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They were going to put in one seventh each year, growing, growing -- >> thats the key, the social contract. the promise was, yes, its going to be tough, youll pay more and get less in benefits, but you saw the tape, it will be there, i wont do what everyone else has done, which is essentially rob peter to pay paul, i wont rob from the future to pay the present. >> but thats exactly what hes done. and it doesnt just end with this shorting the pension payments. the reality is that the governor als...

Kansas and georgia, passing bills that take away the power to expand. you will probably not be surprised to learn the american people even in the red states are more supportive than republican politicians of the basic idea of providing this health care coverage to the working poor. people who make usually about $15,000 a year. the people who would be eligible for the medicaid under the expansion. the new york time upshot and kaiser family foundation polled two states whose governors refused. in ...

It is not going anywhere. because anytime you cut $4.3 trillion out of a budget and $3 trillion hurts the poor, the working poor, the middle class and senior citizens, what do you expect for them to do. you can not base any kind of budget on the backs of people who can least afford it. >> new numbers show theres an enormous and growing grap between ceos and minimum wage work es in 2013, ceos made an average of $11.7 million. minimum wage workers got just over $125,000. how can anyone argue that ...

Ways in which the working poor -- they say they want to encourage a culture of work. working poor is being punished. >> goldie, that really struck me about this study, also, is that we are talking about working people. to have it not be such an abstract concept but to really think about what walmart work doers in terms of their daily lives and their work. i want to read what the walmart folks said in response. they said more than 99% of our associates earn above minimum wage. in fact, the averag...

And i really think most americans believe somebody working every day should be awarded for that with a living wage. >> well, let me thank angela rye and patricia murphy. thank you both for your time tonight. and let me say, as long as that big gap between the rich and the working poor and working middle class is as broad as it is, again, average ceo, this just out today, made $11.7 million last year. average minimum wage worker, $15,093. this should not happen in our nation without some real saf...

Election on november 4, 2014, here in the state of ohio where folks want different types of policymaker, people who will stand up for middle class and the working poor in this nation, will stand up for the right to vote, then we need different types of elected officials so in ohio, ohioans will have a chance to make their voices heard and to vote for people who care about a government that is for the people and by the people, you know, of the people, for the people and by the people been that is...

Billion. that didnt go anywhere and it ended up being a very small reduction and many governors around the country are figuring out how to avoid that reduction. its not very successful and 63% of people receiving food stamps are either a child, a person with a disability, or a senior citizen. add the 7% that are veterans, and you have nearly three quarters of the people receiving food stamps, not any politician is going to want to cut support for children, for senior citizens, for people with di...

Clear about the governments role. >> many of us have needed a bridge over troubled water. even those of us who look like weve been great and had no problems throughout our life. so thats, to me, what government is for. you are the safety net for people that need help. illinois has a very high rate of unemployment. they dont see other options, or even see themselves living past 20 in some cases. then, yeah, they might be more violence. >> what are some of the solutions that you would like to see ...

Around the country are figuring out how to avoid that reduction. its not very successful and 63% of people receiving food stamps are either a child, a person with a disability, or a senior citizen. add the 7% that are veterans, and you have nearly three quarters of the people receiving food stamps, not any politician is going to want to cut support for children, for senior citizens, for people with disabilities and very veterans. and 42% of food stamp recipient families are earning some kind of ...

Out how to avoid that reduction. its not very successful and 63% of people receiving food stamps are either a child, a person with a disability, or a senior citizen. add the 7% that are veterans, and you have nearly three quarters of the people receiving food stamps, not any politician is going to want to cut support for children, for senior citizens, for people with disabilities and very veterans. and 42% of food stamp recipient families are earning some kind of wage, that only 8% of all food s...