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Be tackled. the second thing is that revenues must come into various government following the pandemic because everyone has spent a huge amount of money to keep their economies going and any extra cash that can come from taxing those companies probably will be very welcome. , ., , . ., welcome. yes, it has concentrated minds for sure. _ welcome. yes, it has concentrated minds for sure. what _ welcome. yes, it has concentrated minds for sure. what pushback - welcome. yes, it has concentrated | mi...

Bolton. hes the author of "the room where it happened." ambassador bolton, thank you for coming on the show. what do you make of this recent spate of cyber attacks? >> well, i think this is something were going to have to get used to happening well into the future. you know, we have benefitted as a society enormously in terms of productivity increases, convenience, a whole range of things because of information technology, the use of computers and the internet. but with that comes increased risk...

Actually here representing the teachers. another endorsement were very proud to have. the number one issue for hillary clinton in this campaign and the number one issue she would focus on if she were elected president is increasing wages for american workers. and she has a multi-faceted plan to try to achieve that. shes in favor of increasing the minimum wage. thats an important priority. but beyond that, shes also laid out a plan for increasing profit sharing at companies. youve seen record pro...

The clinton administration had to keep it in the u.s. >> is one of the reasons weve gotten more competitive in manufacturing is because the cost of manufacturing has gone down? im from michigan and all these jobs that used to pay 10 to $11 an hour now pay $14 an hour. >> which is a bad mistake. >> theres something to that, but theyre not the jobs we think of that my grandparents had that paid for my parents to be able to go to school. >> one of them is that theres now a feeling between companies...

Decline, those two things broke apart and now productivity continues to go up and up while compensation has flat lined. te teresa, is that because of the decline and what should we be looking to to marry productivity increases with wage increases? >> much of it has to do with the decline in unionization. republicans and democrats when answering a question about whether or not unions helped balance the balance of power between employers and workers, they all say yes and, in fact, thats true. ther...

As well. lets not keep this on managers hurting american corporations. there are also some employees disengaged. we have a poll of that. this number, look at this. 29% actively engaged. those are workers who come to work, have the passion to achieve the mission. not engaged, 54%? thats high. >> that is more a culture of the company itself. setting expectations. making sure people feel a connection to the company. if they are not engaged, the question is why arent they engaged? s there was a famo...

On farms and then the productivity increases, automation on the farms. people said what will we do with all of these farmers? a terrible thing. they went into the cities and got into manufacturing. the point im trying to make is rather than trying to to go back in the business of textiles and things we cant compete any more, we should be competing and putting our emphasis including government policy and all of this stuff on the industries we are good at, on technology, on health and on education...

Walmart because they wont pay these workers a decent wage. look, thats why the minimum wage needs to go up, karen. if the minimum wage had kept place with inflation, it would be $10.75. if it had kept pace with the productivity increases, it would be $18.75. if these workers got the same increases as the top 1% in the country, they would be earning $28 an hour right now. its outrageous. this company uses a model of low wage, no benefit employees to make billions of dollars and lets the rest of u...

Programs and have careers up and down uncan dial up and dial back again at certain stages. actually those companies find the productivity increases. the companies that say to women and to men we dont care about your input. we care about your output. where and when you work for doesnt matter but what you do produce matters. that works so well for women. in those circumstances, productivity rises for the company and you keep women in the work force. >> i venture to say we might be more productive ...

Highs, theres a troubling question this morning. why isnt unemployment dropping more quickly? "the new york times" reports major corporations have seen soaring profits but havent been able to add to their work force. in the third quarter of 2012, corporate profits accounted for over 14% of the national income, its largest share in more than 60 years. however, personal income has seen its largest drop in nearly two decades, falling by over $500 billion. >> mika, i warned this, that if barack obam...