ELIZABETH WARREN SAYS “THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED”!
ELIZABETH WARREN SAYS “THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED”!
WARREN = “I see evidence everywhere of the pounding working people are taking. These families are working harder than ever, but they can’t get ahead. Many feel that the game is rigged against them, and they are right. The game is rigged against them.”
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Elizabeth Warren Says Economy Is ‘Rigged’ Against Workers
UNION = Progressive labor policies to reduce U.S. income inequality.
UNION = Shared prosperity, including a higher minimum wage, mandated paid leave for workers and more robust collective bargaining.
WARREN = Drew a standing ovation for FACS on big banks and defense of social safety net.
UNION + WARREN = Raise Federal minimum wage!
WARREN = “no one should work full time and live in poverty.” = A shot at Walmart
WARREN = “America now has an economy that works well for about 10 percent of the people.”
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PRIVILEGES = UNFAIR ADVANTAGES TO TOP 1% = RIGGED LAWS + RIGGED JUSTICE + RIGGED WEALTH
America’s SYSTEM gives too many ADVANTAGES to the 1% = The UNFAIR Distributional of PRIVILEGES and RULES And JUSTICE = RIGGED for 1%
Americans = See US economy as a vast casino of STACKED DECKS and LOADED DICE against Americans
Americans Know = MONEY = POWER to get MORE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES = RIG the GAME = EVEN MORE LOPSIDED WEALTH INEQUALITY
Americans Know = Today Capital Dominates Labor = GOP WRONG-HEADED GOAL!
Money = Unaccountable power to grant or deny GOV permission to Succeed = Deny Success.
NO Money = NO freedom to choose NEW IDEAS or NEW Options for Succeeding = TOP 1% have This
BIG STEP SOLUTION = Middle class and the poor share in ALL future growth.
TAX POLICY = TAX CAPITAL AND WEALTH to STOP THE TRANSFER to the TOP 1%
BIG STEP SOLUTION = Get big money out of politics = Public Funding of Elections = DON’T STOP at ending “Citizens United” = At Least Public matching of small donors
BIG STEP SOLUTION = Every American is INSURED of a POVERTY LINE INCOME + Whatever they can EARN Honestly
Massive LONG TERM STIMULUS = ENDS MOST NEED FOR FOOD STAMPS OR WELFARE CHECKS
A handful of Americans receive the biggest slices of the total national income
Most average hard working Americans receive smaller incomes.
Americans in polls = NO to further tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.
Americans = VOTE YES to raise taxes on the rich and Corporations by REMOVING MOST OF THE14,OOO TAX LOOPHOLES
New Yorkers = VOTES YES to TAXING THE TOP 1% to pay for better schools = Elected Bill de Blasio, Progressive as mayor of NYC
GOP OLD SAW = RICH TRICKLE DOWN JOB CREATORS = DON’T TAX TOP 1% = Slower economic growth.
95% of the gains from growth continue to go to the top 1% since recovery of 2009
$TRILLION Wall Street SCAN ARTIST NEVER SEE COURT OR PRISON = Instead They are MAXING OUT AT THE TROUGH – more now than ever before. = Top hedge-fund managers pocketing $1+ Billion/Year + Stock market at ALL TIME HIGHS
Typical American’s home is worth less than before + Can’t save a thing.
CEOs = Incomes from SCAMS = 300 to 500+ X Pay of Typical Worker who earning less and barely holding on.
Americans Know = MONEY = POWER to get MORE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES = RIG the GAME = EVEN MORE LOPSIDED WEALTH INEQUALITY
Big Money = BUYING OUT DEMOCRACY = “Citizens United” = Our democracy is drowning in a POOL of SHIFTING PRIVILEGES to the TOP 1%
BIG STEP = Middle class and the poor share in ALL future growth. TAX POLICY = TAX CAPITAL AND WEALTH to STOP THE TRANSFER to the TOP 1%
BIG STEP = Get big money out of politics = Public Funding of Elections = DON’T STOP at ending “Citizens United” = At Least Public matching of small donors
BIG STEP = Every American is INSURED of a Above POVERTY LINE INCOME + Whatever they can EARN Honestly. = Massive LONG TERM STIMULUS = Perhaps a Stock and Bond trust fund for every child at birth.
SIDE FACT: “Magic of compounded interest” = MASSIVE USURY BANKING LIE AGAINST HUMANITY
Americans = Demand a FAIR DEAL and BALANCED PLAYING FIELD
TPP TRADE DEAL = OBAMA + GOP = TRADE DEALS = CORPORATIONS GIVEN POWER OVER NATIONS
OBAMA + GOP = TRADE DEALS = CORPORATIONS GIVEN POWER OVER NATIONS:
TPP = MULTINATIONALS WRAP NATIONS IN A STRANGLE HOLD WITH DEAL!
Globalization = Weakened bargaining position of relatively immobile labor = sub $1/hr
Globalization = Labor income as % of manufacturing output fell Dramatically
Globalization = Capital Flows made countries more vulnerable to economic and financial shocks, causing lower growth and employment, hurting the poor. UNDP Study
Globalization = Drives up inequality
WORLD BANK CURES FOR Globalization = Stop tax evasion + More progressive income tax Policies + Incentives for investment + Cash transfers + Credits for small businesses + Expansion of public investment + Expansion of safety nets = REPAIR TENDENCY FOR WEALTH GOING TO THE TOP 1%
CURES FOR Globalization = Redistributing Wealth and Income such as land or assets + Nationalizations have reduced extreme inequality successfully.
CURES FOR Globalization = Modify Process of Globalization + Regulation of speculative financial markets
CURES FOR Globalization = “Deglobalization” = Walden Bello – Focus on the Global South in response to the Asian financial crisis of 1997.
World Bank = Clearly states measures to reduce inequality MUST not affect “free trade.”
International financial institutions = Ignore structural causes of inequality = World Bank
International financial institutions = Fight measures to combat inequality = FAKE new name: “inclusive growth” = SAME OLD TRICKLE DOWN-GLOBALIZATION-JOB CREATE LIES
De-globalization = Process of restructuring world economic and political system to build the capacity of local and national economies instead of exploiting them for GAINS.
De-globalization = Transformation of a global economy from “one integrated around transnational corporations to one integrated around the needs of peoples, nations and communities.” = ENDS “one size fits all” neoliberalism or bureaucratic socialism. = Diversity and competition are expected and encouraged = Like nature.
De-globalization = Reorient national economies away from export production and toward production for the local market to fulfill basic human needs, relying primarily on domestic resources and employing technologies that enhance rather than destroy the community, the environment and life itself.
De-globalization = Redistribute the sources of income and wealth such as land, ensuring domestic control over key sectors of the economy and promoting community access to basic services like water, health care and education.
De-globalization = Provide more resources to rural areas to halt the migrations that increase inequality and rob local communities through resource grabbing.
De-globalization = Expand public services in rural areas and implement tools to boost food sovereignty for all communities.
De-globalization = De-emphasise economic growth based on the recognition that this growth has limits.
De-globalization = Maximize equity of OPPORTUNITY without breaking the vital cycles of nature (Diversity and competition) and overshooting carrying capacity of the Earth.
De-globalization = Make strategic economic decisions subject to participatory democracy rather than “Free Market”
De-globalization = Debate can build a viable alternatives to the flawed system we have today = Explosive inequality caused by exploitation be 85 PEOPLE!










































