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A walmart shopper would be quite small. 46 cents per shopping trip or $12.49 per year for the average customer. respond to that logic. >> well, here's the problem with this. look, most of the workers who start at walmart, they are unskilled workers, not very well-trained. what walmart -- in fact, mostly starter jobs. you don't want to get rid of starter job. when i talk to the wall street executives about the issue, one of the things they told me, 3/of their executives who make between $50,000 and $125,000, a year, 3/4 of them started in minimum wage jobs. don't take away the minimum wage job ...

One argument that walmart uses, is that it would increase costs for customers. but according to the study, quote, even if walmart were to pass 100% of wage increase on to consumers, the average impact on a walmart shopper would be quite small. 46 cents per shopping trip or $12.49 per year for the average customer. respond to that logic. >> well, here's the problem with this. look, most of the workers who start at walmart, they are unskilled workers, not very well-trained. what walmart -- in fact, mostly starter jobs. you don't want to get rid of starter job. when i talk to the wall street exec...

Washington, d.c., area, oftentimes by the way in very undeveloped areas, poor areas that need the jobs that need the economic development. here's the problem with saying pay the people $12.50 an hour. those -- walmart is now saying they may not open up those stores. so it's not whether these workers have $12.50 an hour. these workers are going to get nothing because the store may not be there. >> the district residents have to go to virginia or maryland for the good. 2011 study by the all of california study at berkeley, walmart increased minimum wage for all employees in the u.s. to $12. one ...

Linked to contaminated steroid injections. so far 7 states had reported the illness. all of the cases have been link back to three batches of steroids prepared in massachusetts. 4.61 a gallon in california is the average price of gasoline. and this is up 12 cents from friday's average of 12.49 and equals the record high in california which was reached in 2008. prices are expected to keep increasing before leveling off. >> there is a lot more to come on america's news headquarters . 16 trillion and rising. shouldn't our government do that, too. up next governor mike huckabee explains why americ...