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Something we can cut to save the deficit and that kind of washington talk versus the actual reality on the ground huch need there is? >> i think oftentimes we get caught up in numbers and policies and programs and don't actually realize there are people behind these numbers that we're all talking about. for an average family of four, $36 per month cut earlier this month is a tremendous impact on the ability of families to put food on the table, and we know this is on the heels of a recession where we've seen about 50% increase in the number of people turning to food banks for help over the las...

Take on instead of paying them a living wage. >> so, bob, you've written a lot over your career. there is a public sector hidden support for these low wages, right? >> oh, i think big time and most especially since the great recession and its aftermath, i mean, more and more people are falling in a that category and more and more people who are still in the middle class are very insecure in the middle class. so, you know, and they also see their children who are taking low-wage jobs, working under tebl conditions. so i think there's tremendous public support for what's been going on. and if i ...

0 sudden we decide that religion and corporations have religion, then a lot of them have a lot of the repenting to do for their sins, so that should be good to watch. this larger sort of phenomenon of you have a very small minority of religious folks, and we should be clear, a very small minority of religious folks in this country who, for instance, don't think there should be gae marriage because they don't want the views and wishes of others imposed on them at the same time want to be able to impose their views on others through things like denying contraceptive coverage to their employees. ...

Coming back, and i think in 2002, there was nothing there. of course, there was the vfw and all these organizations forged in earlier times. there's now an entire new kind of institutional landscape. >> there is, but it really kind of still depends on where you are. california, new york, some of your larger metropolitan areas have some really great services available for women veterans, but some of the other places, even places that are heavily populated by women veterans still are lacking a lot of services. for instance, i'm from south carolina originally, and housing for homeless women veter...

People coming back. in 2002 there was nothing there. there was the vfw and organizations forged in other times. there's a landscape. >> it depends on where you are. california, new york, some of your larger metropolitan areas have great services available for women veterans. some of the other places, places heavily populated by women veterans are lacking in a lot of services. i'm from south carolina originally. housing for homeless veterans in the state is still really hard to find as opposed to here in the city. it's still challenging especially if you're a woman veteran with children. howeve...