 With that said, from one of the most regressive states in the nation at this point, Louisiana, to one of the most progressive states, California, where right-wingers are working hard to make sure that workers do not enjoy a living wage, no matter how hard they work, and even if those right-wingers have to lie and lie and lie about it. Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist and author Michael Hiltzik joins me next on the broadcast.