you have to put a face on it and we have to ask a question that joseph stiglitz raised, not how much does it cost to fix cubberley and low wealth but how much does it cost not to? it costs $3 trillion a year to let poverty stay where it is. we have lost that money because two democrat senators and 49 republicans blocked raising the living wage to $15 an hour. many people may not know, the march on washington 1963 fought for two dollars an hour minimum wage which today would be $15. so at some point america has to say we cannot accept 140 million people living in poverty and low wealth and a quarter million people a year dying from poverty and the effects. host: florida, mitch, democrat, you are on with the reverend. caller: good morning and god bless your heart. i want to know if you have a phone number that i can reach out old school if i need to communicate sometimes by phone. i want to talk and i am proud of you and i pray to god to always bless you and keep you in good health. i need that phone number, please. guest: first of all, thank you so much. i just want to say to callers

the united states has started a new cold war with russia and china and may lose it joseph stiglitz, nobel prize winner in economics according to him, us leaders talk about the confrontation between democracy and authoritarianism. however, the senseless wars unleashed by washington in the middle east, as well as the growth of inequality and mass executions in the states themselves, make the allies doubt that america is a quote, a beacon of democracy with details anton dadyn. the united states will soon allocate new tranches to the kiev regime for the purchase of weapons, the administration says white house, though only last week. she also announced the provision of another billion dollars for the same purposes. the house of representatives of the us congress hastily corrects its own draft defense budget, more than doubling the item of expenditure on military assistance to ukraine. but there is also a language program that allows you not to disclose. all costs. nato tears. the usa urges not to spare money. we must be prepared for the fact that the war will last a long time. i can't tell you

you have to put a face on it and we have to ask a question that joseph stiglitz raised, not how muchost to fix cubberley and low wealth but how much does it cost not to? it costs $3 trillion a year to let poverty stay where it is. we have lost that money because two democrat senators and 49 republicans blocked raising the living wage to $15 an hour. many people may not know, the march on washington 1963 fought for two dollars an hour minimum wage which today would be $15. so at some point america has to say we cannot accept 140 million people living in poverty and low wealth and a quarter million people a year dying from poverty and the effects. host: florida, mitch, democrat, you are on with the reverend. caller: good morning and god bless your heart. i want to know if you have a phone number that i can reach out old school if i need to communicate sometimes by phone. i want to talk and i am proud of you and i pray to god to always bless you and keep you in good health. i need that phone number, please. guest: first of all, thank you so much. i just want to say to callers like you,