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These things fit together. and by the way, since were talking about inflation, i remember for example when rudys analytics analyzed the effects that these pieces of legislation could have on easing inflationary precious. talking about the entire package. part of whats going on in our economy, part of whats creating a lot of pressure right now is issue of labor supply. those get better if, of course, we beat the pandemic and if we make it easier to get by in this country and make work pay. >> bre...

When i started competing it was like i was the older one and i thought, oh, this is different for me. it was incredible watching them and seeing the work pay off. it was amazing to see. >> im surprised its taken this long to be a sport. as you look back at the olympics and pointed out to the troubles, the earthquakes and all that sort of stuff, are you happy that -- there were a lot of calls to cancel it. are you glad it went through? >> im glad we could do it safely and everyone was able to do ...

The Atlantic Low wages benefit employers at the expense of both workers and taxpayers. January 14, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic The country’s very low minimum wage comes at a high cost. And for taxpayers, it adds up to more than $100 billion a year. That number comes from a new analysis of safety-net usage by Ken Jacobs, Ian Eve Perry, and Jenifer MacGillvary of UC Berkeley’s Labor Center. It identifies working families with at least one member who would get a raise if the federal minimum wage...

She started setting her sights on iowa in the midterms when she was sort of turning down the idea, not mentioning directly she was exploring a run for the presidency. but we saw early indications she was setting her sights on iowa and we are seeing the fruits of that labor now. she has hundreds of volunteers on the grounds and interns and fellows working on her behalf. we are seeing some of that work pay off. shes climbing up in the polls and its a critical state for politics as new hampshire. t...

That much about him. that is his big idea of supplanting our income, our work pay by giving every american $1,000 a month as a way to essentially redistribute wealth in this country. it is an idea he builds off to bring the crowd in. this is someone who absolutely benefits from walking in the door in a room like this with 20 other candidates and being at 1% in the polls. again, most of the people in this room probably would not have showed up for an andrew yang speech. but if youre showing up fo...

Of travelers minds with more than 50,000 tsa agents working without pay, airports and the country are experiencing staffing issues, incidences of calling out sick, quitting and absences rise as the shutdown heads into its fourth week. >> weve seen a couple of airports have to shut down terminals. we saw houstons airport close a terminal and the miami airport had to close one of their concourses. they are potentially going to have to close more checkpoints if the situation doesnt improve. the age...

Historic tax skucuts, america gt again. thats the argument. they have a pitch to make. >> well, look, the presidents approval rating is hovering around 35% and two-thirds of the american public according to the cnn poll dont like this tax bill. im not sure their argument is working. they have a blissful day today. you looked at their faces, they were waiting for this moment. but tomorrow theyre going to wake up and realize that the american people dont like this bill because its a corporate tax ...

Rest of the country. and 2012, mitt romney got in a lot of trouble for saying exactly what you just did that 40% of the country is somehow dependent on some kind of welfare and therefore is he never requesting to get those votes. democrats have an interest in keeping the welfare state going because those are the kind of people who vote them back into office. so when we talk about welfare reform. when we talk about work requirements for getting government benefits, taxpayer funded benefits. democ...

Welfare states on to the rest of the country. and 2012, mitt romney got in a lot of trouble for saying exactly what you just did that 40% of the country is somehow dependent on some kind of welfare and therefore is he never requesting to get those votes. democrats have an interest in keeping the welfare state going because those are the kind of people who vote them back into office. so when we talk about welfare reform. when we talk about work requirements for getting government benefits, taxpay...

Program in the safety net is good all the time. they are experiments. some of them fail. we need a safety net that works better in staying with old ideas that havent worked hurts the poor a lot. we shouldnt condemn people that talk about getting rid of some things. my own view is the program has been fantastic. we need a work requirement. because thats more helpful to poor people. and work is a really central component of how the safety net can integrate with the program. the earned income tax c...