campaign contributions to shall we say persuade congress to set the federal minimum wage for waiters, busboysand bartenders at only $2.13 an hour. $2.13 an hour. the nra claims that tips are additional income that make up the difference. but tips are random and often meager, and restaurant workers struggling to earn a living are twice as likely to be on public assistance. in other words, the people who run the system expect taxpayers to subsidize profits with welfare for their poorly-paid employees. which could explain why this man is smiling. he's getting rich re-enforcing the system's grip, making sure those working people don't get a break. rick berman's his name. officially, he's a lawyer and lobbyist with his own public relations company, but his real job is as a professional bully who makes a ton of money beating up on vulnerable people. how bad is he? well, a few years ago, morley safer described berman, his special line of work, and the enemies he has made in a "60 minutes" profile entitled, "dr. evil." >> it's difficult to find someone who provokes as much venom as rick berman. >> he

it's not're a busboy, that you have a very prestigious job. you have a job that is safe from technology for the foreseeable future. there is no robot anywhere in the world that can do this, let alone walk across a room without breaking everything and terrifying restaurant patrons. those restaurant involved, low-level, poorly payed -- dog groomer, busboy, and gardner. ener. jobs, ceos, stuff like that, also appear to be safe from automation. it is that big chunk in the middleware technology has been having its greatest effect and what i believe is that technology is about to get bigger both low and high in that midrange. is your sense that is what is going on -- going on around the world or to speaking about america? >> i see we're about out of time. [laughter] it is awake question. -- great question. it is pointing the finger pretty clearly at tech progress. lifted that labor versus capital graph. a lot of countries around the world -- he came to the very clear conclusion that it was tech progress. that redline has been going down along the wo

if anyone at is hurt its people at the lowest end of the wages those busboys and people like that. the evidence they have offered is not very much. everywhere else immigration is a net positive. we just don't need to debate this anymore. the researchers to clear. >> i

. >> if you're a busboy, it's not that you have a very prestigious job. you have a job that is safe from technology for the foreseeable future. there is no robot anywhere in the world that can do this, let alone walk across a room without breaking everything and terrifying restaurant patrons. those restaurant-involved, ow-level, poorly-payed jobs -- dog groomer, busboy, and gardener. those are relatively safe. super high-end jobs, ceos, stuff like that, also appear to be safe from automation. it is that big chunk in the middle where technology has been having its greatest effect and what i believe is that technology is about to get bigger both low and high in that midrange. >> andy, is your sense that is what is going on around the world or just speaking about america specifically? >> i see we're just about out of ime. it is a great question. it is pointing the finger pretty clearly at tech progress. there is a nice piece of work that looked at that labor versus capital graph. a lot of countries around the world -- it came to the very clear conclusion tha

if anyone at is hurt its people at the lowest end of the wages those busboys and people like that. the evidence they have offered is not very much. everywhere else immigration is a net positive. we just don't need to debate this anymore. the researchers to clear. >> i want to go to a further looking question. we all agree that robards or coming and it's a question as to when. this question is inevitable and i want to expand on that. at some point when androids can make other androids are there new jobs that are created or do we need to fundamentally reevaluate whether work is something the something you are doing? we work to build purpose and during doing, and that has served us well. does that change in a world of massive automation? >> i think this is the key question. i like everything that andrew was saying and i think increasingly having the expectation he is talking about will be the key to the whole thing. i love what he is doing. the way this is going to come down, the middle class itself, the strategy was how do you get a middle-class wage with a middle-class job in a midd

type that makes them more susceptible to bad behavior than a group of accountants or engineers or busboyshe former president of the american psychological association, i asked him. he told me the basis of any discussion about political scandal is the tolerance for risk. he has coined the risk type-t behavior to describe the personality of the big risk taking. the "t" stands for thrill. and those who are big-t individuals -- politicians are risk takers. and there is t plus behavior, charisma and t minus behavior which is destructive and sometimes criminal. after having studied political behavior for a long time that the risk taking personality and behavior is a key ingredient in much of the corruption and destructive behavior. let me play armchair psychologist. i believe this is what happens when we are represented by a permanent political class. democracy has not developed according to the plan. the idea was we pick the best and the brightest, those successful in life who would serve despite reluctance because of an understanding that the needs of the community require their service for a

. >> if you're a busboy not that you have a high paid job or prestigious job, you have a job that issafe from technology for the foreseeable future. there is no robot anywhere in the world that can do this let alone walk across a room, clear a table without breaking everything terrifying all of the restaurant patrons. that just doesn't exist. the job that involves lower level, poorly paid, interacting with the physical world, massage therapist, dog groomer, busboy, those are relatively safe. super high-end jobs, data scientist, ceo, tough like that appear to be safe from ought mowtation. it is that big chunk in the middle where technology has been having its greatest effect. what i believe is that technologies effects are about to get bigger but low end high in that mid-range. >> andy, is that your sense going on around the world or speaking about the american middle class specifically? >> i see we're just about ought of time. -- out of time. it's a great question and the recent research is adding up. again pointing the finger pretty clearly at tech progress. there was a nice piece o

i worked as a busboy at a local family restaurant during our small town fair. and while that job only lasted a few days, i still remember how incredibly proud yfs to have earned a few dollars myself. the next year that same family hired me to bus tables and wash dishes year round at their family restaurant. and i soon went from busing tables to bagging groceries and then stocking shelves at the local grocery store. now, i grew up on a small farming and ranching operation so whether it was drying dishes after dinner or helping my dat with cattle, hard work was simply a requirement for every single member of my family. in addition to tending cattle my bad worked as a utility lineman and my mother worked in a factory inspecting wheels on the assembly line. like a lot of americans, i learned the dignity of work long before i ever held a job. i learned at home. mr. president, everyone deserves a fair shot at success in this country. that is at the heart of why raising the minimum wage truly matters. minimum wage workers are not just teenagers. they're single parents

busboys and dog rumors and things like that. the evidence is mixed. if they are hurt it isn't much. rumors -- and dog groomers and things like that. a i want to go to forward-looking question. we all kind of agree the robots are coming. the question is when. if it is an is inevitable. at some point when androids can make androids, are there new jobs created, or do we need to reevaluate whether work is something everybody should be doing? we associate work as your purpose and your income, and has served us well. does that change in a world of massive automation esther marquardt i think that's the key question. -- does that change in a world of massive automation? think that's a key question. i think increasingly having the orientation he is talking about is going to be the key to the whole thing. i love what he is doing. the way this is going to come ,own, the middle class itself the strategy was how do you get the middle class getting middle-class wage? how do you get to be middle class? i think it's going to be very difficult in this country. expectation gap is getting bigger. peop

if anyone at all is hurt it is people at very, very lowest end of the wages, those busboys and dog groomers and people like that. the evidence there is mixed. if they are hurt it is not very much everywhere else immigration is net positive. we just don't need to debate this anymore. research is too clear. >> i want to go to kind of further looking thinking. i want to go to further kind of looking question here. sorry. so, you know, we all kind of agree the robots are coming. the question is as to when. andrew, and this question, the robots are coming is a base wage inevitable? kind of expand on that. at some point the androids make other androids, what do we, are there new jobs created or do we need to fundamentally reevaluate whether work is something that everybody should be doing? because we have build work both to be purpose and earn income. that has served us very, very well with protestant ethic. does that change in a world of massive automation? >> go. >> well i think that is the key question. i think we would -- further really liked everything that andrew was saying and i think incr