. we need people that can pull people together. you look at what is going on i...

The year 1999. these are hurting people. >> sam stein, this is a central issue from extending unemployment benefits -- you know, progressives have always been pushing for higher minimum wages, conservatives have been talking about keeping the minimum wage down low. ill tell you right now that you get a lot of conservative push back on capitol hill that when youre in a recession obviously thats the worst time to raise minimum wage because youre going between that and the new health care act, you ...

Stamps, because in fact a majority of snap households do in fact have people working, often, woing full time, often working for walmart, but in fact the other low-wage jobs, but working full time is not enough to feed their family. >> yes, they are on foot insecurity. they feel insecurity about food, because theyre every secure about their employment and we are doing everything we can to discourages or z everyone. we have $2,000 that they have to pay if they dont have the right kind of health in...