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Now in the hospital. people want to say they did something wrong to the kids. i see no proof of that, but there is a culprit. you know who the culprit is? congress. and you know why? because that system is busted. and the rules don't match the resources. they are overwhelmed. i've been there i've been down there many times, by the way. not just this last trip. i've never seen care vans that size. nobody has. the wall matters. physical barrier matters, it's not a panacea. you play this game with the wall as if it's one and done. >> don't put words in my mouth, chris. >> i'm not talking about yo...
There have been people, petition online against this. there have been -- there are protests planned at some wall matters. but stores are trying to ease the blow or soften the blow. k-mart has made as many volunteers as they can, asked people if they wanted to work today. and walmart is going even further. they are paying time and a half, offering their workers a hot turkey dinner during their shifts and giving them all 25% discounts on purchases. so try to soften that blow as much as they can. richard? >> john yang we'll get you a hot turkey dinner for working anthony day too. john yang for us...
It would make sense. >> bret: dc city council has now thrown a wrench into some plans for three wall matters under construction in washington, d.c. sorely needed according to the people polled by wal-mart, 73% saying wal-mart saying, quote: despite the consensus among d.c. stakeholders about the economic value our stores would bring, some council members are now advancing an 11th hour effort to undermine our efforts and change the way business like wal-mart must operate in the city. the long and short of it, there is this act the large retailer accountability act which requires businesses that...
>> paul: sales -- >> -- that's for sure. that's basically incentivizing taxes to rise across the board because that's what they are used for. >> paul: james, what about this exemption. it's a million dollars on small businesses. is that big enough? i mean, that's going to exclude an awful lot of mom and pop jurisdictions. >> it's interesting. i don't think this is going to pass the house. let's say it moves along and politicians want to do some kind of compromise, i think most members of congress understand 1 million is too low if you are trying to protect small businesses from all of these ta...