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Any opposing points of view call for a stronger border for mexico you are anti-hispanic. you oppose gay marriage you are a homophobe. if you call for responsible and welfare programs, you are anti-poor. those labels are designed to shut folks up. and its working to some extent. if you are a conservative individual in hollywood, in the entertainment industry, you will be denied jobs. if you are conservative on the staff of the "new york times," you will not get good assignments. and if you are a ...

Poverty level. and the sweetener is that the federal government will pay for it. the states know people who gets on the rolls, very few welfare programs in human history will shrink. they dont want it. and there is nothing to do to change the fiscal realities. >> you have to start your own pinocio. >> i like. that >> and do that. >> i like. that thank you, thank you. >> there is new developments in the tug-of-war between western style democracy and russian dominance in ukraine. there is an arres...

>> thats because im a conservative. the eitc, theyre welfare programs, you send checks to poor people to make them somewhat less poor. i think it makes much more sense for workers to get a reasonable paycheck so the taxpayer doesnt have to make up the difference. and whats really outrageous is that marco rubio and a number of other prominent republicans are saying that the solution to americas poverty problem right now is more government welfare. thats not what the republican party advocated whe...

Whats your pitch for why i should be behind a minimum wage increase. >> its a simple idea. >> right now the government spends over $250 billion every year on social welfare programs for the working poor. people who work but cant afford to survive on the paychecks, if we raise the minimum wage to a reasonable level. all those costs will be cut, and the taxpayers will save money. i think it makes much more sense for businesses to pay their own workers rather than to shift the burden to the america...

Receiving certain welfare programs. so one of the things that were worried about is the fact that if you take an entry level job, in many cases you might find an effective marginal tax rate of 90%, meaning when you take into account what you have to pay n taxes, plus what you lose in welfare benefits, you are actually worse off by taking an entry level job than you would be just by staying on welfare. and not working at all. >> so i take it that what the bill would do is sort of just encourage a...

For minimum wage. >> when you raise the cost and train entry level employees, leaving employers with one of two tough choices, either find a way to raise prices or or provide the same service at a lower cost. i mean people even like bill gates gave a very telling interview recently where he warned people who wanted to raise the minimum wage it could force employers to auto mate things. i think we are surrounded by evidence of the consequences of past increases. >> we have certainly seen a lot of...

Redistribution its not working, not helping income inequality. >> theres rough economic years in that first term of his. >> which is his fault, of course. >> of course it was his fault. why would we say anything else. >> just getting back to this thing. im glad to see people like gates and some of these billionaires who really are using their money for the right things. >> you dont want to stay on this one? >> i -- i mean -- >> the lower 5% actually losing ground. >> its $100, but -- >> but $100...

Redistribution its not working, not helping income inequality. >> theres rough economic years in that first term of his. >> which is his fault, of course. >> of course it was his fault. why would we say anything else. >> just getting back to this thing. im glad to see people like gates and some of these billionaires who really are using their money for the right things. >> you dont want to stay on this one? >> i -- i mean -- >> the lower 5% actually losing ground. >> its $100, but -- >> but $100...

Presslers candidacy could open the door for the democratic candidate, a former daschle aide, rick. with me now, harry pressler. senator pressler, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you almost ran for d.c. mayor, too -- >> that was a story that got out of hand. yes and no. we were working on school vouchers at the time for the district. >> you say you want to do this and serve one term so you dont have to raise any money. what are your goals? >> my goal is to have a term in the senate where...

Sometimes, i want to play this out. >> lets say, weve said, okay, lets come together, write everyone a check. get rid of the welfare bureaucracy. $30,000, here you go. the idea that rank and file republicans that any republicans in office right now would support that is crazy. >> crazy is not the word i would use, but there is a tension between the libertarian right for whom all programs are immoral. and theres a progressive side which says all welfare programs are good, regardless of whether th...