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Stagnated, folks havent been able to advance in starting, you know, from the early 2000s onward. and those are the voters who, for, i think, a long time have said, what has the government done for me lately. i feel like the governments only helping the rich people and not me, and i think its the job of lawmakers now, if they want to win elections, to change that perception. >> and on a policy level, tamara, what is the strongest argument one would make for raising the minimum wage, that its not ...

Hear that these are real concerns about privacy and about civil liberties. we have edward snowden the whistle blower to thank for that. the thing that was missing -- >> you have been critical of this, i was curious if you feel better. >> look, i think there needs to be acknowledgement that we are having the debate that the president said is valuable because of the whistle blower who brought out the information that prompted the debate. there was also on a policy level, i was troubled by the fact...

Youre just joining us. the woman that runs the company, cgi, they shared information about the white house about any issues and shared concerns about health care. gov throughout the entire development process of the sieve. also one of the other contractors are saying we can work out the problems before the 1st of january. which would still allow people to enroll for their benefits come 2014. and the white house apparently earlier today, said all the reports about a delay on individual mandate or...

Im not routing for the republican party, im routing for the country. ihappen to aagree with you its going to hurt the country. the only way to get rid of it is for republicans to regain power. they will not regain power if they are seen as being the party of, quote: disarray, unquote. >> thats a fair point because in fact on a policy level they win the debate. obama care does not help the middle class. you are sigh ago huge spike in part-time work. that doesnt help the middle class at all. compa...

There are no liberals in these fights. this is all republicans and conservatives going after each other and it has been amazing to watch. >> we cant have the government shut down. we cant be kamikazes. >> when republicans run into the street, despite the fact theres a flashing red light, theyre going to get hit by the cars and killed. this is stupid politically, this is stupid at a policy level. we are going to let our party run into traffic in a red light. its beyond idiotic. >> before peter ki...

Street, even when the light is red. >> i want to commend house conservatives. >> when republicans run into the street, despite the fact there is a flashing red light -- ♪ against the law ♪ it was against the law >> theyre going to get hit by the cars and killed. this is stupid politically. >> are you stupid, or what? >> this is stupid at a policy level. >> shutdowns are bad. shutdowns are not worth it. >> the law is a train wreck. >> this law is not worth causing a shutdown over. >> we have ...

Among conservative, among tea party members to do this the there are people that think the law is a violation of this code -- the health care law, obamas health care law is incredibly unpopular. ted cruz is responding to a genuine sentiment. however when republicans run into the street despite the fact theres a flashing red light they will get hit by the cars and killed. this is stupid politically. stupid at a policy level because as charl they are going to fail. despite what david ignatius says...

Policy level. not -- certainly not from the united states, but even from the six-party countries, hes met with the chinese enjoy. but we really dont know whos pulling this guys strings. hes all over the place in terms of does he want dialogue, does he want -- does he want to continue confrontation? im a little concerned that hes not heading in the right direction, especially with this restarting the yongbyon facility is a sign that theyre going to go ahead possibly with their nuclear development...

Biscuit, they will tell you they cant get it anymore. but what was on track to equal heroin in this country doesnt exist anymore, and that is because it was beatable. there was only one legal manufacturer of the pills. and so at a policy level we banned the legal sale of the drug and made sure that one manufacturer complied. in terms of the illegal sales, we convinced or bought off those four factories who made that complicated base level chemical compound. we convinced them or bought them off s...

Large scale factors. we think of the drug war as mostly a futile enterprise, basically a worthy idea, but futile, there is not a qualuude drug anymore in the united states. they used to call it disco biscuit, they will tell you they cant get it anymore. but what was on track to equal heroin in this country doesnt exist anymore, and that is because it was beatable. there was only one legal manufacturer of the pills. and so at a policy level we banned the legal sale of the drug and made sure that ...