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We know our opportunity agenda won't be complete and too many young people entering the workforce today will see the american dream as an empty promise unless we also do more to make sure our economy honors the dignity of work, and hard work pays off for every single american. today women make up about half our workforce, but they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. that is wrong, and in 2014, it's an embarrassment. women deserve equal pay for equal work. [ applause ]

Every dollar a man earns. that is wrong and in 2014, it's an embarrassment. women deserve equal pay for equal work. now, she deserves to have a baby without sacrificing her job. a mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or a sick parent without running into hard ship. and you know what, a father does too. it's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a "mad men" episode. this year, let's all come together, the white house,

You've got to want to bad enough. you've got to hate where you are bad enough to embrace something that's completely different and outside your comfort zone. we tell folks a budget's really not rocket science. you just need to write it down on paper on purpose and give every dollar a name before the month begins. give every dollar a mission before the month begins. if you work for a company called ewing incorporated and you manage money for them the way you manage money for you now, would you fire you? if the answer's yes then change what you're doing. start putting it on paper on purpose. if ...

Uninformed and incurious news reporters. joining me now, business columnist for "the los angeles times" and the author of the recent book "the new deal on modern history and wendell potter, a former health insurance executive with a new ebook coming out december 6th entitled "obama care what's in it for me." tell me what happened when you got her on the phone and started comparing the plan she had to what she could get? >> it was clear to me when i listened to her when i read about what she had said and looked at the clips that she wasn't telling the whole story and probably didn't understand ...

Surprised to learn this 400 some odd dollar a month plan she was pitched was not the best plan she could get. she could get a better plan than she had for much less money than she was paying because she had as many people who have had policies canceled have had, she had junk insurance. it didn't really cover very much. under obama care she was eligible -- first of all, she was eligible for $200 a month in income subsidies, premium subsidies and she could get a bronze plan far superior to the plan she had for much less money. she was perplexed. she was amazed. she was quite taken aback. >> i do...