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Developed, not only over the long term are these workers going to be hurt and they are being hurt, but companies are not going to do well because they're going to have more and more turnover. it's not in their interest. they have such a short-term timed horizon, many of the companies, they're not thinking about their workers as potential assets. >> but they're not -- companies are doing well and they're doing very well. >> well, they're doing very well right now, but, in fact, if you look at what is happening to the economy as a whole, you know, 1.7% growth when you've had this kind of economi...

We're talking about the fast food strike under way across the country tonight. at the table, tsedeye gebreslassie. kareem strikes. gregory. congresswoman maloney from new york. >> great to be here. >> i want to get your reaction to the bite i played. if people are feeling they're not being paid adequately, find a place someplace elsewhere paid higher wages. what's your response to that? just go get a higher wage job. >> you know, i work for mcdonald's for, like, five months. before that, i worked for the parks department, climbing trees. i made $10.25 more than what i'm making now. so i've had...

Higher wages. what's your response to that? just go get a higher wage job. >> you know, i work for mcdonald's for, like, five months. before that, i worked for the parks department, climbing trees. i made $10.25 more than what i'm making now. so i've had a better job, and i was never in poverty like i am now. but whoever is, like, against it, obviously ain't ever made $7.25 and never tried to budget paying for two kids and an apartment and bills and food all for $7.25. >> my sense, gregory, if there were jobs available that paid higher wages, you would be happy to take them. >> yeah, i would b...

To lower the interest rates on some of their student loans. interest rates will now fall into a range of 2.88% and 10.25%. that's about a 2 percentage point drop from now. the rules, here are the rules. the rates are variable. you must pay the interest while you're still in school and for nonfederal loans only, this is applying to, which typically lack consumer protections. sallie mae has been up against the wall so they're trying to make up lost revenue. starting this summer, students must get all of their federal loans directly from the government. that's part of the health care bill in ther...

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