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Disneyland was
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not like anywhere
else on Earth.
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My parents would save
all year long,
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and we had one yearly trip
to the park.
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You had to have
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the Peter Pan hat
with the feather.
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We would go in and we'd,
you know,
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have our little bit of money.
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I mean, it was magic
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from the minute
you got onto the tram.
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It was just... happy.
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When I started
working at the park,
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the employees
were so happy to be there.
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You were proud
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to be a part
of this magnificent place.
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And they were proud of you.
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That's year one.
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Everybody's always thrilled
to get that.
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That's Steamboat Willie.
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Vanna White it.
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The second one is five years.
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Ten years...
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to 20.
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And...
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40.
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Financially, you know,
they're not worth anything,
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they're just...
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little pieces of pot metal.
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But when you've earned them,
when you've worked hard
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and you've given
all those years to a company,
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to be recognized with that,
it really means a lot.
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And...
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it means that the company
appreciated you.
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Or at least it did.
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Growing up,
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Disneyland was
like a home away from home
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for my family.
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That's me
and my brand-new red coat.
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We called
Disneyland "the park."
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We went to the park
all the time
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to see my grandpa, Roy Disney,
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who, along with his brother,
started the Walt Disney Company
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almost a century ago.
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They were kind of like
Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket,
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sort of id and superego.
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Walt would go off
and do some crazy thing,
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and then Roy would figure out
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where the money
was gonna come from.
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I'm really proud
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of what my grandfather
and great-uncle did.
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They brought so much joy
into the world.
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I was raised on their story.
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It was a story
about bootstraps,
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about rags to riches,
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about the American Dream.
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It's said that...
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Somebody told me
and I heard one time
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that you could make one dollar
a day for a long time,
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and you support the family
on a dollar a day.
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What's a dollar a day?
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Seven dollars a week.
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By mid-century,
their enterprise would help
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create the largest middleclass
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the world had ever seen.
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Only later would I come to see
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that there was so much more
to the story.
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When you're a little kid,
you can't really understand
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that you're growing up
in something at all unusual
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or unfair.
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The only metaphor
I can think of
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is if you're a goldfish,
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you don't really know
how to describe water.
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But then one day, you realize
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your family is a very big
and complicated deal.
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And you get trained
from childhood
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not to speak badly
ever in public
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about the family
or the business.
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And I didn't.
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For a long time.
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We're delighted
to welcome producer,
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philanthropist,
and social activist,
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Abigail Disney.
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You compare the dynamics
of wealth to that of addiction.
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I'm sorry,
this is radical,
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too much money.
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There is such a thing.
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If you have a billion dollars
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and you wanna send your kid
to school, congratulations,
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you can send them to school
for 20,000 years.
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Abigail, why do you
wanna pay more taxes?
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We do not have a society
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structured around fairness
right now,
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and the proof is
in the pudding.
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Having
the last name "Disney"
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is like having
a weird superpower
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you didn't ask for.
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For years,
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I've tried to do my best
with it.
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But I have to confess,
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even though I knew things were
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far from perfect
at the family business,
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it's always felt so impossible
to speak out
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because of the inevitable
repercussions.
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My dad went to battle
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over the direction
of the company twice.
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And I saw the way he got
threatened with lawsuits
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and torn to shreds
in the media.
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Anybody would think twice
about getting involved.
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But then, one day,
out of the blue,
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I got a message
from a guy named Ralph,
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who worked at Disneyland.
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He told me that he
and his fellow cast members,
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as Disney calls them,
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were fighting for better pay,
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and he asked me for my help.
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Even though
I have no role at the company,
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I felt like I had
to go to Anaheim.
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Oh, oh, there she goes.
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Go play!
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Ready... set...
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Go!
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- No, I didn't say "Go!"
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- I won!
- You cheat!
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- Opal, come on over!
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- Are you having fun yet?
- Come on!
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Turn around, turn around.
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Oh, here we go.
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You two can race.
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Somebody's a princess,
you told me.
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Who's the princess?
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They're
all three princesses.
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They're all...
Oh, okay.
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We... we have...
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MacKallien is the one that is
the princess of all the lands.
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MacKayla,
our six-year-old,
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she is the
princess of the sky...
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- The sky!
- The sky!
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And then MacKallien,
our youngest...
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I'm the mermaid princess!
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She's the mermaid princess.
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And she's the
princess of all the seas, yes.
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You've divided it up
nicely.
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Yes.
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You guys met at Disney?
You met each other?
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Yes, he saw me
in the parking lot,
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and I said, "Do you wanna
eat inside the park
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or outside the park?"
He said, "Inside the park."
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And we've been together
ever since.
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So, it was
an inside-the-park home run.
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- Pretty much.
- Pretty much.
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Go, Kenzie.
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Do you see your daughter?
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Go.
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At the time
when we first met,
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I had this idea
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that we would move out
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and have our family
and everything.
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Yay, Trin!
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That's the way to do it!
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- Get 'im!
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Unfortunately,
the economy does not...
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allow that.
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We live with my mother-in-law.
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We're lucky enough to do that.
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I've always wanted
to have a house of my own,
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always dreamed of one.
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But I would settle even
to have an apartment.
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It would be nice
to just have it where I can...
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show my kids
that I can do things on my own,
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and not have to
rely on my parents.
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You want Mommy
to come down with you?
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Mm-hm.
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Even with both of us
working full-time,
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we still fall
below poverty level.
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We try to do
as much as we can
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that doesn't require
any kind of money.
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Trick or treat!
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We make
15 dollars an hour.
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And for people
who work at night,
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we only get 75 cents
an hour extra.
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But for working the hours
we work,
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with the lack of sleep,
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I don't think 75 cents
is enough.
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Third shift
starts at 11:30
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to about eight o'clock
in the morning.
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It's very physical work.
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We're the people
who do the pixie dust at night.
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You scrub the kitchens,
the floor, the toilets.
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And I'm proud of what I do,
I'm very proud of it.
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And that type of thing
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you'll find throughout
all the parks.
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The people
who tend to work there
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want to provide the best.
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I go into work every day
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because this is a place
where magic is made,
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- you know?
- Uh-huh.
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We don't want those memories
of the first time
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we were at Disney
when we were ten years old,
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and the walking down Main Street
and it feeling
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just so...
such incredible joy and magic...
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You don't want that
to not exist.
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For the first time
in over 60 years,
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the union started talking
and we all found out
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that we were all struggling
with basically the same issues.
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Right.
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None of us were
ever supposed to talk about
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how much money we made.
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I worked two jobs
for eight years
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to make ends meet.
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Yeah, like, I, myself,
am actually a student.
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It's really expensive.
I wanna be a teacher but, um...
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I have two jobs.
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I don't just work at Disney,
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I also work
at Knott's Berry Farm.
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- Oh!
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I work for the mouse
and the dog.
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Disney is an industry leader
in terms of,
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like, theme parks, right?
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And the same things
that are happening at Disney
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are also happening
at Knott's Berry Farm.
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We've had cast members
that have to make a decision
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between medication or food.
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And these are essential things
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that you can't make choices
like that.
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By a show of hands,
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how many of you have someone
you know that works at Disney
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that's on food stamps?
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Wow.
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How many of you know somebody
who works at Disney
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who's slept in their car
in the last couple of years?
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How many of you know somebody
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who have gone
without medical care
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because can't afford it?
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I do!
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I know!
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How many of y'all
have children?
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I am somebody
who doesn't have kids.
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I don't have the finances
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to take care of a child
in the way that I would like to.
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It's affected my ability
to family plan
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and to look towards my future
as far as my personal life.
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And it's not... you know,
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this is not where I thought
I'd be at 33.
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Aw, don't cry.
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Aww.
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You can borrow our kids.
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Everybody thinks
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that we can all just
bootstrap it and move up.
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If you're doing that job
to the best of your ability,
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it should be treated
like a proper job.
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I think I should be able
to pay my bills
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on my custodial job.
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But, you know,
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I've always had
somewhat unstable housing.
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I ended up living in my van
for a few months.
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Right now, I'm renting a room
from a friend,
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but she's planning to retire,
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so I don't know
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what my housing situation's
gonna look like.
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I look at the housing nearby
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and it's very much
out of my price range.
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A studio apartment would take,
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like, 80 percent
of my take-home pay a month,
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and, like,
a one-bedroom apartment
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would be more than I make
in a month.
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I am not finding anything
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in the Anaheim/
Orange County area
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that's in my price range.
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All right!
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I don't want anybody
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to have to deal with
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the same stress
that I deal with,
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and I know
everybody around me does.
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That's why I started getting
more involved with the union.
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My co-workers are my family.
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So, I don't know about you,
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brothers and sisters,
but I'm ready to fight!
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Are you ready to fight?!
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Yeah!
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Show them
what democracy looks like!
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This is what democracy
looks like!
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No justice!
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No peace!
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No justice!
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No peace!
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I am 26 years old.
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I do school part-time
and I do work part-time.
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For the longest time,
I did feel...
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kind of like a failure,
to be quite honest.
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I thought that by now,
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I would've moved out
from my parents' house,
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but now, it's just...
it's a little more
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like...anger, because
I realize it's not just me,
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it's, like, so many of us.
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In 2018,
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all the unions of Disneyland
organized a campaign
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to do battle with the company
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over their wages
and working conditions.
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Disney was under an enormous
amount of public pressure,
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and so, they reluctantly agreed
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to adopt a 15-dollar
minimum wage.
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But most experts say
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that a living wage in Anaheim
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is closer to 24
dollars an hour.
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And so, the unions felt
that they were being, um...
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can I say "screwed?"
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- Yeah.
- Okay.
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And so, the unions
and the employees at Disneyland
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asked me and my colleague
to do a survey.
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We were shocked
by what we found.
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One out of every
10 full-time workers
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was homeless
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at some point
in the previous two years.
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And two-thirds didn't have
enough money to pay for food.
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At the same time, in 2018,
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Disney's CEO Bob Iger,
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made $65 million in one year.
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Iger's package
was 1,424 times
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the median salary
of a Disney employee.
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That's 2,000 times
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the salary of a custodian.
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In other words,
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a custodian would have to work
for 2,000 years
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to make what Bob Iger makes
in one.
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The Disney Company
is ground zero
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of the widening inequality
in America.
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But there's a myth
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that Disney's prosperity
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will trickle down
to ordinary people.
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The city council
and the mayor of Anaheim
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have believed that
if Disneyland does well,
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then Anaheim does well.
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Anaheim's a tale of two cities.
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You have the resort district.
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This is where Disneyland's at,
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this is where
the stadium is at.
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Then, you get
the south part of the town,
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you have many of
the working-class communities.
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When you go around
through the streets,
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you see infrastructure
that's not updated,
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you know, you see gang problems.
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When we first started covering
Anaheim for Voice of OC,
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the big argument was that
all of the money in Anaheim
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was spent
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on the northern part
of the town.
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The south part of the town
does not get the investment.
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The only investment it gets
is police.
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One of the things,
for me,
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in being on Council is
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how quickly I learned about...
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the focus is so
much on tourism,
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and making sure that
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the children of the tourists
are happy.
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- Mm-hm.
- Right?
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In the happiest place on Earth,
and they forget about...
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or don't even consider,
they're just indifferent
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00:19:04,879 --> 00:19:06,015
to the lives
of the actual children
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who live in Anaheim.
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We've seen a void in policies
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that really are centered
around people
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and the lives
that they lead here in Anaheim
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versus policies
that continue to give tax breaks
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and more money
to those who already have much.
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So, tell us
the legend of the parking lot,
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'cause it's crazy to me.
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Yeah, so in 1996,
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the city took on
a $500-million-bond.
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Part of that bond was
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to build a parking lot
for the Disney resort.
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The city then leased it
to Disney
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for a dollar a year.
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Disney would keep
all of the revenue.
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All of the revenue.
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If they fill up
300 days a year,
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it's 10,000 cars, $25 a car,
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00:20:05,006 --> 00:20:07,379
that's $65 million
in pure revenue.
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So, basically,
it's a business...
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that they spent
no capital creating.
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Correct.
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The corporation should not
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be looking to get public dollars
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to do its private business,
to grow its business.
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It's not a start-up company.
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And even then, Walt Disney
didn't ask for public dollars
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when he was starting up.
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And yet,
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in the two decades
leading up to 2018,
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Disney had gotten
the city of Anaheim
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to cough up a billion dollars
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in the form of subsidies
and tax breaks.
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These deals
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moved through
without a lot of opposition,
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without a lot of debate.
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You know, there's dark money
of Disney influencing,
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00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,660
through a series
of resort-related PACs,
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and controlling governance
of the city council.
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So, here's a story
from four years ago.
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"For another meeting
that went into the wee hours,
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00:21:05,332 --> 00:21:08,000
the Anaheim City Council
narrowly approves a tax shield
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00:21:08,169 --> 00:21:10,838
for Disneyland that effectively
strips residents
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00:21:11,007 --> 00:21:13,505
of their power to tax admission
to the mega-resort
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00:21:13,674 --> 00:21:15,380
for up to 45 years."
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00:21:15,582 --> 00:21:17,883
So, they were
protected against a tax
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00:21:18,085 --> 00:21:19,383
that didn't exist yet.
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00:21:19,585 --> 00:21:21,018
They were protected
against the idea
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00:21:21,187 --> 00:21:23,218
of a tax for 45 years.
409
00:21:23,420 --> 00:21:24,984
Yeah, exactly right.
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00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:35,094
Everything Disney was doing,
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00:21:35,262 --> 00:21:37,603
from skirting taxes
to stiffing workers,
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00:21:37,772 --> 00:21:41,132
was happening at almost
every big company in America.
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00:21:43,610 --> 00:21:45,702
I came home
to my privileged life
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00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:47,545
feeling complicit.
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00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:50,215
Everything I had
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00:21:50,684 --> 00:21:52,781
came from
inheriting company shares.
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00:21:53,950 --> 00:21:56,620
I had no role
or influence at Disney,
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00:21:57,918 --> 00:21:59,656
and no idea where to start
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00:21:59,824 --> 00:22:01,526
if I wanted
to make a difference.
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00:22:04,991 --> 00:22:06,658
My father always told me,
421
00:22:06,861 --> 00:22:08,593
"First, you try quietly."
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00:22:08,962 --> 00:22:11,498
I knew it would go nowhere,
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00:22:11,667 --> 00:22:13,097
but I thought I owed Bob Iger
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00:22:13,299 --> 00:22:14,506
at least the courtesy
of an email.
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00:22:15,309 --> 00:22:16,542
So, that's where I started.
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00:22:16,978 --> 00:22:18,309
"Dear Bob,
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00:22:18,712 --> 00:22:20,910
there is a painful irony
in the idea
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00:22:21,079 --> 00:22:23,741
that someone working
at the happiest place on Earth
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00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:26,018
is sleeping in his car."
430
00:22:26,654 --> 00:22:29,280
"These issues
are real and painful,
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00:22:29,483 --> 00:22:32,187
and don't represent
who Disney is as a company
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00:22:32,656 --> 00:22:34,654
and who you are as a man."
433
00:22:35,223 --> 00:22:37,328
"What if Disney chose
to pay people well
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00:22:37,463 --> 00:22:39,355
and give them job security?
435
00:22:40,466 --> 00:22:42,402
"What if you chose to lead?"
436
00:22:44,731 --> 00:22:46,032
Send.
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00:22:50,074 --> 00:22:52,537
Is there a way to, like,
sit with Bob and talk about it?
438
00:22:52,706 --> 00:22:53,609
Do you think?
439
00:22:54,044 --> 00:22:55,380
I don't think Bob's
gonna meet with you, honey.
440
00:22:55,549 --> 00:22:57,274
Yeah.
I figured as well.
441
00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:58,943
- Even if I asked him.
- Yeah, yeah.
442
00:22:59,145 --> 00:23:00,682
- And he likes me.
- Yeah.
443
00:23:00,851 --> 00:23:02,245
No, he's not
gonna meet with you.
444
00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:04,015
I always knew him
to be a good guy but,
445
00:23:04,251 --> 00:23:06,888
um... but he just needs
to kinda wake up.
446
00:23:07,024 --> 00:23:08,560
- Yeah.
- Smell the roses, and yes,
447
00:23:08,695 --> 00:23:09,956
I'll probably
not stay friends with him
448
00:23:10,092 --> 00:23:11,595
if he ever hears me say that.
449
00:23:11,764 --> 00:23:14,757
My issue is not
that he's not a nice person.
450
00:23:14,926 --> 00:23:15,962
Right.
451
00:23:16,131 --> 00:23:19,801
My issue is that
nice isn't enough, you know?
452
00:23:20,103 --> 00:23:22,137
And you know, honestly,
it's not all Bob's fault.
453
00:23:22,372 --> 00:23:23,440
He's just doing
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00:23:23,575 --> 00:23:24,937
what Wall Street
tells him to do.
455
00:23:25,106 --> 00:23:26,469
It's the culture
that's wrong.
456
00:23:26,637 --> 00:23:28,281
You know, and if tomorrow,
he went out and said,
457
00:23:28,450 --> 00:23:30,306
"Give everybody
24 dollars an hour,"
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00:23:30,475 --> 00:23:32,276
the share price would plummet,
you know?
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00:23:32,445 --> 00:23:34,111
He'd get punished for it,
he'd lose his job.
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00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,881
So, it's not exactly one CEO,
or...
461
00:23:37,050 --> 00:23:38,222
This is a culture-wide thing.
462
00:23:38,391 --> 00:23:40,482
Well, Bob can rationalize it
463
00:23:40,684 --> 00:23:42,724
because he's brought so much
"value to the company,"
464
00:23:42,893 --> 00:23:44,591
in the sense
of stockholder value...
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00:23:44,726 --> 00:23:45,726
No question.
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00:23:45,895 --> 00:23:47,227
...and we have benefited
from that,
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00:23:47,363 --> 00:23:49,900
and they pay dividends out,
and we benefit from that.
468
00:23:50,069 --> 00:23:51,103
Yeah.
469
00:23:51,573 --> 00:23:53,666
But it's prioritizing
the wrong thing.
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00:23:53,869 --> 00:23:55,765
It's not prioritizing people.
471
00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:56,970
Yeah.
472
00:23:57,139 --> 00:24:00,304
And it's... the core problem
right there.
473
00:24:02,247 --> 00:24:03,245
That's Grandpa.
474
00:24:03,414 --> 00:24:04,482
Yeah.
475
00:24:04,884 --> 00:24:07,151
You know, Grandma told me
I was his favorite.
476
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,947
Did you ever hear that?
477
00:24:09,116 --> 00:24:10,617
- That's just not true.
478
00:24:10,786 --> 00:24:11,886
There's no way that's true,
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00:24:12,088 --> 00:24:14,122
'cause I thought
I was his favorite.
480
00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:19,054
It's just hard for me
to imagine.
481
00:24:19,256 --> 00:24:20,790
And correct me if I'm wrong,
482
00:24:20,958 --> 00:24:22,233
but I cannot see
483
00:24:22,469 --> 00:24:24,831
him taking
$66 million home
484
00:24:25,133 --> 00:24:27,868
for a year's work
in the same year,
485
00:24:28,370 --> 00:24:31,308
when, at the same company,
people can't afford food.
486
00:24:31,477 --> 00:24:32,707
I don't see that happening.
487
00:24:32,876 --> 00:24:34,212
That would never
have happened.
488
00:24:34,381 --> 00:24:35,878
That would never have happened.
489
00:24:36,046 --> 00:24:39,209
It was a different time.
Now, it's about money.
490
00:24:39,411 --> 00:24:41,311
- Greed is good. Yeah.
- Greed is good.
491
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,516
I mean, Ayn Rand
was one of the people
492
00:24:43,752 --> 00:24:45,149
who kind of came up
493
00:24:45,285 --> 00:24:47,058
with the idea
that greed was good.
494
00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:48,293
Mm-hm.
495
00:24:48,428 --> 00:24:51,062
And she was seen as a fruitcake!
496
00:24:51,264 --> 00:24:52,796
A nut! An outlier!
497
00:24:52,964 --> 00:24:54,899
Well, maybe that's how
they look at you, honey.
498
00:25:02,106 --> 00:25:03,700
When Bob Iger
wrote back,
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00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:07,009
he acknowledged the problems
his workers were having.
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00:25:07,545 --> 00:25:08,680
But he suggested
501
00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:10,715
that the government
was failing them,
502
00:25:10,884 --> 00:25:12,744
and that simply
increasing their pay
503
00:25:13,013 --> 00:25:14,612
wouldn't solve their problems.
504
00:25:15,381 --> 00:25:17,252
He referred me
to the head of HR,
505
00:25:17,421 --> 00:25:20,553
who told me about the company's
free education program...
506
00:25:21,422 --> 00:25:24,696
which is nice,
but it doesn't pay the rent.
507
00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:27,699
It was exasperating.
508
00:25:32,404 --> 00:25:33,529
What's up?
509
00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:36,906
Iger put me in touch
with the head of HR there,
510
00:25:37,074 --> 00:25:39,704
and she was very nice
and very helpful, and...
511
00:25:40,307 --> 00:25:41,937
I don't know
if they don't understand
512
00:25:42,173 --> 00:25:43,348
what I'm getting at
513
00:25:43,550 --> 00:25:44,842
or if they don't
wanna understand
514
00:25:45,011 --> 00:25:46,542
what I'm getting at...
515
00:25:47,755 --> 00:25:49,879
but it was clear
I wasn't getting anywhere.
516
00:25:50,748 --> 00:25:53,153
So, I don't know what direction
this is gonna go in.
517
00:25:54,156 --> 00:25:56,095
So, you...
you want higher taxes.
518
00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:57,286
I do, I do.
519
00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:58,726
I think that
at least the wealthy
520
00:25:58,861 --> 00:26:00,430
need to be paying higher taxes.
521
00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:01,667
And what does that mean to you,
522
00:26:01,802 --> 00:26:03,199
- when you say "higher taxes"?
- Well...
523
00:26:03,335 --> 00:26:05,563
So, after months
of feeling paralyzed,
524
00:26:05,732 --> 00:26:08,904
there I was doing a live
segment about taxing the rich
525
00:26:09,073 --> 00:26:11,435
when I got
an unexpected question.
526
00:26:11,637 --> 00:26:13,337
And then the other question
I was gonna ask you
527
00:26:13,473 --> 00:26:14,973
is there's a Disney shareholder
meeting today,
528
00:26:15,142 --> 00:26:16,308
- as it happens.
- Yes.
529
00:26:16,444 --> 00:26:18,011
Do you think
that Bob Iger's overpaid?
530
00:26:18,147 --> 00:26:19,650
- You know him.
- I think that CEOs,
531
00:26:19,786 --> 00:26:20,950
in general,
are paid far too much.
532
00:26:21,219 --> 00:26:22,786
I imagine you have
a lot of Disney stock, right?
533
00:26:22,921 --> 00:26:24,285
I'm not gonna come
out and say that,
534
00:26:24,421 --> 00:26:28,527
but I will say that if your
CEO's salary is at the 700,
535
00:26:28,729 --> 00:26:31,857
600, 500 times
your median worker's pay,
536
00:26:32,059 --> 00:26:33,693
then there is nobody on Earth...
537
00:26:33,829 --> 00:26:35,095
Jesus Christ himself
538
00:26:35,330 --> 00:26:37,960
isn't worth 500 times
his median worker's pay.
539
00:27:04,999 --> 00:27:06,856
Clearly,
I'd struck a nerve.
540
00:27:14,537 --> 00:27:16,673
She dove deeper
into her remarks Sunday
541
00:27:16,808 --> 00:27:19,040
in nearly two-dozen tweets.
542
00:27:19,176 --> 00:27:20,972
Abigail Disney wrote,
543
00:27:21,141 --> 00:27:22,442
"It's time to call out Disney
544
00:27:22,578 --> 00:27:24,983
and anyone else rich
off their workers' backs."
545
00:27:26,187 --> 00:27:28,319
Disney is testifying
before Congress today
546
00:27:28,487 --> 00:27:29,846
over CEO pay.
547
00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:32,581
This topic
of income inequality
548
00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:34,859
is really heating up
on Capitol Hill.
549
00:27:40,297 --> 00:27:43,197
My mother's voice
is working overtime right now,
550
00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:45,700
telling me to sit up straight
551
00:27:45,935 --> 00:27:47,905
and asking me who I think I am.
552
00:27:50,774 --> 00:27:51,975
It's sort of like, um,
553
00:27:52,110 --> 00:27:53,978
"You need to feel awful
about what you're doing,
554
00:27:54,147 --> 00:27:56,044
but if you're gonna feel awful
about what you're doing,
555
00:27:56,213 --> 00:27:57,911
you should at least
sit up straight."
556
00:27:58,347 --> 00:28:00,181
- Okay, perfect.
557
00:28:02,684 --> 00:28:03,885
Okay.
558
00:28:04,121 --> 00:28:06,055
- I am so nervous.
- What?
559
00:28:06,224 --> 00:28:07,886
- I'm so nervous right now.
- I know, breathe.
560
00:28:08,489 --> 00:28:09,995
Did I ever
show you this ring?
561
00:28:10,798 --> 00:28:12,231
- Do you know what it is?
- No.
562
00:28:12,366 --> 00:28:13,364
Oh, it's bananas.
563
00:28:13,533 --> 00:28:14,556
- No?
- No.
564
00:28:14,692 --> 00:28:16,131
- What is it?
- It's a clitoris.
565
00:28:16,333 --> 00:28:18,197
- It's a clitoris.
566
00:28:18,366 --> 00:28:20,372
I gotta tell you,
when I wear this,
567
00:28:20,541 --> 00:28:21,935
it's always the men who say,
568
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:23,932
"Wow, that's a beautiful ring."
569
00:28:26,074 --> 00:28:27,369
That's deeply disturbing.
570
00:28:27,538 --> 00:28:29,740
And I just... I love it!
571
00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:32,244
And so, I like to wear it
to the most patriarchal places.
572
00:28:32,413 --> 00:28:33,883
- And point it right at 'em.
- Yeah.
573
00:28:34,019 --> 00:28:35,115
Fight the power.
574
00:28:35,250 --> 00:28:36,881
It did look like bananas
at first.
575
00:28:39,024 --> 00:28:40,225
- Thank you so much.
576
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:41,219
Okay.
577
00:28:41,755 --> 00:28:43,254
- Thank you.
- Here we go, girls.
578
00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:45,220
- All right.
- Let's do it.
579
00:28:45,389 --> 00:28:46,898
Let's do it.
580
00:28:54,105 --> 00:28:55,533
The Committee
will come to order.
581
00:28:55,768 --> 00:28:58,739
The hearing is entitled
582
00:28:58,908 --> 00:29:00,110
A Review of Proposals
583
00:29:00,278 --> 00:29:02,271
to Strengthen the Rights
and Protections of Workers,"
584
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,146
and I now recognize the...
585
00:29:04,348 --> 00:29:06,944
No, Madame Chair, I have
a parliamentarian inquiry.
586
00:29:07,113 --> 00:29:08,216
Okay.
587
00:29:08,385 --> 00:29:11,620
I'd like to know
the purpose of the filming.
588
00:29:11,789 --> 00:29:12,957
It's highly unusual.
589
00:29:13,126 --> 00:29:16,055
Is this a for-profit
or not-for-profit entity?
590
00:29:16,191 --> 00:29:17,787
It might be for profit entity,
591
00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:19,960
but I've certainly never seen
a profit on any of it
592
00:29:20,162 --> 00:29:21,328
- but um...
593
00:29:21,664 --> 00:29:23,302
Reclaiming my time,
I don't believe this is a...
594
00:29:23,437 --> 00:29:24,694
I don't believe...
595
00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,834
The objections
to my having
596
00:29:27,003 --> 00:29:28,332
a film crew present
597
00:29:28,568 --> 00:29:29,838
came seemingly
out of the blue,
598
00:29:30,007 --> 00:29:31,441
though I would later learn
599
00:29:31,576 --> 00:29:34,441
that a Disney lobbyist had been
working behind the scenes
600
00:29:34,644 --> 00:29:37,315
pressuring both sides
to prevent me from speaking.
601
00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:38,950
Move to adjourn.
602
00:29:40,516 --> 00:29:43,453
All those in favor
of the move to adjourn,
603
00:29:43,588 --> 00:29:44,982
say "Aye."
604
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:46,215
Aye.
605
00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:48,856
All those opposed, say "Nay."
606
00:29:49,025 --> 00:29:50,522
Nay.
607
00:29:50,724 --> 00:29:53,756
In the opinion of the Chair,
the nays have it.
608
00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:57,532
Dr. Disney,
you are now recognized.
609
00:29:57,734 --> 00:29:58,763
Thank you.
610
00:29:59,733 --> 00:30:01,999
Today, I hope
to raise some simple questions
611
00:30:02,235 --> 00:30:04,099
about CEO compensation.
612
00:30:04,902 --> 00:30:07,504
Does a CEO's pay
have any relationship
613
00:30:07,740 --> 00:30:10,881
what his hotel maids
and janitors get?
614
00:30:11,083 --> 00:30:13,115
Do the people
who spend a lifetime
615
00:30:13,284 --> 00:30:15,687
at the lowest inch
of the wage spectrum
616
00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:18,286
deserve the dignity
of a living wage?
617
00:30:18,922 --> 00:30:20,926
This is a moral issue.
618
00:30:22,556 --> 00:30:24,590
The burden
is not just on Disney,
619
00:30:24,792 --> 00:30:27,591
and Disney is a long way
from being the worst offender.
620
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:30,067
Disney could tomorrow
raise the salaries
621
00:30:30,202 --> 00:30:31,899
of all of its workers
to a living wage.
622
00:30:32,068 --> 00:30:33,730
It was possible to do this
623
00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:36,408
when my great-uncle and
grandfather built the company,
624
00:30:36,543 --> 00:30:37,668
it's possible now.
625
00:30:38,536 --> 00:30:40,204
People made this problem,
626
00:30:40,373 --> 00:30:42,379
and by people, it can be fixed.
627
00:30:42,548 --> 00:30:43,707
Thank you.
628
00:30:50,751 --> 00:30:53,750
The gentleman
from Indiana is now recognized.
629
00:30:53,952 --> 00:30:57,194
Well, Dr. Disney,
I heard you several times say
630
00:30:57,362 --> 00:31:00,393
what CEO pay should be,
what living wage should be,
631
00:31:00,695 --> 00:31:03,902
up and down the spectrum,
sea to shining sea.
632
00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:06,229
That is...
We have a definition of that.
633
00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:07,572
That is socialism.
634
00:31:07,741 --> 00:31:08,664
Here we go with socialism.
635
00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:10,107
We know what that is.
636
00:31:10,309 --> 00:31:12,537
This idea
that a company exists solely
637
00:31:12,706 --> 00:31:15,446
to maximize profits,
that is simply not true.
638
00:31:16,315 --> 00:31:18,941
Companies have moral obligations
to their employees.
639
00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:20,783
If you don't wanna
call this "socialism,"
640
00:31:20,985 --> 00:31:22,587
I suppose you can call it
641
00:31:22,756 --> 00:31:24,314
"Marxism," "neo-Marxism."
642
00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:26,883
It certainly isn't the path
643
00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:29,987
that made our country
the world's land of opportunity.
644
00:31:30,790 --> 00:31:33,964
The reality is
the entire American workforce
645
00:31:34,233 --> 00:31:36,331
is benefiting
from this era of prosperity.
646
00:32:01,118 --> 00:32:02,886
Where do you want the...
uh, yellow onions?
647
00:32:03,021 --> 00:32:04,887
- Next to the reds?
- Right next to the red.
648
00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:13,302
We got up at four o'clock
this morning.
649
00:32:14,104 --> 00:32:15,606
I haven't been feeling good,
650
00:32:15,775 --> 00:32:18,134
and Ralph was up for...
651
00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:20,111
over 24 hours.
652
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,781
He worked the night before,
he got off work,
653
00:32:22,950 --> 00:32:24,977
and he went over
to the food bank.
654
00:32:25,813 --> 00:32:28,449
Sometimes, we feel like
we miss our kids, whatnot.
655
00:32:29,646 --> 00:32:30,947
But at the same time,
656
00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:33,823
we also want our kids to know
657
00:32:33,992 --> 00:32:37,227
exactly what it's like to give.
658
00:32:38,598 --> 00:32:39,524
Here, Ellie.
659
00:32:39,726 --> 00:32:40,999
We have one more
over there, too.
660
00:32:41,135 --> 00:32:42,358
I'm gonna hand you
the stuff over here.
661
00:32:42,493 --> 00:32:43,860
Okay, sounds good.
662
00:32:44,970 --> 00:32:46,300
Did you wash the apples?
663
00:32:46,469 --> 00:32:47,902
- Si.
- Thank you.
664
00:32:48,638 --> 00:32:50,465
Snow White,
I always wash the apples.
665
00:32:50,634 --> 00:32:52,077
No, you don't.
666
00:32:56,011 --> 00:32:58,648
The Disney Company
did respond to Abigail Disney.
667
00:32:58,817 --> 00:33:01,349
Disney fired back
with their own statement...
668
00:33:01,518 --> 00:33:03,214
Saying
her statements are,
669
00:33:03,450 --> 00:33:05,123
quote, "unfair and libelous."
670
00:33:06,788 --> 00:33:08,455
"We strongly
disagree with this
671
00:33:08,657 --> 00:33:10,788
characterization
of our employees
672
00:33:10,923 --> 00:33:12,658
and their experience
at Disney."
673
00:33:14,128 --> 00:33:16,664
My colleague asked Bob Iger
about that massive pay gap,
674
00:33:16,833 --> 00:33:19,038
and he said, "It's not an issue
I want to address"
675
00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:20,863
but believes
the interest of the employees
676
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:23,540
have been served,
quote, "very well."
677
00:33:27,045 --> 00:33:28,375
January, February, March,
678
00:33:28,544 --> 00:33:30,346
we'll be having this
once a month.
679
00:33:32,381 --> 00:33:33,880
To be clear,
680
00:33:34,049 --> 00:33:38,356
2019 was one of Disney's
most profitable years ever,
681
00:33:39,326 --> 00:33:41,623
as it was
for many American companies.
682
00:33:42,592 --> 00:33:46,196
And yet,
food banks across the country
683
00:33:46,398 --> 00:33:48,562
were struggling
to keep up with demand.
684
00:33:50,397 --> 00:33:51,929
The business narrative
685
00:33:52,097 --> 00:33:54,696
had come totally unmoored
from reality.
686
00:33:55,432 --> 00:33:57,735
Abigail Disney,
she's missing the big story,
687
00:33:57,904 --> 00:34:00,576
which is we are
reducing income inequality
688
00:34:00,745 --> 00:34:03,446
through free-market capitalism
and through the tax cuts,
689
00:34:03,648 --> 00:34:06,080
more investment by businesses,
a tight labor market.
690
00:34:06,249 --> 00:34:08,052
That's the best thing you can do
691
00:34:08,221 --> 00:34:09,754
for, you know,
working-class Americans,
692
00:34:09,923 --> 00:34:11,554
'cause we all want... look,
693
00:34:11,689 --> 00:34:13,356
we all want Americans
to climb the economic ladder.
694
00:34:21,696 --> 00:34:23,591
So, lemme ask you
about this. Okay,
695
00:34:23,727 --> 00:34:25,136
here I am, hacking away
696
00:34:25,338 --> 00:34:27,899
at trying to make a difference
at this company,
697
00:34:28,102 --> 00:34:30,907
partly because I think Disney's
like a bellwether company.
698
00:34:31,076 --> 00:34:33,011
Their power is so immense,
699
00:34:33,213 --> 00:34:35,139
but they're being stalled
by fear...
700
00:34:35,909 --> 00:34:38,412
and conformity and... well,
and greed.
701
00:34:38,714 --> 00:34:40,349
I mean, am I wrong about that?
If they change,
702
00:34:40,551 --> 00:34:42,182
there will be those
that follow behind?
703
00:34:42,385 --> 00:34:43,816
No, you're gonna need Disney,
704
00:34:43,951 --> 00:34:45,520
but you're gonna need
one or two other companies
705
00:34:45,655 --> 00:34:47,289
of people running them
with a conscience.
706
00:34:47,558 --> 00:34:50,354
But you've gotta
get that first cog moved.
707
00:34:50,556 --> 00:34:52,030
Yeah, exactly.
708
00:34:52,233 --> 00:34:54,424
So, what's the strategy?
What am I missing?
709
00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:56,201
What do I need to do?
710
00:34:57,068 --> 00:34:58,436
Make a movie about it?
711
00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:02,836
There's that.
712
00:35:06,874 --> 00:35:08,504
Well, that was meta.
713
00:35:09,207 --> 00:35:11,476
But I did grow up
steeped in the power
714
00:35:11,611 --> 00:35:13,185
of stories to change the world.
715
00:35:14,549 --> 00:35:16,849
My family is itself a story.
716
00:35:18,052 --> 00:35:20,516
One that's invoked constantly
as the embodiment
717
00:35:20,718 --> 00:35:21,820
of the American Dream.
718
00:35:26,093 --> 00:35:28,299
But an unexamined story
is a dangerous thing.
719
00:35:29,299 --> 00:35:30,768
That American story
720
00:35:31,070 --> 00:35:32,633
about rising on your own
721
00:35:33,469 --> 00:35:35,003
teaches us all to believe
722
00:35:35,272 --> 00:35:37,071
that if you work hard enough,
723
00:35:37,307 --> 00:35:38,969
anything is possible.
724
00:35:43,214 --> 00:35:45,343
Climbing the economic ladder.
725
00:35:45,612 --> 00:35:47,208
It's as if race doesn't matter,
726
00:35:47,377 --> 00:35:50,380
gender, disability,
or anything else.
727
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,016
It's magical thinking,
728
00:35:52,184 --> 00:35:54,582
and you can hear it
in the language we use.
729
00:35:54,885 --> 00:35:56,560
"Shooting the moon."
730
00:35:57,063 --> 00:35:58,663
"Reaching for the brass ring."
731
00:35:59,399 --> 00:36:01,093
"Pulling on your
own bootstraps."
732
00:36:02,728 --> 00:36:04,195
I mean, think about,
733
00:36:04,330 --> 00:36:07,035
you can't pick yourself up
by anything on yourself.
734
00:36:07,203 --> 00:36:08,570
It's physics!
735
00:36:10,675 --> 00:36:12,970
But the language
is always about rising.
736
00:36:14,179 --> 00:36:15,742
Rising on your own.
737
00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:23,585
My grandfather and great-uncle
did not rise alone.
738
00:36:29,855 --> 00:36:31,855
In the '50s, '60s, and '70s,
739
00:36:32,024 --> 00:36:33,893
a full-time worker
at Disneyland
740
00:36:34,061 --> 00:36:37,195
could afford
741
00:36:37,397 --> 00:36:38,595
a house,
742
00:36:38,831 --> 00:36:41,029
food in the fridge, a car,
743
00:36:41,364 --> 00:36:43,132
and the ability
to raise a family.
744
00:36:46,747 --> 00:36:49,211
I never intended
to make a career out of Disney.
745
00:36:49,380 --> 00:36:51,148
Never. It was a summer job.
746
00:36:51,517 --> 00:36:54,215
But you could advance
in the company,
747
00:36:54,384 --> 00:36:55,945
and if they realized
748
00:36:56,247 --> 00:36:58,483
that you were really happy there
and worked well,
749
00:36:58,686 --> 00:37:00,125
then you got quite the raise,
750
00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:01,453
'cause I remember
all of a sudden,
751
00:37:01,688 --> 00:37:02,921
I was making pretty good money.
752
00:37:04,294 --> 00:37:05,793
Roy talked about
753
00:37:05,928 --> 00:37:08,592
how he hoped
that some of us would go on
754
00:37:08,828 --> 00:37:10,262
to stay with the company,
755
00:37:10,498 --> 00:37:12,296
and he meant it!
756
00:37:12,832 --> 00:37:14,534
Roy Disney, we call him "Roy,"
757
00:37:14,703 --> 00:37:16,065
and they'll correct you
every time
758
00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:18,771
if you call him "Mr. Disney"
or "Mr. Tatum,"
759
00:37:18,940 --> 00:37:20,571
and that... doesn't that
make you feel good?
760
00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:22,314
It does me.
761
00:37:27,678 --> 00:37:30,722
I remember him
as a pretty regular guy,
762
00:37:31,091 --> 00:37:32,716
who lived a no-frills lifestyle
763
00:37:32,852 --> 00:37:34,986
by today's CEO standards.
764
00:37:36,896 --> 00:37:37,921
In fact,
765
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:41,697
in 1967, his pay,
including stock options,
766
00:37:41,932 --> 00:37:45,535
was just 78 times
his lowest worker's pay...
767
00:37:46,672 --> 00:37:50,001
which was typical
for a CEO of his time.
768
00:37:52,102 --> 00:37:54,313
So, what was different then?
769
00:37:56,178 --> 00:38:01,049
Why didn't executives
in the 1950s and '60s
770
00:38:01,318 --> 00:38:03,349
give themselves the kind
771
00:38:03,684 --> 00:38:07,556
tremendous, tremendous salaries
772
00:38:07,791 --> 00:38:10,494
and bonuses and stock options
and everything?
773
00:38:11,823 --> 00:38:13,531
You just didn't do it.
774
00:38:14,267 --> 00:38:16,034
There was a certain ethics.
775
00:38:16,503 --> 00:38:18,337
There was a certain way
you behave.
776
00:38:20,903 --> 00:38:23,165
Is it overly romantic
for me
777
00:38:23,401 --> 00:38:25,269
to think of my grandfather
as someone who...
778
00:38:26,172 --> 00:38:27,638
you know,
thought about his employees
779
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,804
as important partners and...
780
00:38:29,973 --> 00:38:32,044
and wanted to make sure
781
00:38:32,179 --> 00:38:34,111
that people could raise families
on their salaries?
782
00:38:34,347 --> 00:38:36,882
I don't think
it's overly romantic at all.
783
00:38:37,251 --> 00:38:38,888
You know, the motto
of the Harvard Business School
784
00:38:40,217 --> 00:38:43,020
"Making a decent profit
decently."
785
00:38:43,189 --> 00:38:44,830
- Really?
- Yeah.
786
00:38:45,199 --> 00:38:46,854
And that wasn't that unusual.
787
00:38:47,023 --> 00:38:49,498
It wasn't a crazy idea
788
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,569
that business was in service
to society.
789
00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:58,666
So, the economic
situation we're currently in...
790
00:38:58,835 --> 00:39:01,773
I think a lot of people assume
is just what happens, right?
791
00:39:01,908 --> 00:39:03,205
Yeah, people think
792
00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:04,511
the economy is
like the weather.
793
00:39:04,646 --> 00:39:06,449
The economy is not the weather,
794
00:39:06,651 --> 00:39:08,851
it's not a set
of uncontrollable forces
795
00:39:09,020 --> 00:39:11,020
that we just have to sort of
try to protect ourselves from
796
00:39:11,188 --> 00:39:12,248
as possible.
797
00:39:13,451 --> 00:39:15,922
People set the rules
for capitalism.
798
00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:19,354
Greed's been with us forever,
799
00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:21,597
and there have always
been businessmen
800
00:39:21,866 --> 00:39:23,934
setting the rules
to favor themselves,
801
00:39:24,303 --> 00:39:26,496
so what was holding them back?
802
00:39:28,138 --> 00:39:29,674
In the middle
of the 20th century,
803
00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:33,368
norms and laws set a different
standard and understanding
804
00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:35,876
in terms of
what Americans expected.
805
00:39:36,045 --> 00:39:38,713
That basically was
a social contract
806
00:39:38,982 --> 00:39:41,218
between business, government,
and labor
807
00:39:41,387 --> 00:39:42,483
that said, "You know what?
808
00:39:42,685 --> 00:39:44,287
We're all gonna do our part
809
00:39:44,456 --> 00:39:46,216
to ensure that we all have
810
00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:48,589
a pretty decent
standard of living."
811
00:39:48,892 --> 00:39:51,995
And you had
really strong labor unions
812
00:39:52,197 --> 00:39:54,432
that gave workers
813
00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:58,098
a real voice
in the conditions of their work
814
00:39:58,267 --> 00:40:00,736
and of the business practices
and business strategies.
815
00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:07,441
It wasn't just
the generosity of the CEOs
816
00:40:07,610 --> 00:40:08,772
that made capitalism
817
00:40:08,974 --> 00:40:11,105
a little more humane.
818
00:40:11,708 --> 00:40:14,781
It was that the labor movement
fought a fight,
819
00:40:14,950 --> 00:40:16,884
and the government
backed them up
820
00:40:17,052 --> 00:40:19,282
with worker laws...
workers' rights laws.
821
00:40:20,118 --> 00:40:21,383
Those laws,
822
00:40:21,518 --> 00:40:23,627
in addition
to mid-century norms,
823
00:40:24,096 --> 00:40:26,930
are what kept my grandfather
and other CEOs in check.
824
00:40:27,733 --> 00:40:29,733
I remember talk
around the dinner table
825
00:40:29,935 --> 00:40:33,236
about the notorious strike
way back in 1941,
826
00:40:33,405 --> 00:40:34,934
when nearly every worker
827
00:40:35,203 --> 00:40:37,476
walked off the job
to protest unfair pay.
828
00:40:38,277 --> 00:40:39,940
Grandpa and Uncle Walt
829
00:40:40,076 --> 00:40:41,770
didn't like being told
what to do by anyone,
830
00:40:42,139 --> 00:40:43,812
but they didn't have a choice.
831
00:40:45,578 --> 00:40:48,276
Walt did everything
he possibly could,
832
00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:51,853
but unions
were incredibly powerful.
833
00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:55,450
And so, Walt Disney
had to capitulate.
834
00:40:56,820 --> 00:41:01,462
In terms of how employees
were treated more often
835
00:41:01,597 --> 00:41:03,231
and how companies
836
00:41:03,533 --> 00:41:05,229
did not feel required
837
00:41:05,464 --> 00:41:09,403
to take out every last possible
penny like Scrooge,
838
00:41:09,539 --> 00:41:11,037
um... it was different.
839
00:41:12,207 --> 00:41:14,542
You know,
in the 1950s and '60s and '70s,
840
00:41:14,711 --> 00:41:16,107
tax rates on corporations
841
00:41:16,442 --> 00:41:19,380
were high, higher
than they've been in 50 years.
842
00:41:19,582 --> 00:41:21,110
And yet it worked out.
843
00:41:21,446 --> 00:41:22,983
It built up all
kinds of things.
844
00:41:26,018 --> 00:41:27,119
The interstate highways,
845
00:41:27,354 --> 00:41:28,851
they were brand new
and they were wonderful
846
00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:30,117
and it was fantastic!
847
00:41:30,286 --> 00:41:31,495
And, of course, it funneled
848
00:41:31,697 --> 00:41:33,364
all those hundreds
and thousands
849
00:41:33,633 --> 00:41:36,062
and millions of people
to Disneyland.
850
00:41:37,767 --> 00:41:39,294
This is Disneyland.
851
00:41:39,597 --> 00:41:41,529
Since its opening,
50 million people,
852
00:41:41,765 --> 00:41:43,733
or over one-fourth
of America's population,
853
00:41:43,935 --> 00:41:45,243
have come here.
854
00:41:45,445 --> 00:41:47,071
And in ten years, almost one
855
00:41:47,307 --> 00:41:48,680
billion dollars
have been spent,
856
00:41:48,815 --> 00:41:50,841
all because of tourist money
generated
857
00:41:51,076 --> 00:41:52,782
by a unique recreation industry
858
00:41:52,917 --> 00:41:55,516
in this vast
Orange County area.
859
00:41:58,491 --> 00:41:59,690
It sure seemed
860
00:41:59,859 --> 00:42:01,758
like money
was trickling down then...
861
00:42:02,928 --> 00:42:05,193
even as companies
were making profits
862
00:42:06,029 --> 00:42:07,731
and the economy
was going gangbusters.
863
00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:12,933
You had
the big hallmarks we think of
864
00:42:13,269 --> 00:42:15,965
as middle-class life,
paid for by tax dollars.
865
00:42:16,601 --> 00:42:19,610
Things like
massively subsidized housing,
866
00:42:20,046 --> 00:42:22,912
the ability for someone
on a working-class income
867
00:42:23,181 --> 00:42:26,717
to get into home ownership
without a down payment.
868
00:42:27,420 --> 00:42:28,715
And the government subsidized
869
00:42:28,884 --> 00:42:30,919
healthcare, free college.
870
00:42:32,249 --> 00:42:33,417
It was the creation
871
00:42:33,786 --> 00:42:35,252
of the greatest middleclass
the world had ever seen,
872
00:42:35,488 --> 00:42:37,354
the highest standard of living
in the world.
873
00:42:38,221 --> 00:42:39,860
The American Dream
874
00:42:40,063 --> 00:42:42,700
was a gift
of the American government.
875
00:42:55,279 --> 00:42:57,110
But it was
largely for whites only.
876
00:43:03,750 --> 00:43:05,757
So, everything about
the collective social contract
877
00:43:05,892 --> 00:43:07,148
that built what we call
"the middleclass"
878
00:43:07,284 --> 00:43:08,322
in the United States
879
00:43:08,958 --> 00:43:10,926
- was racialized.
- Yes.
880
00:43:14,131 --> 00:43:16,360
Like so many
white people,
881
00:43:16,495 --> 00:43:18,467
growing up,
I hadn't been taught
882
00:43:18,636 --> 00:43:20,101
that government policies
883
00:43:20,436 --> 00:43:23,203
had actively stacked the deck
against people of color
884
00:43:23,772 --> 00:43:25,005
by limiting access
885
00:43:25,241 --> 00:43:28,141
to all those on-ramps
to the American Dream.
886
00:43:34,316 --> 00:43:36,611
In the United States,
we so often...
887
00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:39,519
don't want to see...
888
00:43:39,955 --> 00:43:42,153
the harm, the exploitation...
889
00:43:42,288 --> 00:43:44,025
- Uh-huh.
- The power.
890
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:46,520
It's...
891
00:43:46,856 --> 00:43:49,091
that's the Disneyfication
of American history
892
00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:50,834
and of our American story.
893
00:43:53,271 --> 00:43:55,403
To all who come
to this happy place,
894
00:43:55,538 --> 00:43:56,499
welcome.
895
00:43:57,641 --> 00:43:59,403
Disneyland is your land.
896
00:44:03,949 --> 00:44:05,643
And there's
Aunt Jemima!
897
00:44:09,783 --> 00:44:12,087
It's painful,
and it took me a long time
898
00:44:12,289 --> 00:44:14,324
to fully comprehend the role
that my family,
899
00:44:14,626 --> 00:44:16,155
the people that I loved,
900
00:44:16,290 --> 00:44:18,523
played in perpetuating
centuries-old
901
00:44:18,959 --> 00:44:20,398
myths and stories
902
00:44:20,567 --> 00:44:22,459
that made this racist system
903
00:44:22,628 --> 00:44:25,836
seem perfectly natural
and completely benign.
904
00:44:36,516 --> 00:44:37,738
You know,
905
00:44:37,940 --> 00:44:39,409
our original economic model
in this country
906
00:44:39,845 --> 00:44:42,919
was stolen land, stolen people,
and stolen labor.
907
00:44:46,482 --> 00:44:49,257
It's an economy in which
908
00:44:49,392 --> 00:44:51,895
white men are sitting
at the top of a hierarchy.
909
00:44:54,999 --> 00:44:56,768
That's really our
founding myth.
910
00:44:58,699 --> 00:45:00,899
The idea that some people
and groups of people
911
00:45:01,035 --> 00:45:02,433
are simply better than others.
912
00:45:05,607 --> 00:45:07,241
Here I am,
down here on Main Street.
913
00:45:07,377 --> 00:45:09,240
I've got my whole family
with me, my lovely wife, Mary,
914
00:45:09,376 --> 00:45:11,608
and my daughter, Melinda,
and Bob.
915
00:45:11,777 --> 00:45:13,785
You know, this is a Main Street,
ladies and gentlemen,
916
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,452
just like my grandma used
to tell me about
917
00:45:15,588 --> 00:45:16,788
back in Joplin, Missouri.
918
00:45:20,455 --> 00:45:22,618
When he created
those amusement parks,
919
00:45:22,787 --> 00:45:25,629
Walt Disney created
not only a false reality,
920
00:45:25,832 --> 00:45:28,459
but he also changed
reality itself.
921
00:45:33,738 --> 00:45:35,296
As Disneyland was being built,
922
00:45:35,432 --> 00:45:37,468
Walt was very conscious
923
00:45:37,670 --> 00:45:40,207
of creating that berm
around the park.
924
00:45:40,375 --> 00:45:42,479
And the idea of creating
that berm was
925
00:45:42,682 --> 00:45:44,244
that reality was out there...
926
00:45:45,079 --> 00:45:46,708
and it didn't invade here.
927
00:45:57,425 --> 00:45:58,954
But outside the berm,
928
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:02,328
it was getting harder and
harder to ignore reality.
929
00:46:04,061 --> 00:46:06,261
People of color
were suddenly saying,
930
00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:08,139
"We want a seat at the table."
931
00:46:08,475 --> 00:46:09,599
"We've been contributing
932
00:46:09,735 --> 00:46:11,838
to this great American engine
of prosperity
933
00:46:11,974 --> 00:46:14,307
and we want our shot too."
934
00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:23,110
When the Civil Rights Movement
and the gains in the courts
935
00:46:23,279 --> 00:46:26,450
empowered Black Americans,
the federal government switched
936
00:46:26,619 --> 00:46:28,759
from being the enforcer
of the racial hierarchy
937
00:46:28,895 --> 00:46:31,291
to the up-ender
of the racial hierarchy.
938
00:46:39,172 --> 00:46:42,271
And millions of Americans,
white Americans,
939
00:46:42,406 --> 00:46:45,140
who had been taught to disdain
and distrust Black Americans,
940
00:46:45,275 --> 00:46:47,274
felt betrayed
by that government.
941
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:54,051
The sense of
betrayal white Americans felt
942
00:46:54,287 --> 00:46:57,482
planted a deep seed of mistrust
in the government...
943
00:46:59,149 --> 00:47:02,054
which would only expand
across the political spectrum
944
00:47:02,523 --> 00:47:04,720
as unrest continued
into the 1970s.
945
00:47:07,228 --> 00:47:08,493
All kinds of people
946
00:47:08,629 --> 00:47:10,325
weren't so crazy
about the government
947
00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:11,934
for a lot of reasons.
948
00:47:12,503 --> 00:47:14,263
There was all this talk
of revolution and socialism
949
00:47:14,399 --> 00:47:15,566
and everything else.
950
00:47:18,371 --> 00:47:20,438
Many CEOs and rich people
951
00:47:20,674 --> 00:47:23,710
who wanted to maximize
their wealth and power
952
00:47:23,879 --> 00:47:25,049
thought, like,
953
00:47:25,351 --> 00:47:26,876
"My God, are the guillotines
gonna come for us?"
954
00:47:27,512 --> 00:47:29,049
Some of 'em thought that.
955
00:47:29,619 --> 00:47:31,588
And they thought, "We gotta
get together and stop this
956
00:47:31,791 --> 00:47:33,188
or we're gonna be washed away,
957
00:47:33,390 --> 00:47:36,690
and the anti-business sentiment
is just gonna ruin us."
958
00:47:39,123 --> 00:47:40,989
The business class
may have been fearful,
959
00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:44,000
but in all this upheaval,
they saw an opportunity
960
00:47:44,169 --> 00:47:46,228
to use white
fear and insecurity
961
00:47:46,530 --> 00:47:48,835
to sell a new economic story.
962
00:47:49,738 --> 00:47:52,537
They began
to see that white Americans
963
00:47:52,706 --> 00:47:55,936
would turn away from government
and unions
964
00:47:56,138 --> 00:47:58,813
and towards the quote-unquote
"free market."
965
00:47:59,583 --> 00:48:02,911
And that's when we began
to see the business class
966
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,747
really organized,
with a message that said,
967
00:48:05,916 --> 00:48:08,057
basically, "Turn your back
on the formula
968
00:48:08,259 --> 00:48:10,786
that created your own
middleclass prosperity."
969
00:48:14,063 --> 00:48:16,929
And what we see today is
970
00:48:17,131 --> 00:48:18,598
we have an economy
971
00:48:18,767 --> 00:48:21,629
that always existed
for Black and brown people,
972
00:48:21,898 --> 00:48:23,635
and yet now,
it's existing
973
00:48:23,803 --> 00:48:26,472
for nearly the majority
of American workers.
974
00:48:29,574 --> 00:48:31,748
If you build into any system
975
00:48:32,050 --> 00:48:34,316
a belief in a hierarchy
of human value
976
00:48:34,451 --> 00:48:36,713
that gives permission
to exploitation of anyone,
977
00:48:36,948 --> 00:48:40,618
ultimately, that system
will sort of swallow us all.
978
00:49:08,151 --> 00:49:09,383
All across America,
979
00:49:09,618 --> 00:49:12,181
tourist attractions
are shutting down.
980
00:49:12,950 --> 00:49:14,387
Disneyland in California,
981
00:49:14,589 --> 00:49:16,456
closing because
of the coronavirus.
982
00:49:18,255 --> 00:49:19,958
They are
proceeding with the closure
983
00:49:20,127 --> 00:49:21,527
of these parks.
984
00:49:24,093 --> 00:49:27,230
Here's what's new at 2:05.
985
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:29,666
Disney will furlough 30,000
986
00:49:29,801 --> 00:49:31,905
of its workers
in Anaheim alone.
987
00:49:32,108 --> 00:49:34,111
An additional 43,000...
988
00:49:35,613 --> 00:49:37,940
What the company
is asking them to do
989
00:49:38,108 --> 00:49:40,043
is to certainly apply
for state benefits
990
00:49:40,345 --> 00:49:41,448
in the interim.
991
00:49:43,621 --> 00:49:46,118
With no clarity
about whether or when
992
00:49:46,287 --> 00:49:48,315
permanent layoffs would come,
993
00:49:48,751 --> 00:49:50,019
cast members wondered
994
00:49:50,288 --> 00:49:52,657
how long their unemployment
benefits would hold out.
995
00:49:56,302 --> 00:49:58,962
To try to keep things
fun and interesting,
996
00:49:59,131 --> 00:50:01,798
we are in our tent camping
in the front yard.
997
00:50:02,432 --> 00:50:03,406
Cold!
998
00:50:03,975 --> 00:50:05,137
It can't be cold, honey.
999
00:50:05,306 --> 00:50:06,938
Mommy just got it off the grill.
1000
00:50:07,173 --> 00:50:08,444
It is cold!
1001
00:50:08,646 --> 00:50:09,880
Feel it!
1002
00:50:10,349 --> 00:50:12,340
Okay, I'll find a way
to heat it back up.
1003
00:50:12,542 --> 00:50:13,945
How dare you?!
1004
00:50:14,314 --> 00:50:15,517
How dare you?!
1005
00:50:15,853 --> 00:50:17,682
How dare you?!
1006
00:50:22,828 --> 00:50:25,120
It's raining!
1007
00:50:27,329 --> 00:50:28,456
You like camping, huh?
1008
00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:29,799
Mm-hm, in the rain!
1009
00:50:30,002 --> 00:50:31,358
In the rain!
1010
00:50:31,527 --> 00:50:32,763
I like it.
1011
00:50:35,732 --> 00:50:37,066
It's good to see everybody!
1012
00:50:37,535 --> 00:50:38,768
There you go!
1013
00:50:38,904 --> 00:50:40,441
So, how's everybody doing?
1014
00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:43,609
It's the same day
it's always been.
1015
00:50:43,744 --> 00:50:45,340
Tomorrow, I'll let you know
about tomorrow.
1016
00:50:45,475 --> 00:50:46,379
And after that,
1017
00:50:46,748 --> 00:50:47,917
I'll let you know
about the day after that.
1018
00:50:48,052 --> 00:50:49,285
You gotta roll with the punches.
1019
00:50:52,188 --> 00:50:53,684
People say, you know,
1020
00:50:53,819 --> 00:50:55,721
"We're worried
about the future."
1021
00:50:55,890 --> 00:50:57,721
It's kinda hard to get worried
about something
1022
00:50:57,856 --> 00:50:59,028
that you never
had an opportunity
1023
00:50:59,163 --> 00:51:00,560
to have in the first place.
1024
00:51:03,401 --> 00:51:05,466
We're coming here
to Michael's high school
1025
00:51:05,668 --> 00:51:08,172
and seeing if we can
pick up food for everybody.
1026
00:51:09,635 --> 00:51:11,668
- Four.
- Four?
1027
00:51:11,871 --> 00:51:13,973
- You like her mask?
- Yeah!
1028
00:51:14,141 --> 00:51:15,475
It's so pretty!
1029
00:51:15,644 --> 00:51:17,878
- Thank you!
1030
00:51:18,881 --> 00:51:20,481
Just worried
about today and tomorrow
1031
00:51:20,650 --> 00:51:23,077
and being able
to just do the basic stuff.
1032
00:51:23,813 --> 00:51:25,288
We live day by day.
1033
00:51:35,492 --> 00:51:39,335
It's been difficult
because of the pandemic.
1034
00:51:40,702 --> 00:51:42,433
I don't know
what's gonna happen,
1035
00:51:43,035 --> 00:51:46,100
and, uh, I feel like
I'm way off course.
1036
00:51:47,638 --> 00:51:49,141
I wanna graduate.
1037
00:51:49,877 --> 00:51:52,109
Hopefully,
I get to do that someday.
1038
00:51:52,912 --> 00:51:54,844
But the way things
are going right now...
1039
00:51:55,046 --> 00:51:57,419
it's not looking
so good.
1040
00:52:01,085 --> 00:52:03,156
I don't know
if I'll ever be able to...
1041
00:52:03,325 --> 00:52:05,955
move out from...
1042
00:52:06,992 --> 00:52:09,365
my parents' home.
You know?
1043
00:52:11,630 --> 00:52:13,471
I'll just never move out.
1044
00:52:13,706 --> 00:52:14,531
Yeah.
1045
00:52:14,666 --> 00:52:16,966
Are you okay with that?
1046
00:52:18,637 --> 00:52:20,574
I just feel sad about it.
1047
00:52:21,642 --> 00:52:24,642
I feel sad
that I can't even help.
1048
00:52:24,811 --> 00:52:26,815
- Yeah.
- Because I need help.
1049
00:52:31,385 --> 00:52:32,685
It'll work out.
1050
00:52:42,332 --> 00:52:44,158
I know, baby, I know.
1051
00:52:45,170 --> 00:52:47,667
My poor cats are so confused.
1052
00:52:49,301 --> 00:52:51,341
Right now,
I'm going to stay with a friend
1053
00:52:51,510 --> 00:52:55,473
because we had
a pipe back up in my house.
1054
00:52:56,042 --> 00:52:58,744
They literally have
to rip out a bunch of walls.
1055
00:53:01,015 --> 00:53:03,080
My roommate is letting me
borrow the truck.
1056
00:53:04,116 --> 00:53:06,182
When you're
in my financial situation,
1057
00:53:06,351 --> 00:53:09,227
you can't afford to have
any emergencies at all.
1058
00:53:11,556 --> 00:53:12,722
I am fortunate
1059
00:53:12,991 --> 00:53:14,627
that I have people
helping me out
1060
00:53:14,829 --> 00:53:17,092
and I have a place
to stay with my cats.
1061
00:53:24,335 --> 00:53:27,245
I grew up in a very
unsteady financial home.
1062
00:53:28,610 --> 00:53:31,075
And every time
we ended up moving,
1063
00:53:31,678 --> 00:53:33,977
we'd lose something emotional.
1064
00:53:36,115 --> 00:53:37,978
I used to have my mom's ID,
1065
00:53:38,180 --> 00:53:39,884
which was my only
picture of her.
1066
00:53:41,853 --> 00:53:43,384
And I can't find that anymore.
1067
00:53:44,354 --> 00:53:47,397
So, I... I kind of tend
to associate moving with,
1068
00:53:47,566 --> 00:53:51,269
um, losing things
that are important to me.
1069
00:53:57,910 --> 00:53:59,076
You know,
1070
00:53:59,612 --> 00:54:02,378
I'm kind of pushing that
feeling to one side
1071
00:54:02,547 --> 00:54:05,107
and doing my best
to move forward.
1072
00:54:15,285 --> 00:54:17,452
Hey, baby, want to look?
1073
00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:19,028
What do you think?
1074
00:54:19,164 --> 00:54:20,430
- Yeah?
1075
00:54:22,965 --> 00:54:24,630
CEO Bob Iger
announced this week
1076
00:54:24,799 --> 00:54:26,661
he would forgo
his entire salary
1077
00:54:26,896 --> 00:54:28,372
because of the crisis.
1078
00:54:30,468 --> 00:54:33,301
Early on,
Bob Iger and top executives
1079
00:54:33,470 --> 00:54:35,973
made a big show
of giving up their salaries.
1080
00:54:38,484 --> 00:54:40,148
But it was just
a matter of months
1081
00:54:40,317 --> 00:54:41,681
before the Disney board
1082
00:54:41,916 --> 00:54:44,179
would quietly
restore them fully.
1083
00:54:45,690 --> 00:54:48,491
Look at the $3 million check
1084
00:54:48,659 --> 00:54:50,191
Bob Iger gave back
for his salary.
1085
00:54:50,327 --> 00:54:51,461
My first thought was
1086
00:54:51,596 --> 00:54:53,497
"But what about
his stock options?
1087
00:54:53,666 --> 00:54:55,662
What about his...
all those other things?"
1088
00:54:55,831 --> 00:54:57,127
We all know that
that's not where
1089
00:54:57,262 --> 00:54:59,436
the majority of his money
comes from.
1090
00:55:01,498 --> 00:55:04,199
They were never at risk
of losing their homes.
1091
00:55:06,645 --> 00:55:08,174
Dow Jones Industrial Average
1092
00:55:08,476 --> 00:55:11,307
soared 358 points.
1093
00:55:11,476 --> 00:55:13,345
It was
the best August for the Dow
1094
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:15,210
since 1984.
1095
00:55:18,824 --> 00:55:21,150
In fact,
as workers were struggling,
1096
00:55:21,319 --> 00:55:24,428
the 1% was better off
than it had ever been.
1097
00:55:25,989 --> 00:55:28,097
In 2020, as the pandemic raged,
1098
00:55:28,699 --> 00:55:31,897
sales of super-yachts
were up 46 percent.
1099
00:55:35,835 --> 00:55:38,200
When did this become normal?
1100
00:55:41,672 --> 00:55:44,415
What happened to the way
my grandfather did business?
1101
00:55:46,179 --> 00:55:49,178
He died in 1971,
and within a decade,
1102
00:55:49,547 --> 00:55:52,513
the country's personality
had completely changed.
1103
00:55:59,126 --> 00:56:01,365
It didn't
just change magically,
1104
00:56:01,534 --> 00:56:03,864
it changed
because powerful people
1105
00:56:04,066 --> 00:56:06,729
changed those norms
and changed those values
1106
00:56:06,898 --> 00:56:08,364
and put aside the values
1107
00:56:08,566 --> 00:56:11,739
that had operated for decades
and decades in this country.
1108
00:56:12,842 --> 00:56:14,344
I use the word "confederacy"
a lot,
1109
00:56:14,513 --> 00:56:17,443
but all of these people
corporate CEOs,
1110
00:56:17,645 --> 00:56:21,282
uh, intellectual zealots, uh...
1111
00:56:21,451 --> 00:56:23,311
just plain rich people...
1112
00:56:24,615 --> 00:56:27,051
they worked together during
the '70s and '80s
1113
00:56:27,286 --> 00:56:29,927
to change this system
and this culture
1114
00:56:30,196 --> 00:56:32,091
into one that really is
1115
00:56:32,260 --> 00:56:34,965
about serving the rich guys
and the business guys.
1116
00:56:36,961 --> 00:56:38,294
In 1971,
1117
00:56:38,430 --> 00:56:40,629
business leaders
at the Chamber of Commerce
1118
00:56:40,965 --> 00:56:42,573
asked Virginia tobacco lawyer
1119
00:56:42,775 --> 00:56:44,800
and future Supreme Court
Justice Lewis Powell
1120
00:56:44,935 --> 00:56:46,170
to come up with a plan
1121
00:56:46,372 --> 00:56:48,811
put business firmly
in the driver's seat.
1122
00:56:51,342 --> 00:56:53,983
They began
this campaign
1123
00:56:54,219 --> 00:56:56,278
to change minds.
1124
00:56:56,413 --> 00:56:57,647
Government is not only
not the answer,
1125
00:56:57,849 --> 00:56:59,217
government is bad.
1126
00:56:59,352 --> 00:57:01,581
Government is incompetent,
government's corrupt.
1127
00:57:02,184 --> 00:57:03,456
Government can't do anything.
1128
00:57:03,591 --> 00:57:04,693
Get out of the way
1129
00:57:04,962 --> 00:57:06,755
and let business
and Wall Street do everything.
1130
00:57:08,161 --> 00:57:09,759
- All that mattered is profit.
1131
00:57:10,428 --> 00:57:13,603
They created a road map for
1132
00:57:13,772 --> 00:57:16,172
an ideological takeover
of American life,
1133
00:57:16,875 --> 00:57:19,076
from how business
should organize and lobby
1134
00:57:19,278 --> 00:57:21,635
and contribute to politicians,
1135
00:57:21,770 --> 00:57:24,306
to how they need
to go into the universities
1136
00:57:24,575 --> 00:57:27,284
to make sure that young people
were understanding
1137
00:57:27,419 --> 00:57:29,344
the dangers of labor unions
1138
00:57:29,613 --> 00:57:31,288
- and government regulation.
1139
00:57:31,857 --> 00:57:33,718
"We gotta set up
these think tanks,
1140
00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:35,618
we gotta create some media."
1141
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:38,054
And this super-free market,
1142
00:57:38,256 --> 00:57:40,188
"Profits for all that matter"
idea
1143
00:57:40,457 --> 00:57:43,028
was sold to
the American people.
1144
00:57:44,297 --> 00:57:45,828
In any event,
I'm not in favor of fairness,
1145
00:57:46,030 --> 00:57:47,329
I'm in favor of freedom!
1146
00:57:48,131 --> 00:57:50,806
And freedom is not fairness.
1147
00:57:53,306 --> 00:57:56,474
Milton Friedman
was a celebrity economist
1148
00:57:56,810 --> 00:57:58,305
arguing corporations
1149
00:57:58,507 --> 00:58:00,682
have no responsibility
whatsoever
1150
00:58:00,851 --> 00:58:03,719
beyond profits, full stop,
end of story.
1151
00:58:06,322 --> 00:58:09,654
Milton Friedman said
a corporation is a machine
1152
00:58:09,823 --> 00:58:11,351
for making money for investors
1153
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:13,121
and maximizing
shareholder value
1154
00:58:13,290 --> 00:58:15,396
would make
everyone rich and free.
1155
00:58:15,965 --> 00:58:18,525
You don't have
to worry about anything else.
1156
00:58:18,861 --> 00:58:20,901
All you have to do is put
your head down and make money.
1157
00:58:22,135 --> 00:58:24,365
Did you ever have
a moment of doubt
1158
00:58:24,567 --> 00:58:26,505
on whether greed's a good idea
to run on?
1159
00:58:26,841 --> 00:58:28,103
Well, first of all,
1160
00:58:28,339 --> 00:58:30,037
is there some society you know
1161
00:58:30,239 --> 00:58:31,747
that doesn't run on greed?
1162
00:58:32,712 --> 00:58:33,910
The world runs...
1163
00:58:34,479 --> 00:58:37,247
on individuals pursuing
their separate interests.
1164
00:58:38,691 --> 00:58:40,088
Milton Friedman thought,
1165
00:58:40,224 --> 00:58:43,221
"Greed is good, and that's
what makes America great."
1166
00:58:43,824 --> 00:58:46,122
Of course, that idea
1167
00:58:46,391 --> 00:58:48,131
is a mischaracterization
of our economic system
1168
00:58:48,333 --> 00:58:49,600
for more than a century.
1169
00:58:52,228 --> 00:58:54,198
They just re-wrote the story.
1170
00:58:55,870 --> 00:58:56,932
And suddenly,
1171
00:58:57,201 --> 00:58:59,672
that story was everywhere,
1172
00:58:59,841 --> 00:59:02,006
even on morning television.
1173
00:59:02,508 --> 00:59:06,013
What made it so easy
for Americans to imagine
1174
00:59:06,216 --> 00:59:08,212
that the free market
would serve their interest
1175
00:59:08,414 --> 00:59:10,514
any better
than the government have?
1176
00:59:11,016 --> 00:59:12,114
On the one hand,
1177
00:59:12,350 --> 00:59:14,183
up front
is the free market story,
1178
00:59:14,352 --> 00:59:16,951
and on the side
is the dog whistle.
1179
00:59:19,656 --> 00:59:22,122
In Chicago,
they found a woman
1180
00:59:22,324 --> 00:59:23,363
who holds the record.
1181
00:59:23,732 --> 00:59:25,933
She used 80 names, 30 addresses
1182
00:59:26,069 --> 00:59:28,972
to collect food stamps,
social security,
1183
00:59:29,375 --> 00:59:30,931
as well as welfare.
1184
00:59:31,233 --> 00:59:32,407
I've always felt
1185
00:59:33,276 --> 00:59:37,075
the nine most terrifying words
in the English language are,
1186
00:59:37,277 --> 00:59:39,578
"I'm from the government
and I'm here to help."
1187
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:46,284
Reagan was able
to win large majorities
1188
00:59:46,419 --> 00:59:48,758
of working and middle-class
white people
1189
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:52,256
by campaigning
against the government itself.
1190
00:59:53,399 --> 00:59:55,255
The emotional logic was
1191
00:59:55,391 --> 00:59:56,931
"Government is on the side
1192
00:59:57,166 --> 00:59:59,225
of these lazy Black people
who don't want to work."
1193
00:59:59,394 --> 01:00:00,896
"You are better than that."
1194
01:00:01,065 --> 01:00:02,139
"You are one of us."
1195
01:00:02,308 --> 01:00:03,971
"You, too, can be rich."
1196
01:00:06,471 --> 01:00:09,773
And he marketed it
extremely well.
1197
01:00:16,113 --> 01:00:17,148
My friends,
1198
01:00:17,617 --> 01:00:20,449
thank you again for the gift
of this magnificent parade.
1199
01:00:21,216 --> 01:00:22,358
Tomorrow evening,
1200
01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:24,091
I will address the nation
1201
01:00:24,226 --> 01:00:27,420
about a dramatic proposal
to reform our tax system
1202
01:00:27,623 --> 01:00:30,725
to launch a new
American revolution
1203
01:00:31,261 --> 01:00:33,035
and expand our economic freedom.
1204
01:00:38,342 --> 01:00:40,874
It became known
as "trickle-down economics."
1205
01:00:41,443 --> 01:00:44,374
If the rich get richer,
then it'll help everybody.
1206
01:00:46,511 --> 01:00:48,011
Of course,
the result was
1207
01:00:48,147 --> 01:00:50,084
a set of policy changes...
1208
01:00:50,653 --> 01:00:52,489
slashing tax rates
1209
01:00:52,858 --> 01:00:54,849
on millionaires
and corporations,
1210
01:00:55,285 --> 01:00:56,716
gutting social spending
1211
01:00:56,885 --> 01:00:59,486
that really helped
working-class families,
1212
01:00:59,822 --> 01:01:02,557
and then, of course,
attacking unions.
1213
01:01:03,459 --> 01:01:06,065
It really signaled the end of
1214
01:01:06,267 --> 01:01:09,663
the reign of organized labor
in the country
1215
01:01:09,965 --> 01:01:12,701
as a way for millions
of workers to demand
1216
01:01:12,970 --> 01:01:15,977
an equal slice of the pie
they spent all day baking.
1217
01:01:19,545 --> 01:01:20,712
The changes
that came
1218
01:01:20,981 --> 01:01:22,719
with this free market ideology
1219
01:01:22,854 --> 01:01:24,883
were reflected
inside of Disney,
1220
01:01:25,386 --> 01:01:28,219
after my father helped
bring in a new CEO
1221
01:01:28,621 --> 01:01:31,685
and corporate priorities
drastically changed.
1222
01:01:33,361 --> 01:01:35,195
Management
wants the workers
1223
01:01:35,397 --> 01:01:37,191
to give up some
of what they already have,
1224
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:38,897
asking a three-year wage freeze
1225
01:01:39,033 --> 01:01:40,633
and some cuts in benefits.
1226
01:01:40,869 --> 01:01:41,903
Workers say
1227
01:01:42,172 --> 01:01:44,432
they cannot accept
a two-year wage freeze,
1228
01:01:44,668 --> 01:01:46,073
and they say
they cannot understand
1229
01:01:46,242 --> 01:01:48,875
the company's attitude
towards its employees.
1230
01:01:49,444 --> 01:01:51,409
The morale has been really down,
and I honestly can say
1231
01:01:51,544 --> 01:01:53,311
I don't think it'll ever be
the same out there.
1232
01:01:55,121 --> 01:01:57,379
Disneyland will open
this morning as usual,
1233
01:01:57,682 --> 01:01:59,889
with or without
its union employees.
1234
01:02:01,055 --> 01:02:02,255
They discovered
1235
01:02:02,390 --> 01:02:03,784
they didn't have to
spend so much money
1236
01:02:03,987 --> 01:02:06,720
on people that they no longer
appreciated anyway.
1237
01:02:08,857 --> 01:02:11,100
I was appalled
at what they were telling me,
1238
01:02:11,536 --> 01:02:12,593
and I just thought,
1239
01:02:12,729 --> 01:02:14,035
"Well, this isn't
the company I knew."
1240
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:18,103
It was part and parcel
1241
01:02:18,405 --> 01:02:21,135
of this treating workers
and employees
1242
01:02:21,370 --> 01:02:22,642
more and more like...
1243
01:02:23,212 --> 01:02:25,948
cogs, like something
less than people.
1244
01:02:28,883 --> 01:02:30,144
Around this same time,
1245
01:02:30,279 --> 01:02:31,714
the average CEO
1246
01:02:31,883 --> 01:02:34,754
went from being paid
60 times the average worker
1247
01:02:34,890 --> 01:02:36,526
to 100, to 200, to 300,
1248
01:02:36,728 --> 01:02:38,419
to 600 times, in some cases.
1249
01:02:44,637 --> 01:02:46,362
And that's just because...
1250
01:02:46,664 --> 01:02:50,369
it was decided that they
could get away with it.
1251
01:02:56,171 --> 01:02:59,014
The "they"
in this case was Wall Street,
1252
01:02:59,183 --> 01:03:01,676
where a lot of things
were suddenly possible
1253
01:03:01,845 --> 01:03:04,178
on what would become
the proving ground
1254
01:03:04,414 --> 01:03:06,153
for the free market ideology.
1255
01:03:07,385 --> 01:03:08,581
You know, I think of it
1256
01:03:08,784 --> 01:03:10,952
as the asshole-ification
of America.
1257
01:03:11,287 --> 01:03:12,494
Totally!
1258
01:03:12,663 --> 01:03:15,261
A word I... yes, indeed.
1259
01:03:15,463 --> 01:03:17,532
It is the asshole-ification
of America.
1260
01:03:29,006 --> 01:03:30,403
This...
1261
01:03:30,839 --> 01:03:32,809
This is a great view
from up here.
1262
01:03:39,182 --> 01:03:41,752
You bet it was
a great view from up there.
1263
01:03:42,188 --> 01:03:43,827
And for the next four decades,
1264
01:03:44,029 --> 01:03:45,923
Wall Street
and corporate America
1265
01:03:46,225 --> 01:03:48,262
would spend billions lobbying
1266
01:03:48,397 --> 01:03:50,863
to dismantle almost every law
and regulation
1267
01:03:50,998 --> 01:03:52,568
keeping them in check,
1268
01:03:52,837 --> 01:03:54,498
stacking the deck further
1269
01:03:54,633 --> 01:03:56,505
and further against
Main Street.
1270
01:03:56,874 --> 01:03:58,403
Rather than trickle down,
1271
01:03:58,705 --> 01:04:02,077
money has flowed relentlessly
up to people like me.
1272
01:04:03,344 --> 01:04:05,849
Well, you know,
trickling down always,
1273
01:04:05,985 --> 01:04:07,511
to me, sounded like urine,
right?
1274
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:09,880
I mean,
that's what trickles, right?
1275
01:04:10,315 --> 01:04:12,487
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
1276
01:04:12,655 --> 01:04:13,881
Do you know
1277
01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:15,686
that there was a version
of trickle-down economics
1278
01:04:15,988 --> 01:04:17,419
in the 1890s
1279
01:04:18,055 --> 01:04:21,531
that was described as
the "Horse and Sparrow Theory"?
1280
01:04:21,700 --> 01:04:23,728
If the horse eats enough oats,
1281
01:04:24,664 --> 01:04:26,435
they make their way
through the horse,
1282
01:04:26,871 --> 01:04:28,831
and the sparrow gets 'em.
1283
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:30,501
Ooh!
1284
01:04:31,738 --> 01:04:33,675
And yet,
that trickle-down story
1285
01:04:33,844 --> 01:04:35,712
just will not die...
1286
01:04:36,382 --> 01:04:38,773
- no matter how much it stinks.
1287
01:05:01,063 --> 01:05:02,765
Big announcement
from Disney,
1288
01:05:02,933 --> 01:05:05,470
and not a good one
for Disney employees.
1289
01:05:06,811 --> 01:05:08,271
Today, Disney announced
1290
01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:10,307
that it will be laying off
1291
01:05:10,676 --> 01:05:13,214
about 28,000
domestic employees.
1292
01:05:22,355 --> 01:05:23,884
"Dear cast member...
1293
01:05:24,862 --> 01:05:26,722
The COVID-19 pandemic
1294
01:05:27,091 --> 01:05:30,099
has had a significant impact
on our businesses."
1295
01:05:31,567 --> 01:05:34,165
"We have made
the very difficult decision
1296
01:05:34,301 --> 01:05:36,303
to reduce our workforce."
1297
01:05:44,809 --> 01:05:46,382
It makes me scared.
1298
01:05:47,978 --> 01:05:51,021
Knowing that that many people
lost their jobs now...
1299
01:05:52,918 --> 01:05:55,218
and I might end up losing mine
somewhere down the line,
1300
01:05:55,420 --> 01:05:57,027
and I don't wanna lose it.
1301
01:06:01,691 --> 01:06:03,193
It's the ice cream guy.
1302
01:06:03,362 --> 01:06:04,696
Glad the kids aren't here.
1303
01:06:06,797 --> 01:06:08,398
See?
I know how to make you smile.
1304
01:06:08,601 --> 01:06:10,568
- Took me a second.
1305
01:06:14,069 --> 01:06:15,844
You know, been through
rough times before,
1306
01:06:15,979 --> 01:06:17,773
this is just a different format.
1307
01:06:18,743 --> 01:06:19,876
Don't worry about it,
I got this.
1308
01:06:21,581 --> 01:06:23,051
- I got this!
- We just laugh...
1309
01:06:23,253 --> 01:06:24,550
When I say the words
"I got this,"
1310
01:06:24,752 --> 01:06:27,121
it means "I ain't got
a f... clue what I'm gonna do,
1311
01:06:27,290 --> 01:06:29,450
but I gotta think
of something fast,
1312
01:06:29,619 --> 01:06:30,984
'cause this shit is sinking.
1313
01:06:31,152 --> 01:06:33,325
It's like the Titanic
and another... like,
1314
01:06:33,494 --> 01:06:34,822
the icebergs are
ganging up and they're,
1315
01:06:34,991 --> 01:06:36,990
like, attacking the boat now.
1316
01:06:46,171 --> 01:06:49,003
The color of the day
is green on Wall Street.
1317
01:06:49,205 --> 01:06:51,912
All three major indices
closed at record high levels.
1318
01:06:52,081 --> 01:06:53,548
As stocks continue...
1319
01:06:53,717 --> 01:06:56,284
No matter how bad
things got for workers,
1320
01:06:56,486 --> 01:06:58,512
Wall Street continued
to ride high.
1321
01:06:59,249 --> 01:07:01,616
Disney could not have written
a better comeback story.
1322
01:07:01,819 --> 01:07:03,387
The stock back
at all-time highs.
1323
01:07:03,690 --> 01:07:06,753
Disney+ up big
over the Christmas holiday.
1324
01:07:06,921 --> 01:07:08,098
Fans rejoiced over
1325
01:07:08,267 --> 01:07:10,296
upcoming Star Wars
and Marvel movies,
1326
01:07:10,565 --> 01:07:12,861
and stockholders
celebrated too.
1327
01:07:14,631 --> 01:07:15,765
Well, most of them.
1328
01:07:15,967 --> 01:07:18,108
Abigail Disney
had a different reaction.
1329
01:07:18,310 --> 01:07:21,101
Her take was that share prices
were divorced
1330
01:07:21,304 --> 01:07:23,437
from what was happening
to the company's workers,
1331
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:24,774
and she called that
1332
01:07:25,110 --> 01:07:27,508
"a complete moral breakdown
of this entire system."
1333
01:07:28,477 --> 01:07:32,188
I don't believe
the company and the magic
1334
01:07:32,390 --> 01:07:35,125
can survive this kind
of corporate behavior.
1335
01:07:35,327 --> 01:07:36,887
I think you
see this more broadly,
1336
01:07:37,056 --> 01:07:39,726
not as a Disney problem
and emblematic of the problem
1337
01:07:39,895 --> 01:07:42,224
in boardrooms and corporate
cultures across this country.
1338
01:07:42,392 --> 01:07:44,399
I'm saying...
it's time to do it differently,
1339
01:07:44,568 --> 01:07:46,732
and I don't care
what the business school says.
1340
01:07:46,901 --> 01:07:49,837
There's a certain level
below which you cannot go
1341
01:07:50,073 --> 01:07:51,603
in the name of human decency.
1342
01:08:17,301 --> 01:08:18,761
You guys are ready
to move up.
1343
01:08:18,930 --> 01:08:20,562
Merry Christmas and stay safe,
all right?
1344
01:08:20,864 --> 01:08:22,430
Merry Christmas,
thank you!
1345
01:08:22,966 --> 01:08:24,933
Have a merry Christmas,
now.
1346
01:08:28,307 --> 01:08:29,806
They just told me
1347
01:08:29,975 --> 01:08:32,582
that there are over 300 people
in this line,
1348
01:08:32,784 --> 01:08:34,349
and I believe it.
1349
01:08:36,287 --> 01:08:38,282
The line pretty much
wraps around
1350
01:08:38,484 --> 01:08:40,080
this entire neighborhood.
1351
01:08:41,289 --> 01:08:42,984
All of us need this help.
1352
01:08:49,462 --> 01:08:50,899
All right.
1353
01:08:51,135 --> 01:08:52,526
All right, here you go.
1354
01:08:52,662 --> 01:08:54,127
This time, we got wipes.
1355
01:08:56,506 --> 01:08:58,472
I hear you've
been real good boys.
1356
01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:00,507
- Really?!
- That's what I heard.
1357
01:09:01,643 --> 01:09:03,340
You're on the Nice List,
aren't you?
1358
01:09:03,509 --> 01:09:04,745
You're on the Nice List?
1359
01:09:04,947 --> 01:09:06,549
Yeah?
1360
01:09:07,285 --> 01:09:09,377
Remember the PS5
and the Switch!
1361
01:09:12,119 --> 01:09:13,720
Ho ho ho!
1362
01:09:22,591 --> 01:09:25,399
I just read
an article about Bob Iger.
1363
01:09:25,601 --> 01:09:27,363
He literally became
a billionaire
1364
01:09:27,666 --> 01:09:29,229
right before the holidays.
1365
01:09:30,365 --> 01:09:32,871
So, he got a
wonderful Christmas present,
1366
01:09:33,007 --> 01:09:35,575
while everybody else
was being handed pink slips.
1367
01:09:36,773 --> 01:09:38,171
That doesn't make sense.
1368
01:09:48,320 --> 01:09:53,293
When we have
a pandemic, as we've had,
1369
01:09:53,762 --> 01:09:57,432
where almost 60 new
billionaires were minted,
1370
01:09:57,601 --> 01:09:59,698
where the billionaire class
increased their wealth
1371
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,834
by almost 50 percent,
while tens of millions of people
1372
01:10:03,270 --> 01:10:04,804
went without,
1373
01:10:05,273 --> 01:10:07,869
this inequality economy
1374
01:10:08,071 --> 01:10:10,204
is one that honestly looks
a lot more
1375
01:10:10,339 --> 01:10:13,211
like the Gilded Age
and the plantation economy
1376
01:10:13,413 --> 01:10:15,646
than the one that we
1377
01:10:15,781 --> 01:10:17,621
associate
with the American Dream.
1378
01:10:41,537 --> 01:10:43,303
Well,
the happiest place on Earth
1379
01:10:43,505 --> 01:10:46,113
is giving people
a big reason to smile today.
1380
01:10:46,249 --> 01:10:48,143
Disneyland is back open
1381
01:10:48,378 --> 01:10:50,654
after being shut down
for more than a year!
1382
01:10:51,690 --> 01:10:53,315
For the city
of Anaheim this morning,
1383
01:10:53,451 --> 01:10:56,491
reopening, it's a big step
toward economic recovery.
1384
01:10:56,660 --> 01:10:58,856
For the fans,
it's just a day of excitement.
1385
01:11:00,388 --> 01:11:02,330
As the park reopened,
1386
01:11:02,632 --> 01:11:05,197
Ellie, Artemis,
Ralph, and Trina
1387
01:11:05,433 --> 01:11:07,101
were all called back to work.
1388
01:11:07,804 --> 01:11:11,402
Shoulder to shoulder
against corporate greed!
1389
01:11:11,971 --> 01:11:13,107
But many cast members
1390
01:11:13,242 --> 01:11:14,806
were not brought back.
1391
01:11:16,605 --> 01:11:19,082
A bunch of my crew
is still laid off.
1392
01:11:19,751 --> 01:11:22,947
There are still so many
messed up things happening.
1393
01:11:23,116 --> 01:11:26,621
Shoulder to shoulder
against corporate greed!
1394
01:11:26,789 --> 01:11:28,821
Shoulder to shoulder,
more respect and dignity.
1395
01:11:28,956 --> 01:11:30,651
How much are those little ears,
1396
01:11:30,820 --> 01:11:32,256
the Mickey Mouse ears?!
1397
01:11:32,425 --> 01:11:33,328
Thirty!
1398
01:11:33,497 --> 01:11:34,825
Thirty dollars!
1399
01:11:34,961 --> 01:11:36,699
And how much
are Disney workers making?
1400
01:11:36,901 --> 01:11:37,826
Fifteen.
1401
01:11:37,995 --> 01:11:39,463
Fifteen bucks!
1402
01:11:39,599 --> 01:11:40,863
How about somebody with...
1403
01:11:41,066 --> 01:11:42,829
Our workload
has increased,
1404
01:11:42,965 --> 01:11:44,869
our wages are the same.
1405
01:11:47,508 --> 01:11:49,442
It's just a never-ending fight.
1406
01:11:52,740 --> 01:11:54,846
I don't have
love for the company anymore.
1407
01:11:56,313 --> 01:11:58,919
Hey, everyone,
I'm a Disney cast member,
1408
01:11:59,121 --> 01:12:00,317
I'm a custodian!
1409
01:12:00,485 --> 01:12:01,918
I really wanted
1410
01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:03,820
to quote Walt Disney
for you guys right now!
1411
01:12:03,989 --> 01:12:05,525
"You can design and create
and build
1412
01:12:05,694 --> 01:12:07,695
the most wonderful place
in the world,
1413
01:12:07,897 --> 01:12:10,997
but it takes people
to make the dream a reality!"
1414
01:12:12,668 --> 01:12:14,503
Thank you!
Well said, Ellie!
1415
01:12:15,838 --> 01:12:18,199
Okay, gracias,
thank you for coming out.
1416
01:12:26,713 --> 01:12:28,517
After my time with the union,
1417
01:12:28,819 --> 01:12:31,850
I've come to really appreciate
the work that they do.
1418
01:12:33,691 --> 01:12:35,519
I hear you're
going back to college!
1419
01:12:35,788 --> 01:12:37,519
So, what are you gonna study?
1420
01:12:37,655 --> 01:12:38,584
Labor studies.
1421
01:12:38,853 --> 01:12:39,924
I...
1422
01:12:41,523 --> 01:12:43,357
That makes me really happy
to hear you say that.
1423
01:12:43,526 --> 01:12:45,993
I mean, it makes me
really happy to imagine you...
1424
01:12:46,329 --> 01:12:48,401
doing that...
I can't tell you.
1425
01:12:48,870 --> 01:12:52,040
I have this new passion
growing within me now
1426
01:12:52,343 --> 01:12:55,668
with working alongside unions
1427
01:12:56,003 --> 01:12:57,410
and building power
1428
01:12:57,579 --> 01:12:59,779
for working-class people
like me.
1429
01:13:04,781 --> 01:13:08,247
Meanwhile, after
months of searching and saving,
1430
01:13:08,516 --> 01:13:10,059
Artemis was able
to find a place
1431
01:13:10,228 --> 01:13:11,989
within her price range.
1432
01:13:15,557 --> 01:13:17,596
Before,
I was only living like a ten,
1433
01:13:17,765 --> 01:13:19,633
15-minute drive from work,
but now
1434
01:13:19,935 --> 01:13:22,230
it takes about two hours.
Or if I ride the bus...
1435
01:13:22,940 --> 01:13:24,133
Yeah.
1436
01:13:25,269 --> 01:13:26,607
It feels good in here.
It's light.
1437
01:13:26,776 --> 01:13:28,273
- Yeah.
- You have light.
1438
01:13:28,442 --> 01:13:29,444
Yes.
1439
01:13:29,613 --> 01:13:31,138
And you have Keanu,
which...
1440
01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:33,541
He's very beautiful,
he keeps me company.
1441
01:13:36,918 --> 01:13:39,080
So, when did you
start back at Disney,
1442
01:13:39,249 --> 01:13:40,919
and how are you feeling
about that now?
1443
01:13:41,787 --> 01:13:43,491
When I first got back, like,
1444
01:13:43,727 --> 01:13:45,790
it was really nice
to just be working,
1445
01:13:46,059 --> 01:13:48,761
but I've been getting
more and more frustrated
1446
01:13:48,930 --> 01:13:50,630
the last couple of months
just thinking
1447
01:13:50,866 --> 01:13:53,565
about this job that was
supposed to pay my bills
1448
01:13:53,734 --> 01:13:54,800
while I focused on the things
1449
01:13:54,969 --> 01:13:56,734
that are supposed to be
what life is about,
1450
01:13:56,903 --> 01:13:58,736
about the things
that make me joy.
1451
01:13:59,172 --> 01:14:01,807
You know, I haven't focused
on any of those things
1452
01:14:01,976 --> 01:14:03,773
because I've been so focused
on the fact
1453
01:14:04,076 --> 01:14:06,873
that I couldn't survive
on this job.
1454
01:14:07,075 --> 01:14:08,441
You got a second job?
1455
01:14:08,610 --> 01:14:11,219
Yes, yes,
I got a job at a school district
1456
01:14:11,421 --> 01:14:13,116
working as a sub-custodian.
1457
01:14:13,285 --> 01:14:15,215
It's kind of a foot
in the door to potentially
1458
01:14:15,418 --> 01:14:16,955
become full-time
at a school district.
1459
01:14:17,124 --> 01:14:19,555
So, you're laying
the groundwork to leave.
1460
01:14:19,757 --> 01:14:21,559
Potentially, yeah.
1461
01:14:21,762 --> 01:14:23,565
So, is that something
1462
01:14:23,801 --> 01:14:25,966
that you've been thinking about
for a long time?
1463
01:14:28,603 --> 01:14:29,902
It's something I probably
1464
01:14:30,038 --> 01:14:31,805
should have been thinking
about for a long time.
1465
01:14:33,812 --> 01:14:36,612
I had a five-year plan
when I went into Disney,
1466
01:14:36,948 --> 01:14:39,516
to be done with college
and onto the next thing.
1467
01:14:40,781 --> 01:14:42,878
And that didn't work out.
1468
01:14:43,014 --> 01:14:44,785
It's nine years later now.
1469
01:14:47,325 --> 01:14:49,119
And it's just been frustrating
1470
01:14:49,287 --> 01:14:51,855
because I was brought up
with the idea
1471
01:14:52,191 --> 01:14:54,630
that I'm healthy,
I'm intelligent,
1472
01:14:54,832 --> 01:14:57,499
if I put in the work,
I'm gonna be okay
1473
01:14:57,802 --> 01:14:59,630
and I'm gonna be able
to make money
1474
01:14:59,832 --> 01:15:00,867
and take care of myself.
1475
01:15:02,230 --> 01:15:04,266
But... I don't think
1476
01:15:04,468 --> 01:15:06,842
that it's as true
as a lot of people say.
1477
01:15:22,422 --> 01:15:26,225
Far and wide,
the reputation of Disneyland...
1478
01:15:27,161 --> 01:15:32,129
stands out primarily
for the courtesy...
1479
01:15:32,964 --> 01:15:34,569
and the cleanliness
1480
01:15:34,838 --> 01:15:36,166
and the friendliness
of the place.
1481
01:15:39,475 --> 01:15:40,900
I've always said,
1482
01:15:41,169 --> 01:15:42,777
in my end of the work,
1483
01:15:42,979 --> 01:15:45,340
that it takes people
to run a business.
1484
01:15:47,308 --> 01:15:49,211
You people have been the heart
1485
01:15:49,480 --> 01:15:51,885
and the running soul
of this business.
1486
01:15:53,821 --> 01:15:56,593
And we appreciate it no end.
1487
01:16:01,829 --> 01:16:03,766
And we say congratulations
1488
01:16:04,035 --> 01:16:06,732
to you for doing the grand job
that you have done.
1489
01:16:06,901 --> 01:16:08,770
- Thank you.
1490
01:16:16,575 --> 01:16:19,473
Humans are
meaning-making creatures.
1491
01:16:20,076 --> 01:16:21,780
The idea of the economy
1492
01:16:22,149 --> 01:16:24,280
was to give us the resources
we needed
1493
01:16:24,415 --> 01:16:25,915
so that then,
we could tell the stories
1494
01:16:26,050 --> 01:16:27,181
and build the relationships
1495
01:16:27,384 --> 01:16:29,583
and have the meaning
that we needed.
1496
01:16:29,752 --> 01:16:33,624
We've let the search
for daily bread and for things
1497
01:16:33,793 --> 01:16:36,061
completely overwhelm...
1498
01:16:37,428 --> 01:16:40,934
what our ancestors
called our "souls."
1499
01:17:07,824 --> 01:17:09,564
It's really good
to see you guys.
1500
01:17:09,767 --> 01:17:11,626
It's been a hella-long time,
huh?
1501
01:17:11,795 --> 01:17:12,965
Yeah.
1502
01:17:13,134 --> 01:17:15,230
I mean, it's been
a year and something,
1503
01:17:15,433 --> 01:17:17,371
but it feels so much longer
than that.
1504
01:17:17,640 --> 01:17:19,641
It feels like five to ten years.
1505
01:17:19,810 --> 01:17:21,310
Well, you look
like Father Time now,
1506
01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:22,843
so that works.
1507
01:17:23,012 --> 01:17:24,840
I feel more comfortable
this way.
1508
01:17:25,476 --> 01:17:28,742
So, Ralph, rumor has it
you're not going back.
1509
01:17:29,011 --> 01:17:29,917
No.
1510
01:17:31,319 --> 01:17:33,914
Tomorrow is his official
last day at the company.
1511
01:17:34,116 --> 01:17:35,189
Wow.
1512
01:17:35,825 --> 01:17:37,652
It's not
an easy decision.
1513
01:17:37,954 --> 01:17:39,586
I mean, it's...
1514
01:17:41,297 --> 01:17:44,530
it's more like moving onto
a different and new chapter
1515
01:17:44,699 --> 01:17:46,327
that'll be hopefully
1516
01:17:46,496 --> 01:17:49,005
more beneficial
for our family overall,
1517
01:17:49,507 --> 01:17:51,367
and leaving a chapter behind
1518
01:17:51,536 --> 01:17:53,404
behind that really
I'd like to forget I read.
1519
01:17:55,077 --> 01:17:57,008
I mean, there were
some highlights but...
1520
01:17:57,177 --> 01:17:59,214
Tell me
why you're leaving.
1521
01:17:59,383 --> 01:18:00,547
Um...
1522
01:18:01,050 --> 01:18:03,743
Right now, it's...
I'm getting at that age,
1523
01:18:03,911 --> 01:18:06,222
it's wearing on me,
it's a lot of physical work
1524
01:18:06,390 --> 01:18:07,689
that we were doing
1525
01:18:07,858 --> 01:18:09,721
for not a lot
of financial reward,
1526
01:18:09,890 --> 01:18:11,552
and that's taken its toll.
1527
01:18:13,564 --> 01:18:15,396
So, what's next?
1528
01:18:15,565 --> 01:18:16,832
What are your options?
1529
01:18:19,395 --> 01:18:21,529
See, uh, where life takes us.
1530
01:18:24,839 --> 01:18:26,031
Happy birthday, Dad!
1531
01:18:28,309 --> 01:18:30,205
- Happy birthday, baby.
- Thank you, Daddy.
1532
01:18:30,541 --> 01:18:32,042
'Cause I know you
get everything good
1533
01:18:32,211 --> 01:18:34,541
when this happens,
you get cake...
1534
01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:36,711
- Yes.
- Yes.
1535
01:18:37,714 --> 01:18:39,379
Oh, those can't be for me,
that's much too old.
1536
01:18:39,548 --> 01:18:41,447
- Happy birthday.
1537
01:18:41,682 --> 01:18:43,386
- Yes.
- Surprise.
1538
01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:46,288
All right, here we go,
1539
01:18:46,491 --> 01:18:48,123
we're all gonna try
to block the wind.
1540
01:18:55,998 --> 01:18:57,802
If you
could tell Disney anything,
1541
01:18:58,005 --> 01:18:59,567
what would you tell them?
1542
01:19:01,912 --> 01:19:04,040
We'd like to be able
to have a home.
1543
01:19:11,722 --> 01:19:12,986
Got a little help there, huh?
1544
01:19:13,121 --> 01:19:14,687
- Who wants one first?
- I want cake!
1545
01:19:14,889 --> 01:19:16,421
- Me!
- Me!
1546
01:19:16,557 --> 01:19:17,525
Me!
1547
01:19:17,661 --> 01:19:19,018
Is that good cake?
1548
01:19:19,153 --> 01:19:20,324
Yeah?
1549
01:19:29,563 --> 01:19:31,166
Come back here!
1550
01:19:31,568 --> 01:19:35,042
One, two, go, Daddy,
get 'em!
1551
01:19:35,742 --> 01:19:37,036
Ahh!
1552
01:19:39,240 --> 01:19:40,344
Whoo!
1553
01:19:43,918 --> 01:19:46,213
Woo, that was tough, Mom!
1554
01:19:46,415 --> 01:19:47,824
Let's go.
1555
01:20:07,272 --> 01:20:09,071
"Dear Bobs...
1556
01:20:09,273 --> 01:20:11,069
"Yeah, this is for both of you.
1557
01:20:11,338 --> 01:20:12,573
Bob Iger
1558
01:20:12,775 --> 01:20:15,408
and Disney's new CEO,
Bob Chapek."
1559
01:20:16,010 --> 01:20:18,211
"You didn't seem to
understand my email,
1560
01:20:18,480 --> 01:20:20,120
so I made this film."
1561
01:20:21,350 --> 01:20:22,651
"This is for you
1562
01:20:22,787 --> 01:20:25,157
and for all the Toms,
Dicks, Harrys, and Marys
1563
01:20:25,426 --> 01:20:27,661
running Wall Street
and corporate America,
1564
01:20:28,330 --> 01:20:31,194
because this isn't
just a Disney story,
1565
01:20:31,796 --> 01:20:35,229
it's the story of nearly half
of American full-time workers
1566
01:20:35,465 --> 01:20:37,469
who can't make ends meet."
1567
01:20:38,639 --> 01:20:41,707
"These problems are the result
of a complicated system
1568
01:20:41,976 --> 01:20:44,078
that constrains us all."
1569
01:20:45,343 --> 01:20:47,315
"It may not be our fault,
1570
01:20:47,784 --> 01:20:50,150
but it is our responsibility,
1571
01:20:51,282 --> 01:20:53,052
and you and I both know
1572
01:20:53,321 --> 01:20:54,884
that with imagination
and courage,
1573
01:20:55,187 --> 01:20:56,684
it can be changed."
1574
01:20:59,624 --> 01:21:02,063
"Maybe I sound
a little too Disney,
1575
01:21:02,830 --> 01:21:04,066
but trust me,
1576
01:21:04,535 --> 01:21:06,166
I'm not alone."
1577
01:21:08,067 --> 01:21:09,428
"To be continued."