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Walmart because they won't pay these workers a decent wage. look, that's why the minimum wage needs to go up, karen. if the minimum wage had kept place with inflation, it would be $10.75. if it had kept pace with the productivity increases, it would be $18.75. if these workers got the same increases as the top 1% in the country, they would be earning $28 an hour right now. it's outrageous. this company uses a model of low wage, no benefit employees to make billions of dollars and lets the rest of us subsidize them for doing it. >> i think we all have our marching orders. the minimum thing we n...

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Royalty up to $18 but gold which has doubled in price, mining companies pay zero. zero. nothing. nothing, thanks in large part to harry reid. you can lock at this illustration, oil companies pay 18.75 percent on every barrel of offshore oil and 12.5 percent when it comes on shore the same rate as coal companies but mining companies, gold, silver, they pay nothing on $20 billion of minerals they take off public lands each year. >> the gold and silver that the companies extracted are all of ours, taxpayer resources and we should get some run for the depletion of this nonrenewable asset. >> you t...

To the taxpayer. look at this as a barrel of oil. cost 100 bucks. when it comes off of public land the company pays the federal government a royalty of up to $18. but when this gold is taken off of public land and most of it is, the company pays nothing, no royalty. while you're paying for gold, almost $1500 an ounce. >> the gold, the silver, uranium these companies are extracting are all of ours. these are taxpayer resources and we should be getting some return for the depletion of this nonrenewable asset. >> reporter: as i say oil companies pay 18.75% royalty on offshore oil. 12 1/2% when th...

If you're on park avenue in new york city, the census bureau will pay you $18.75 to ask people if they live in the united states. >> so connecticut seems to have the highest that they'll pay you. you might want to move to connecticut. minimum wage federally is $7.25 an hour to put it in perspective. >> they could have made a lot year if they used some of the money they used to put the super bowl commercial on the air. probably could have done a lot better. >> i'll tell you what, you have to pass a test that has a bunch of math and clerical stuff on it. it's a good wage. just be warned. there i...