From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

The minimum wage, income inequality, and presidential politics.

Hello again, I'm Aranalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues of Americans car about most. Two years years ago, New York City, 200 fast food workers demanded a minimum

wage of $15 an hour. They started something. Since then, legal minimums have been raised in

red states as well as blue, and Democrats in Congress are pushing a federal floor of $12 an hour.

Some Republican presidential hopefuls are talking about working class beginnings and cheap off-the-rack sweaters.

We'll look at how income inequality is emerging as a major issue in next year's campaign.

Today's talking point, the head of the Federal Elections Commission, says campaign spending laws are unlikely to be enforced in next year's campaign.

First, here's the news.

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continuous coverage on our mobile app or online at KCRW. Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To the Point. Income inequality has been

economic reality in America for decades. Now, it's a political hot potato. As Democrats

rush for an increase in the minimum wage, can Hillary Clinton match the claims of Republican

rivals to be just like ordinary Americans? Today's talking point. Next year's presidential

campaign spending may exceed $10 billion.

Ann Ravel, chair of the Federal Election Commission, says there is little chance that legal

limits can be enforced. We'll ask her why she calls the FEC worse than dysfunctional.

First, this news update. The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an

incident on U.S. soil Sunday's attack in Garland, Texas, outside a contest to draw cartoons of the

Prophet Muhammad. Two suspects killed by police were from Phoenix, Arizona, but ISIS or ISIL radio is

calling them two soldiers from the Caliphate. Rukmini Kalimaki reports on

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