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Right now. what needs to be done? these red liners, these 1 and 2% folks, they just got damn lucky. hell, they ve been lucky the last 30 years. that s not the case. i mean, something has to be done. how do you engage republicans about this without talking about socialism? here s the problem. the person who shows up at the town hall meeting doesn t have lobbyists. the person who shows up at the town hall meeting doesn t have millions of dollars to give to the wall street republicans. so that becomes a problem. you can t have you can t have a playing field that really amounts to anything. but what can happen, ed what can happen is exactly what you re doing here tonight. it is the discussion. it s where people start talking about 40 years ago, the pay ratio between a ceo and worker was 20-1. it s 500-1. for every $1 a worker makes, the ceo makes $500. it s the discussion that you re putting on the table. ....
Ed. it s not just an issue for these corporations. they could afford it. but do you know the american taxpayers also on the line here. at mcdonald s, there are reports that, you know, last year, for instance, you had more than $1 billion in taxpayer money went to mcdonald s workers who were forced to rely on public assistance programs and other programs that aid people who are living literally well below the poverty level. so you understand, this isn t just about corporations paying their workers. it is also about corporations taking advantage of the taxpayer by paying such low wages. these corporations are taking advantage of what is on the table in the farm bill, and so the republicans can t have it both ways. they can t say that we re going to cut the food stamp program and we re not going to raise the minimum wage without hurting a whole bunch of people in this country. they re not takers. they re hard workers. it s a spring board to a better ....
They re now contemplating, as you know, the judge said that the pension funds are now vulnerable to rebuff, which means that millions of you know, that hundreds of thousands of people over the years who have who have invested in those funds will not be able to draw down from them. so if rand paul wants to be a friend to those people in detroit, figure out a way to stimulate the economy, figure out a way to return democratic rule back to the people who are duly sworn in to do so and give the mayor of detroit a powerful hand here and not make him a manager of the city. i mean, i just think it s beautiful that it s rand paul, the guy who talks about freedom so much. right. the guy that loves freedom and the constitution. i guess they don t pay any attention to the state constitution and the state of michigan to go in there and deny these retired workers their pensions, make them vulnerable. they re going to cut them at least 50%. but, you know, the republicans say they ve got th ....
In this country that doesn t want to help out the down trodden, that complains about the possibility of a wage increase, yet wants to cut the food stamp program, where s that going to leave us? that s their remedy for the vulture chart? joining me now is our rapid response panel, mike pappen anton antonio, occupy wall street protester, jesse lagreca. good to have you with us tonight. all we re looking for is a remedy here. what turns this around? what do the republicans have that would turn this around for the middle class? doesn t even care about the middle class. and i guess my question to you, mike, what do we have to do, or what could be done to motivate corporations to really reinvest in our work force and turn this wage depression around? ed, i think that the answer is with what obama has already started doing. timing is everything in a speech like the one that obama gave. while hasselbeck and stossel, ....
Corrections, elections have been running relatively smoothly. but now since the election of president barack obama, the republicans have decided that they don t like folks coming out to vote. and so they want to take it away. i mean, the restrictions on strict voter i.d. bills we know will have terrible impact on people in the state of ohio. the technicalities that they want to place on absentee voting, it just absolutely makes no sense. and this is not happenstance, this is deliberate. yeah. and finally, governor kasich, how can he be silent on this? i mean, has he not read the bills? is he dodging this? does he not want to get in this fight? where does he stand? ed, he has not said anything about what is happening in the general assembly. that is for unfortunate. as the leader of this state he should speak out on this. but the people who have the last say in ohio, activist groups are saying you will not take away ....