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Most. in the united states we do not have affordable child care. we dont have jobs, especially for those at the middle income level that coincide with being a parent. >> right. so there are two policy interventions we could talk about that would make a difference. one is parental leave. weve been talking about it most. i suspect because we can make employers pay for it. but theres also child care. everything we know about evidence from other countries is that affordable child care makes a much b...

Change that and what can we see changed? >> theres a lot of policy interventions but the first thing we have to realize is that we believe in the divine right of capital today as we once believed in the divine right of kings. we have to stop believing that. steve: by u-uppercase-letter mean the shareholders and the owners rather than the workers. >> thats right. we believe that all the fruits of productivity, it belongs to the owners of companies in that they dont need to be shared by society an...

Change that and what can we see changed? >> theres a lot of policy interventions but the first thing we have to realize is that we believe in the divine right of capital today as we once believed in the divine right of kings. we have to stop believing that. steve: by u-uppercase-letter mean the shareholders and the owners rather than the workers. >> thats right. we believe that all the fruits of productivity, it belongs to the owners of companies in that they dont need to be shared by society an...

The stories would suggest. >> thats what the president announced this week in front of about 50 million people. >> the office is called voice, victims of immigration, crime engagement. we are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media and silenced by special interests. >> so that office will be doing what youre describing, presenting these anecdotes essentially. really tragic, sickening anecdotes, actual crimes that have been concerned. the concern youre describing is if the d...

Were back. before we went to break we kind of zeroed in on this question about the structural factor, the structural economic factors and racial factors that play a role in the difficulties young men of color face and how you overcome them through small targeted policy interventions. youve been in your capacity to work on pilot programs. whats your feeling about that? >> im actually new to philanthropy. i spent most of my career as a civil rights attorney. i made a living, really, my lifes cause...

Were back. before we went to break we kind of zeroed in on this question about the structural factor, the structural economic factors and racial factors that play a role in the difficulties young men of color face and how you overcome them through small targeted policy interventions. youve been in your capacity to work on pilot programs. whats your feeling about that? >> im actually new to philanthropy. i spent most of my career as a civil rights attorney. i made a living, really, my lifes cause...

But its horrible. you know, if you think about it, just pictures this in your mind, for one being an adult homeless, but for two adults homeless with a small child. you know, this myth that people have, i went to work i went to the section 8 office every day. my husband went to work every day. it was a simple fact it was so hard for us to get housing. then once you get put out, im sure you know, another landlord would look and say we dont want to take her, because she has a judgment -- >> becaus...

Right now that is driving wages up. we need these policy interventions. >> but the correlation is inflation effect, and job killing effect in relation to raising the minimum wage, and can you address those issue sths. >> yes, this has always been the claim since 1938 when the minimum wage was first passed and we were told that we were moving toward socialism with the minimum wage, but the reality is that the very best research that has looked at 250 paired counties that are contiguous counties i...

Importance to the public is a real challenge. by listening to that, remembering the days that i was trying to message this from the white house and i thought man, why dont we just get clint eastwood. >> on the recovery zblakt west wing. recovery act. i think that the -- the unpopularity of the bailout which is the auto bailout was link flood, i believe that -- in terms of the others, it is beginning to fade and it is -- i think that it is because -- it is happening at the same time that you begi...

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