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and it's no laughing matter. in a new report they clallam zon creates a fiercely competitive environment with long hours and lots of after hour e-mails and texts. that came out in the "new york times". john, amazon says the report isn't true, but you say good for them if it is. explain. >> good for them. they're a story of brilliant entrepreneurial genius. the stock is over $500. people are not put at gunpoint and forced to work there. in fact, they line up to work there. leave it to the "new york times" to find a few disgruntled employees to try to desmirch a great company. >> isn't that just the wonder of america that people like the europeans and apparently the "new york times" doesn't get that sometimes you just got to work your fingers to the bone for a few years to get ahead. >> well, part of me looked at the story, and i thought before i joined up with the people at forbes i worked for a lot of newspapers, and the editors weren't exactly nice when they woke you in the middle of the night and said go cover the
increase in the federal minimum wage, just like the gap did just last week, i guess. turns out the report isn't true. i knew it was too hard to believe. walmart denied it and said it's not considering backing the hike. let me give my quick opinion and i'll pass it around to you. 7.25 is the minimum wage in this country. if you're working full time and working hard at 7.25 an hour and you are married and have two kids, your annual income falls below the poverty level, isn't that sensational for the richest country in the world that we put people to work and our minimum wage puts them at poverty. >> we are such a poor country. >> remember what we talked about and if you start base pay in the military you're below poverty as well. here's the thing. if you bring 7.25 up to 10.10, that affects 16 million people, according to the cbo. i'll show you the math again. >> the cbo said it would be marginal or up to a million. >> no, no, no, the cbo -- >> did you read it? >> i'm -- bob, it affects 16
increase in the federal minimum wage, just like the gap did just last week, i guess. turns out the report isn't true. i knew it was too hard to believe. walmart denied it and said it's not considering backing the hike. let me give my quick opinion and i'll pass it around to you. 7.25 is the minimum wage in this country. if you're working full time and working hard at 7.25 an hour and you are married and have two kids, your annual income falls below the poverty level, isn't that sensational for the richest country in the world that we put people to work and our minimum wage puts them at poverty. >> we are such a poor country. >> remember what we talked about and if you start base pay in the military you're below poverty as well. here's the thing. if you bring 7.25 up to 10.10, that affects 16 million people, according to the cbo. i'll show you the math again. >> the cbo said it would be marginal or up to a million. >> no, no, no, the cbo -- >> did you read it? >> i'm -- bob, it affects 16
and there wasn't any. we spoke to governor christie's office tonight. they would neither confirm nor deny to us that governor christie was asked to do the response and said no. but if this report -- even if this report isn't true, think about what this means. this means chris chris tis, his inner circumstancele is leaking to the press that chris christie was asked to give this response. leaking to the bres that the other guy republicans did end up with to give their response was the republican's second choice and he only ended up getting that gig because chris christie wasn't interested. even if that's not true, the fact that chris christie's inner circle is leaking that to the press is in itself a sign of republican disarray. america, meet mr. second choice. republicans' plan b, his name is republican congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. paul ryan is a young and up and coming republican. he's nationally known really only for one thing, and that one
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