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Economy. it will feature a call for a hike in the federal minimum wage. such a plank appeared in the 08 platform as well. the last hike was three years to $7.25 an hour. president obama sought to increase that by $9.50 last december. fox news contributor susaness streupblg served as platform debate manager back in 1980 when senator edward kennedy delivered his famous the dream will never die speech. th-pand she says the lack of news conference of this platform means a more cohesive party. >> everybody would know a lot about the democratic platform coming into conventions. there would be ideolo...

Sides, which i am tired of. >> it is an election year. a lot of stuff too. so, the issue of wage discrimination has been around, forever. >> entirely too long. >> for decades now, so we'll see. >> if i make $8 an hour, you're making $9.50? >> let's whip out the contracts. we'll see. i doubt it. >> i will buy you lunch. >> thank you. moving right along, first lady michelle obama is visiting wisconsin today where she will meet with family members of victims of this month's attack on a sikh temple. seven people including the gunman died in that incident in south florida yesterday. mrs. obama ur...

Taxes at this point, i think is a mistake, yet, that's what the president promises to do. >> greta: nobody talks about waste. we talk about it every night. we have 14,000 believes siting there that we could off load. amtrak is paying $16 for a hamburger and selling it for $9.50. i mean, it is whole city's replete with incredible waste. all we talk about are the regulations and raising taxes, we never see how we fix what we have. >> there is no question that the government is enormously bloated. it is so big and so expensive, nobody knows what's going on. seriously. if they have that many vacan...

It's always fun to be with you, greta. >> greta: straight ahead, would you ever be so stupid as to run a business where it cost you $16 to buy a hamburger to sell and then you turn around and sell it for only $9.50? would you ever be that stupid? guess what. we know something about you that you won't like. that's coming up. also, sean penn is lending his power to a controversial presidential candidate, but it's not president obama or governor romney. romney. who is people we rely on in the morning can rely on dulcolax laxative tablets overnight. they give you predictable overnight relief to he...

It's always fun to be with you, greta. >> greta: straight ahead, would you ever be so stupid as to run a business where it cost you $16 to buy a hamburger to sell and then you turn around and sell it for only $9.50? would you ever be that stupid? guess what. we know something about you that you won't like. that's coming up. also, sean penn is lending his power to a controversial presidential candidate, but it's not president obama or governor romney. who is actor sean penn supporting and why? that's coming? up. [ female announcer ] caltrate's done even more to move us. because vitamin d3 helps...