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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CLARENCE PAGE, AND TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY KATHA POLLITT. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. HOST: FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW YOU, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:00:41 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUEST: I WRITE A LOT ABOUT POLITICS, BOOKS, CULTURE. I WRITE A LOT ABOUT FEMINIST ISSUES AND WOMEN'S ISSUES. AND THINGS
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| 00:00:50 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
BETTER IN THE NEWS. EVERY NOW AND THEN I REVIEWED A BOOK OR A MOVIE. IT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANTED TO BE. AS TO WHO READS IT, I, OF COURSE, I HOPE...
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| 00:01:22 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
US WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE? GUEST: THIS IS THE MOST SHOCKING THING. IT'S BAD ENOUGH
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Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
THAT BLOW-WAGE WORKERS ARE VERY LOW PAID. A LOT OF THEM ARE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO CAN I GO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIEEIR TIPS ARE STOLEN. THEY DON'T...
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| 00:02:47 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? I THINK THE MESSAGES BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN
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| 00:02:55 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
YOU LEAVE A TIP FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER IN A HOTEL BECAUSE IN ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING CASES DOCUMENTED WAS A HOTEL HOUSEKEEPER WHO SUPERVISOR WOULD COME...
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| 00:04:27 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IF YOU WANT TO SEND A TWEET. SEND US AN E-MAIL AT JOURNAL@C- SPAN.ORG. NEW FIGURES OUT TODAY FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT WEEKLY APPLICATIONS...
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| 00:05:12 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
IT DESPERATELY AND WILL PUT UP WITH THAT TREATMENT. I THINK, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING KICKED OFF OF UNEMPLOYMENT NOW....
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| 00:06:03 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
CALLER: I AM ON THE LEFT AND I LOVE PRESIDENT OBAMA. I DO NOT CARE BUT THE DEMOCRATS TO DO NOT LIKE HIM THAT MUCH. I AM GOING TO
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CALLER, -
VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE I TRUST HIM. I TRUST HIM COMPLETELY. I KNOW HE HAS MY IT -- WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. I KNOW HE CARES. HE CARES WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE....
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| 00:07:24 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUEST: I AM VERY SORRY FOR YOUR SITUATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING THAT WAY. ONE THING THE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES TO NOT REFLECT IS, LET'S SAY...
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| 00:07:33 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
GET ANOTHER JOB, IN THE CASE OF YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND, THE JOB YOU GET LIKELY IT PAYS LESS THAN WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE. SO, PEOPLE ARE DEPRESSED. AND THEY...
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| 00:08:34 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUEST: I STILL HAVE HOPE. I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA, PEOPLE THINK HE IS LIKE MAKING. HE
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| 00:08:42 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
THINK HE CAN DO ANYTHING HE WANTS. BUT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID, WE WANT HIM TO FAIL. WE'RE GOING TO OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT. THEY HAVE DONE THAT....
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| 00:09:37 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ALL OF MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED. WHAT CAN I SAY? I THINK IT WILL BE STRUCK --
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| 00:09:42 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
I THINK IT WILL BE HARD. THESE SWING STATES ARE VERY SWINGY. NOT ONLY THAT, IN SOME STATES, LIKE FLORIDA, THE REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE ARE DOING THEIR BEST...
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| 00:10:24 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOUR GUEST.
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CALLER, -
I AM JUST AMAZED THAT I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT IMMIGRANTS LOSING WAGES DUE TO UNFAIR BOSSES. TO BE HONEST, I CANNOT BELIEVE SOMEONE...
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NONE OF THEM ARE CITIZENS. I UNDERSTAND AMNESTY, BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY. GUEST: WELL, IT IS NOT ONLY IMMIGRANTS, IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHO ARE AFFECTED...
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| 00:11:32 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
IT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY WAGE THATEFT OUR CITIZENS. IT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT SECTOR...
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| 00:12:24 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MY COMMENTS, FIRST, I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO
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| 00:12:28 |
CALLER, -
YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WOMAN WHO IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOST ON YOUR SHOW. MY QUESTION TO THE GUEST IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN...
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| 00:13:28 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
WORST SUPREME COURT DECISION IN A VERY LONG TIME, CITIZENS UNITED. THAT A VAST AMOUNTS OF MONEY ARE POURING IN TO HELP GOVERNOR WALKER. WE DO NOT KNOW...
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CALLER, -
THE UNIONS ARE NOT CREATED TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN GOVERNMENT. THE WAGES WOULD BE HIGH. 40 YEARS LATER, $15 AN HOUR. I THINK THEY'RE...
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| 00:16:09 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
IT IS REMARKABLE HOW THERE HAS BEEN THIS STEADY, STEADY ATTACK ON UNIONS AT EVERY LEVEL. JUST THINK OF THE WAY WE REFER TO THE EMPLOYER AS THE EMPLOYER...
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| 00:17:44 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
RECALL, WHAT YOU THINK THE PERCEPTION OF UNIONS WILL BE? GUEST: NOT VERY GOOD. IT IT JUST SEEMS REALLY
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| 00:17:55 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
TERRIBLE THAT, ALMOST AT THE LAST MINUTE, THIS RUSH OF MONEY COMES IN. SORT OF LIKE, NOW WE ARE SERIOUS. HOST: MASSACHUSETTS IS NEXT. THIS IS DANNY ON...
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| 00:18:15 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOUR HONOR, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. CALLER: WE KNOW THE MEDIA LIBERAL AND AS A LIBERAL WOMAN ON HERE. FOR THE LAST
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| 00:18:32 |
CALLER, -
45 MINUTES WE HAVE LISTENED TO THIS LIBERAL GARBAGE. IS SHE WORRIED ABOUT GEORGE SOROS GIVING ALL THAT MONEY TO OBAMA? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE MEDIA WORRIES...
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| 00:19:10 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ON THE ART PROGRAM YESTERDAY. I WOULD INVITE YOU TO GO TO C- SPAN.ORG TO SEE THAT FOR YOURSELF. GUEST: I THINK THE THING ABOUT CITIZENS UNITED THAT IS...
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| 00:19:27 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
AND REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT OF VIOLATES BASIC STANDARDS OF SUNLIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY AND KNOWING WHO YOUR...
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| 00:21:01 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
INTERESTING QUESTION. THERE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN PLENTY OF WONDERFUL POLITICIANS WHO HAD A LOT OF WEALTH. FOR EXAMPLE, FDR. IF
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| 00:21:08 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
HE HAD A LOT OF PERSONAL WEALTH. AND TEDDY ROOSEVELT HAD SOME PERSONAL WEALTH, TOO. THAT WHOLE FAMILY. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION WITH ROMNEY IS HOW DID...
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| 00:22:00 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WORKING STATUS. GUEST: I AM SORRY, I AM HEARING MY VOICE. YEAH,
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| 00:22:14 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
I AM GETTING AN ECHO THERE. THERE WAS ONE OF THESE MANUFACTURED CONTROVERSIES WHEN A PERSON WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS A DEMOCRATIC PERSON, BUT WAS NOT THAT,...
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| 00:24:56 |
CALLER, -
IN MEDIOCRE JOBS AND RESTAURANTS. I'VE BEEN DOING ABOUT $8, $8.50 AN HOUR. I HAVE BEEN LAID OFF SEVERAL TIMES TO FIND OUT THAT THEY REHIRED A PERSON WHO...
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| 00:26:16 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IT INTERESTING HOW ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE CORRECTED -- ARE CONNECTED? IF THAT WORKER HAD THE PROVERBIAL PATH TO
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| 00:26:23 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
CITIZENSHIP, IT WOULD NOT MATTER IF THERE WERE A CITIZEN OR NOT. IF THERE WERE STILL DECENT PROTECTIONS FOR ALL WORKERS, THEN THE EMPLOYER WOULD NOT...
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| 00:27:49 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
MET THAT AMERICANS ARE SO BURDENED BY TAXES AND GET NOTHING BACK. YOU GET LOTS BACK FOR IT. MOST OF THE THINGS THE GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR ARE THINGS LIKE,...
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| 00:29:07 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
I WAS LISTENING TO WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION EARLIER. IF THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC NATION AND
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| 00:29:15 |
CALLER, -
PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW. HOST: HOW SO? CALLER: IF EVERYONE WAS ALLOWED TO VOTE WE WOULD GET ELECTED OFFICIALS...
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CALLER, -
HOST: THAT IS IT EVER WAS ALLOWED TO VOTE. GUEST: THERE IS A LOT OF A VOTER SUPPRESSION.
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| 00:29:41 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE ARE NEW
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| 00:29:45 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
REGULATIONS INTENDED TO KEEP PEOPLE DISPROPORTIONATELY, PEOPLE WITH COLOR AND LOW INCOME, OFF OF THE ROLE. BUT EVEN WITHOUT THAT, PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE...
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| 00:31:45 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
RUNNING OUT OF TIME, GO AHEAD. CALLER: YOU TALK ABOUT WAGES. THE REASON I AM MAD AT OBAMA IS BECAUSE
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| 00:31:56 |
CALLER, -
HE TURNED AROUND AND PUT HILLARY CLINTON UP THERE WHICH PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA [UNINTELLIGIBLE] AND THEN HE WENT ALONG WITH THE DAY FIELD. U.S. CANNOT...
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| 00:32:33 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
I THINK -- I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK BOTH PARTIES HAVE ASPECTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR. THEY HAVE TO SERVE BIG BUSINESS. THAT IS THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE...
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| 00:33:17 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NOT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE UNIONS. THEY DRIVE UP THE COST OF EVERYTHING.
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CALLER, -
THEY DON'T BASE THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND PAY SYSTEM ON ACKNOWLEDGE. THEY BASE IT ON HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN THERE. SOMEBODY WHO WORKS REALLY HARD AND GETS...
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| 00:34:42 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
PEOPLE GET PROMOTED. THEY GET PAID MORE. NOT EVERYBODY IS PAID THE SAME. THAT IS WITH THE UNION IS ESTABLISHED FOR WHAT YOU CAN BE PAID. IT DOES NOT...
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| 00:36:40 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HAVE ANOTHER TWEET. AND WHAT YOU DO ON THAT, LET'S TAKE ONE MORE CALL. CLAUDIA, A DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER: I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT VOTERS VOTE...
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| 00:37:13 |
CALLER, -
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME TO THOSE WHO VOTE AGAINST THEIR OWN BEST INTEREST. GUEST: I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT PUBLICLY FUNDED CAMPAIGNS. TOTALLY...
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| 00:37:29 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
WOULD REALLY HELP. AND ALSO SHORTER CAMPAIGNS. PLEASE. IN MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THE CAMPAIGNS ARE VERY SHORT. LIKE SIX WEEKS. THAT IS BETTER. ...
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| 00:38:07 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. THE LADY HAS MENTIONED HOW CONGRESS HAS BEEN STONEWALLING OBAMA.
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| 00:38:14 |
CALLER, -
WHEN HE STARTED OFF HE HAD A CONGRESS, THE SENATE, AND THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT IS HOW WE GOT OBAMACARE. WHEN MOST OF THE PEOPLE DID NOT WANT IT. IN 2010,...
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| 00:38:52 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
INEFFECTIVE. MOST PEOPLE AGREE WITH THAT. THEIR RATINGS ARE THROUGH THE FLOOR. I THINK
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| 00:38:57 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
WE'RE COMING INTO A ELECTION SEASON. ACTUALLY, WE ALREADY ARE IN THE ELECTION SEASON. WE'RE TOLD THE NEXT TIME AROUND PRODUCES SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE...
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| 00:39:26 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUEST: IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING. IT IS ON THE FIRST THINGS PRESIDENT OBAMA
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| 00:39:34 |
Pollitt, Katha - Columnist
DID WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE, WAS TO SIGN THAT. WHAT THAT DID WAS RESTORED THE STATUS QUO THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAD OVERTURNED WHEN THEY SAID THAT SHE DID...
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| 00:40:31 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.