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The problems we have with economic growth is that workers, the vast majority of workers really haven't seen wage increases. the median wage -- the weekly median wage in 2001 was $768 per week, in 2012 it was $768 per week at a time when costs are going up. we have a real problem. go ahead. >> more importantly, costs are going up, but productivity has gone up. >> absolutely. >> it's not because workers aren't produce more. economic policy institute has calculated if the minimum wage just kept up with the productivity of regular workers it would be $22 an hour. neera is absolutely right. >> in f...

>> ron, we've put a graph up, over 200 reporters. >> 100. >> over 100 reporters had their conversations. we don't really know the extent of what happened to 100 reporters. you mentioned that the "a.p." would now be determined as they always are to go after this story and other stories in a very energetic manner. but don't you think it's going to extend to the "national journal," the "washington post," "the globe," "new york times." all newspapers will be saying, well, what's going on here? let's take a look at other things. >> yeah. and it goes beyond even the story. one common thing with beng...

Including sex offenses involving children. you'll put those people in cars with guns outside schools. great idea. >> wes, some of the parents were not made aware of this. i mean, there are interviews with local parents say ibt didn't know there were going to be volunteered armed -- volunteers with arms, not police officers, no one with any sort of jurisdiction in temz of law enforcement sitting on the side of my child's school with a weapon. >> and as if this in any way makes the children safer from what's happening. when are you putting these type of elements. it also goes back to the whole c...

Are astronomical. put up a chart so everyone can seat dollar numbers under president obama from 2008 onward. it's just a straight graph up. and the numbers are staggering. when you have, leslie, a third the population, a little bit over 300 million people in this country, a third the population receiving some kind of government assistance, do you think that's a god thing? do you think that makes a -- good thing? do you think that makes a strong country? >> absolutely not. i agree with christian. this is not the fault of the president. this is not something that's happened overnight or past thr...

Are astronomical. put up a chart so everyone can seat dollar numbers under president obama from 2008 onward. it's just a straight graph up. and the numbers are staggering. when you have, leslie, a third the population, a little bit over 300 million people in this country, a third the population receiving some kind of government assistance, do you think that's a god thing? do you think that makes a -- good thing? do you think that makes a strong country? >> absolutely not. i agree with christian. this is not the fault of the president. this is not something that's happened overnight or past thr...