I hear all this, you know, “Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.”—No!
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.
You built a factory out there—good for you! But I want to be clear.
You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for.
You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate.
You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.
You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did.
Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea—God bless. Keep a big hunk of it.
But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.
Yes, Warren's words have gone viral on the internet, but I want to call attention to them because everyone should read them.
Made of WIN.
ReplyDeleteJCF, I hope so!
ReplyDeleteYes, yes - exactly right.
ReplyDeletewv - bummo ??
Well said, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWot, Warren's words, or me wv? ;)
ReplyDeleteIt is a bummo the Republicans don't seem to quite get it ever.
Warren's words are very well said, indeed.
Elizabeth's words and yours, too, Cathy.
ReplyDeleteTroy Davis is presently being executed.
Lord, have mercy on us all.
I wish Elizabeth Warren were running for President.
ReplyDeleteWhat the Tealiban don't understand is the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy, in this case combined with the big lie.
ReplyDeleteKeep calling it class warfare, and that's what they will eventually get - NOT ADVOCATING VIOLENCE, JUST ANALYZING THE SITUATION BEFORE YOU ALL GET STARTED - and the historical examples of class warfare include the French and Russian revolutions - which didn't end well for the wealthy class nor the governing class.
President Obama, in a speech in Ohio, Boehner's home state, seemed willing to begin to embrace one form of the phrase 'class warfare'. He said (from memory) he was a 'warrior for the middle class'. It's about time.
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