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Helped a lot of restaurants. i think that the pandemic for restaurants in victoria and sydney would have been very different without the support of providoor but it's me — i mean, we've got a team of people. i was lucky enough to have the idea but then i've got a great community of people around us that have brought it all together. but for many foreign nationals in the industry who've remained, the situation has been especially challenging, like melbourne chef sarai castillo who was originally from mexico and was not eligible for government support. that was a massive issue during lockdown ...

Increased wages are good for americans. you cannot survive on $12 an hour. working full-time. you are working in poverty. i do want to say we want americans to be paid a liveable wage. that's where we need to move the economy. the president has been very clear on that. we have to have policies good for business, but also good for workers. >> how do you balance how much support to give? the jobs numbers are great. we look at gdp and consumer spending. they are at pre-pandemic levels. we are still not out of covid. the administration is extending or putting a new moratorium on rental evictions. ...

You do. heather, i know you've talked about how medicaid has been a lifeline for you, your family. how expensive would savannah's care be without medicaid? >> i'm going to say we would probably be looking at over $10,000 a month easy. the respiratory medical side of it alone is really expensive and then having nurses, available at the house 24 hours a day, seven days a week, there's just no way that you can afford that, even with a good income, it just, you can't. >> would insurance, other insurance cover that same stuff? that same care? >> in the beginning i was still employed, actually. work...

Maternity leave, child care systems. so the motherhood penalty in america is about twice as high as it is in european countries that have those better paid leave systems. >> we've talked about women dominating in college and graduate schools, going a lot more than men are. do you see this trend continuing into the enthusiastic chur? do you think educational advance pt will help women to move forward? >> well, i think that actually some of the huge gains that women have made are tapering off right now. but it's kind of ironic because women have to earn higher degrees than men to get the same sa...

Requirement requirements. and poor standards, but we don't have pre-k or kindergarten in 40 states to help children meet those standards. >> i want to underline the parental jobs and wages, but a report says that in no i state can -- no state can an individual working full-time at the minimum wage afford the fair market rent for a two-h bedroom apartment for his or her family. we have created a minimum wage where you cannot have an apartment. >> and you know homelessness is rampant just as hunger is rampant and if it weren't for the safety net, it would be worse. children were the poorest amer...