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On communications among the irs and executive office of the president related to the elections and tea party groups and here is another opportunity for the obama administration to be helpful here. let's see if they take. >> it if you want to follow the story, you have to follow it right here because the rest of the press corps seems to have gone into summer hibernation. >> wouldn't it be great if the justice department did? >> when we come back, walmart says lit pull the plug on at least three new stores in washington, d.c., after the city council there passes a so-called super minimum wage of...

After the city council passed a bill that would require a large retailers to pay workers at least $12.50 higher 50% than d.c.'s current minimum wage. last week's vote was the latest development in an ongoing development over walmart's expansion into urban areas. encountered fierce resistance in new york, los angeles, chicago and other big cities. we are back with jason riley, collin levy and steve moore. steve, what's it again -- what does the city council have against walmart? >> you want to understand, paul, why major cities like detroit are going bankruptcy. just look at what's happening in...

Construction of the stores said, by the way, we are going to require you to pay a $12.50 an hour minimum wage. now as just said the -- walmart is threatening to pull back and not open up the stores. >> but why? what's the nature of their opposition to these stores? why are they doing this? >> left always hated walmart mainly because walmart is nonunionized. what's indecreed bill clinton fair abo -- incredibly unfair about the law, only big box stores that don't have union. >> each store is supposed to bring -- estimated to bring in 300 jobs and a million dollars in tax receive knew for d.c. so...

Business models ever, a cash-generating machine, creates jobs left and right, couldn't butts to communities and anchor for other businesses. no, let's dictate to them what they should pay people so all of a sudden they can't hire as many. this is a bad thing and would set a bad precedent if it gets through to the rest of the country. >> speaking of a precedent, ben, listen, we do have minimum wage across the country. if all of a sudden it was $12.50, would that help the job market or hurt the job market? >> it would hurt it plenty. there are an awful lot of businesses that operate on a slender...

12.50 is barely a livable wage and you know who works in walmart, the poor people from that district. >> they would have worked there, but walmart is not going to open. >> the real problem -- they should get together, unionize and fight for a livable wage. >> or get together and vote people out. >> not demand -- not government demand. >> at am, what would be a good thing about this? in other words, from any point that you want to look at it, whether it's business, from a society's point of view, what would be the net positive of this? >> i'll tell you. i'll tell you because gary made an intere...