jonathan soros is one of those who would pay more. he's a lawyer, investor, and philanthropist working on economic change and social goods. a senior fellow at the roosevelt institute exploring the role of corporations in society, and co-founder of the super pac friends of democracy, which aims to counter the influence of money in politics. an irony we'll discuss later. dan and jonathan are on the front lines of the fight to make new york state a national model for the public financing of political campaigns. welcome to you both. >> thank you so much. >> glad to be here. >> what an odd couple you are. jonathan, you're a lawyer, a man of means, you're active in finance, among other things. daniel, you are a street fighter who cut your teeth organizing labor. in fact, "new york magazine" once called you the very model of a grassroots political boss. what is, briefly, the working families party? >> so working families is a political party organized under the laws of new york more or less in an alliance with the democrats. we try to yank t