Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen #7: GOP debate

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Op zaterdag 8 augustus 2015 21:34 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:

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Ik zag vandaag een stukje uit de docu FoodInc (die ik al eerder in totaliteit heb gezien). Schokkend weer hoor. En iedereen trapt er met open ogen in ("eigen verantwoordelijkheid").

Sanders en Trump zijn de enigen die wat kunnen doen. Hup Trump, die zegt tenminste waar het op staat. Tegen salontafelkongsi.

Bill de Blasio w/Carol Costello trashing Trump

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COSTELLO: Why do you think so many people are attracted to Donald Trump? What is it about him?

DE BLASIO: I would differentiate him from things he's saying. There's a subset of American people that are very frustrated about some of the reality we face. And unfortunately, try to blame. Immigrants who are not the root of the problem. We need to have a better conversation in this country. The best thing we can do for the economy is comprehensive immigration reform. It would be economically strengthening.

COSTELLO: Not building a wall?

DE BLASIO: Not building a wall. So the conversation needs to address the fact that many Americans are economically very frustrated. They have seen their families fall behind. They are looking for answers and someone to blame. Immigrants are not the problem. The problem is income inequality. The problem is the concentration of wealth and power and the fact that too many policies don't help working people. That's where energy should go.

Unfortunately, someone like Trump tries to whip people up and blame immigrants as the root of the problem. They are not the root of the problem.

COSTELLO: He also blames politicians because he says I have enough money to do things. Nobody can buy me. I'm worth $10 billion, everybody should be grateful because I'm an independent person and I'll do what I want. I'm not controlled by the lobbyists and a lot of people like when he says stuff like that.

DE BLASIO: I don't know how many. I'm sure some people find that appealing. I think giving more power to an extraordinarily wealthy person would take us backwards.

COSTELLO: Even though he says his wealth gives him independence?

DE BLASIO: His wealth gives him a perspective to continue policies that have failed for the American people. He's the ultimate example of trickledown economics.

He believes someone like him having a lot of wealth is the best thing for the economy. The reverse is true. We have seen wealth concentrated in fewer and fewer hands and had a negative impact on how many people are unemployed and what kind of wages they have.

Trickledown economics has failed. We need a government that understands for most working people they have lost ground in the last quarter century that needs to invests in infrastructure, raise wages and benefits, focus on working families. Guarantee things like paid leave and sick leave. It's what we have been working on through an agenda. It's a platform that progressives across the country have put forward to say these are the building blocks of a more fair economy and a way to address what's become rampant inequality in this country.

You saw the pole a month ago that pointed out that income inequality is deep in the minds of people across the region and across the party. They want to see a more fair economy. We who believe in a more progressive option have to make clear that folks like Trump are just going to take a bad situation and make it worse.