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Single parents, a number of them hold two minimum wage jobs, or as husband and wife hold a job, one at minimum wage and one $1 above minimum wage, and they can't make a go at it. they get some help in food stamps or in some way subsidies to help subsidize the low wages at walmart and starbucks. but there's another part of this really important this year. tipped wage has been stuck at $2.19 since 1990. >> that's the wage that people get that's supposedly compensated for where you get cash tips. >> and especially in places like diner, where people aren't as generous, don't put it on their credit...

One at minimum wage and one $1 above minimum wage, and they can't make a go at it. they get some help in food stamps or in some way subsidies to help subsidize the low wages at walmart and starbucks. but there's another part of this really important this year. tipped wage has been stuck at $2.19 since 1990. >> that's the wage that people get that's supposedly compensated for where you get cash tips. >> and especially in places like diner, where people aren't as generous, don't put it on their credit card or as much money, whatever they're tipping. that $2.13 an hour, has been stuck, for server...

20 and up, a number of them are single parents, a number of them hold two minimum wage jobs, or as husband and wife hold a job, one at minimum wage and one $1 above minimum wage, and they can't make a go at it. they get some help in food stamps or in some way subsidies to help subsidize the low wages at walmart and starbucks. but there's another part of this really important this year. tipped wage has been stuck at $2.19 since 1990. >> that's the wage that people get that's supposedly compensated for where you get cash tips. >> and especially in places like diner, where people aren't as genero...

Getting -- >> what do you say? >> i say, no, but -- >> why are you on sny? >> i don't want to participate -- to avoid having to go through anything like this. i get there and i go through it anyway. >> do you understand what happened today? >> yeah. >> okay. what's happening? >> you guys are validating me for something. you guys say i done but i done nothing. you guys are saying i have been destructive. what have i been out there that is destructive? why am i being -- i haven't done nothing wrong. >> an investigation, obviously you understand you did receive your lockup order explaining the re...

This. i get there and i go through it anyway. so i don't know. >> do you understand what happened today? >> yeah. >> okay. what's happening? >> you guys are validating me for something. you guys say i done but i done nothing. you guys are saying i have been destructive. what have i done out there that is destructive and why am i being validated if i haven't done nothing wrong? >> an investigation, obviously you understand you did receive your lockup order explaining the reasons for your placement in ad seg. did you receive a copy of that? you also had an administrative hearing back on 2/19 -- ...