It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.
While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.
And they’re right.
Think about this.
The average billionaire on the Forbes 400 list could spend $10,000 every single day for 274 years and still have billions of dollars left in the bank.
Don't you think that maybe, just maybe, these guys should be paying more in income tax than a teacher?
Let me tell you something. You're not crazy. Yes, there is something wrong in this world when a few people have billions of dollars, and millions of people have nothing. We have got to make certain that a dream and a vision for a decent society remains alive.
While the richest 1% have never had it so good, what is the reality for the working class?
60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck.
57% of our people cannot afford a $1,000 emergency.
41% of our people are rent-burdened.
We need an economy that works for all.
I stand in strong solidarity with Starbucks workers on strike today. It is absurd that Howard Schultz — a guy worth BILLIONS of dollars — is pulling out all the stops to deny decent wages and dignity on the job to the very workers who helped him amass his wealth.
David Beckham is being paid $277M to be the brand ambassador of the Qatar World Cup
And the thousands of migrant workers who toiled for 12 years to build the infra in over 40-45 degrees of heat are mostly broke, and some even dead
The inequalities oft times are too cruel..
Let's be clear. Eli Lilly should apologize for increasing the price of insulin by over 1,200% since 1996 to $275 while it costs less than $10 to manufacture. The inventors of insulin sold their patents in 1923 for $1 to save lives, not to make Eli Lilly's CEO obscenely rich.
elon musk and mark zuckerberg are showing the world that meritocracy is indeed a lie and that they didn’t work harder or smarter than everyone else contrary to popular opinion. it’s great.