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What do you tell folks? >> you've got to remember is everybody is different and you have to know where your line in the sand is. let's face it, the stock market was down last week, but only 1.72%. still up about 4 1/2% on the year and still up almost 20% over the last 12 months. most every investor's portfolio is in a lot better shape. you have to ask yourself, it's about risk and reward. if the risk goes up and the stock market was to fall 10, 15, 20% in a relatively short period of time and stay there, and i'm not saying that's what would happen, but if it did, what would your personal finan...

Don't need it. but they are going to be just probably in the flood zones here across parts of the southern part of the country. also maybe even into the dominican republic, the way this rain is going to be coming in. significant stories, i think probably will have that all over the nice, and, of course, you know, we always get anderson cooper to cover these things so well. >> probably already has -- >> probably knows it's coming, exactly. hey, we're going off the radar. i know -- ali and i do this every day. >> sure. i'll watch. >> it's something random. never know what's off the radar, becaus...

Kept pace. so where are we? people are working harder for much less. and if the minimum wage kept up with productivity, where would we be? well, it would be at $21.72 an hour. think about that. think about our economy if people had that kind of disposable income. the president is proposing $9, a third of what the amount really should be if you do the math? now, this country does not and never has had a good record of raising the minimum wage in recent history especially. the current wage was only reached in 2009 after three years of minimum minor increases. you have to go back to 1997 to find ...

But the minimum wage has not kept pace. so where are we? people are working harder for much less. and if the minimum wage kept up with productivity, where would we be? well, it would be at $21.72 an hour. think about that. think about our economy if people had that kind of disposable income. the president is proposing $9, a third of what the amount really should be if you do the math? now, this country does not and never has had a good record of raising the minimum wage in recent history especially. the current wage was only reached in 2009 after three years of minimum minor increases. you hav...

Stamps ahead of a big jobs report that is specificked to show a rise in the unemployment rate. so, are they really getting the best bang for the buck with food stamps? democratic strategist says "yes," and welcome back. i have heard all the complicated economic art you put a dollar next you get 1.72 out. answer this question: if you get such a big bang, why, with 41 million people on food stamps, we are not getting much of a bank? >> we don't want these people living on the streets or their children to go hungry and be without clothes, it creates bang for the booed. you give them food stamps t...