who's studied the idea of mahatma gandhi? who in america study the idea of mahatma gandhi? >> martin luther? >> martin luther king saw that gandhi succeeded. so if we think back to sugar everything back to this idea that a product can link you to the person who produced it, sugar is responsible again for most of atlantic slavery, for millions of, for horrible brutality, foreign indentured system that left many, many casualties. it also led to the ending of slavery, the first in the world and inspired mohandas gandhi to develop the concept of nonviolent resistance, which would then be used in india and come back to america. so if you go -- now when you go and look at the label at the candy bar you eat with the serial hub in the morning and it says sugar, you will know that i'm not one word is magic, insights, is slavery, is freedom, and science. that history is right there and it's fair for you to know this they are for you to know when the. what am i using? what price of my pain? who is paying the price for what i enjoy? but thinks me? i will tell you on the cover are both,

and what to want to say it is you are one of my heroes, but mahatma gandhi is another one. what i want you to do is go to the website or have an 8 go to the website. we taxpayers are getting turned into tux-payers. the money that we pay are going for tuxedos, automobiles, and bank accounts for the agricultural area, a defense -- host: we got the point. guest: i will go to the website and take a look at it. i think he makes a good point about a couple of things. his point was talking about role of collective bargaining. i think that needs to be talked about for just a moment. from 1946 to 1973, productivity in this country -- and so did wages. what is interesting is the people in -- of their income was racing faster than the people at the top so the wage gap was closing. about 40% of the country had collective bargaining rights back then. we were driving wages. we were getting money to businesses and we were spreading it across to everyone. a non-union members were beneficiaries of that as well. productivity has continued up but wages have stagnated because we only represent

as you will get references to mahatma gandhi and the non- violence movement and dr. king, when you think that will happen and will be sustainable in the future? >> let's go right next to her for another question. >> i work for a u.s. government body that shall remain nameless. i am not speaking on their behalf. i doubt that the u.s. not getting involved in these processes will be an option. i wonder what it is that we can do it ways that don't fall into the traps that we often fall into where we are looking for personalized leadership. we might be trying to manipulate local politics and wait one of not doing a good job of it. we have our old fears of muslims that we have to overcome. one of the things we do that would be the most help the cause the least amount of harm and in one sense is doing nothing a useful option? >> those are three different questions. would anyone like to begin? >> i could start the question on non-violence which is a very good question on how it will impact. one thing that i find frustrating is a mess palestinians resort to violence. the pale

mahatma gandhi wasn't said you must be the change that you wish to see in the world. that simple lesson inspired leaders like rosa parks and martin luther king to lead the greatest civil rights movement and transformation in the history of the world. it inspired people like john lewis to persevere in the struggle for civil rights. it motivated marion wright edelman to say, i'll take on the responsibility to make sure that we can improve the lives of poor children and empower them through equal opportunity and education. it inspired a skinny, young boy in chicago with a name none of us could pronounce six years ago if we're honest named barack obama to launch the most improbable campaign to be president of the united states. and it has to be the model that we all embrace to take on the responsibility to educate our children, to compete and win in an age that they can succeed in the future. your efforts here in waldorf throughout this fifth congressional district give me hope that we can make a difference, that we can begin this challenge right here in maryland to accep