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It's always the right time. >> there is also -- i not only go to church enweekers but three aa meetings a week that's also a fellowship. it's very spiritual. and it is where you do interaction. we don't allow twitter in aa meetings or you get thrown out. but i think there is that humann bonding that takes place when you have people in a room together seeking a goal. aa it's stay sober.eeki in church, it's get a stronger relationship with god. and the more you can build your relationship with god, the stronger your faith is going to become. >> youth rely heavily on your faith and it's very cour...

Corporations. i know that so far it's been an unsuccessful push in your state to raise it to as high as $9.50. does a meeting like that help? do you feel like there's some momentum? and the president getting out in front of it, does that help? >> you know, i think at the state level that conversation is happening and it's getting louder. the organizing is happening. but certainly having support at the federal level and seeing what's happening nationwide can really help push that conversation in minnesota as well. >> and i think we've talked a lot on this program about the extension or lack of,...

With it? >> well, i think you do run with it. i think you make it larger than that. it's about giving opportunity for people to get health insurance if they don't have it. it's about the fast food workers and workers in dayton the other day. none of them make more than $9.50 an hour, none have insurance. and only one out of the seven people there knew they could sign up for health insurance under obamacare. it's telling that story. and the more people like that get insurance and benefit from these consumer protections and get a wage increase or get their unemployment insurance, the more they t...

I'm just thinking it doesn't. >> it's not a good message. steve, your first chart on the minimum wage is 7.25 right now. let's say you get 40 hours a week, 52 weeks that comes to $15,000 a year which puts you below the poverty line. >> one of the ways people are pushing back on this perfect storm against people at the bottom is by focusing on the minimum wage. the minimum wage is $7.25 as you see here on this chart. which is not oddly enough the lowest. these are all inflation adjusted. they go back to the 1960s. in the 1960s it was $9.50. went down in the '80s. oddly enough it was president b...

Tips. the best ones come from jobs that promote sex, gambling, and booze. i'm not kidding p this is pay scale data. exotic datas are number one on pail scale list 25rks$.40 in tips. gaming dealers, $12.80. next on the list, wine steward, 10 attorney $10 an hour. bartenders, $9.50 an hour on tips. i'm in the wrong stories. give me 60 seconds on the clock. it's money time. >> the one time poster boy for corporate greed could soon be out or parole. he was convicted in 2005 for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from his company. among his lavish expense, $6,000 shower curtain. ready to bing...