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Openly that's what we're doing today has essentially the industry failed to do the right thing is that the point have you as part of the garment industry failed to you know pay workers in other countries probably there is a group of pioneers in the industry which is doing amazing work and act on living wage the initiative which we're talking about today is one of these initiatives where we actually have the potential to really break through on living weights would widen the garment sector what we need is more people on bart and fund that we then again need also governments to rally around and ...

With the money that the republicans are shoveling out the door. >> well, i want to ask you about two ideas that apparently your colleague democratic senator from ohio brown handed to the president a couple weeks ago. this was in the "washington post." >> i'm ready. >> one idea, expand access to the earned income tax kreds it and child tax credit. the other, give tax credits to companies that, one, pay workers at least $15 an hour, and, two, offer health care and retirement benefits. >> yep. >> if the president shows an openness to those two ideas, are you in? >> look, that's the kind of thing ...

Silly. pay workers a reasonable wage. >> one of the things you're definitely going to see is this is going to play out over and over again. you had workers on strike in chicago. you have kind of this fight is going to be something we'll see go through the entire 2014 election. and so, you know, whether or not they're able to get something done in congress i'm very skeptical. but it's something that is going to be something that both republicans and democrats are going to be having to face on the campaign trail. >> briefly, anna, why don't republicans focus more on this as an issue of localism?...

Just asfraid because walmart is one of the most anti-union employers in america. there are other retailers, costco, for example, and trader joe's, that pay workers fairly. that, you know, have a different set -- that are not driving down wages for the rest of america. >> this is a conversation -- >> we need to restore the middle class. >> this is a conversation that we'll continue. but break the cold. i'm glad you came in to discuss with us. >> it was great to be here. >> thanks a lot, carla. well, talk about doc shock. more people on medicaid are. there doctors to treat them? oli, add a car...

To unscrupulous businesses that skirt taxes, pay workers less than the minimum wage or cut corners with health and safety laws, this puts companies who follow the rules and americans who rightly demand the minimum wage or overtime or just a safe place to work, it puts those businesses at a disadvantage. think about it. over the past decade, even before the recession hit, middle-class families were struggling to get by as the costs went up for everything from healthcare to college tuition to groceries to gas, their incomes didn't go up with those prices. we're seeing it again right now with gas...