A beautiful speech by Ted Kennedy about republican’s reluctance in increasing the minimum wage from $5 to $7.50 over 10 yrs. At one point he goes off and asks, “What’s price?… When does the greed end?…” to Senate Republicans as they once again try to block the first minimum wage increase in 10 years.
Today, Ted was diagonized with brain tumor following suffering a seizure two days ago.
“it’s nothing. Except, a simple act of grace. Here’s a random and simple gesture of kindness. This is someone saying ‘I am going to give you a trivial convenience, but if you have the soul to internalize that, you can build a whole life.’ And you can do that if you put your cynicism down.”
Bill Gates talking about his idea, a new approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century, Creative Capitalism - at World Economic Forum. His plans after his retirement coming july 2008.