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- 1. Building an America that Works for the 99% Prepared for the Progressive Economic Narrative Group by USAction Education Fund
- 2. Five Questions for the 99% 1. Why isn’t the economy working?
- 3. Five Questions for the 99% 1. Why isn’t the economy working? 2. What makes the economy work?
- 4. Five Questions for the 99% 1. Why isn’t the economy working? 2. What makes the economy work? 3. How do we get our economy moving forward again?
- 5. Five Questions for the 99% 1. Why isn’t the economy working? 2. What makes the economy work? 3. How do we get our economy moving forward again? 4. What do we have to do together for our country?
- 6. Five Questions for the 99% 1. Why isn’t the economy working? 2. What makes the economy work? 3. How do we get our economy moving forward again? 4. What do we have to do together for our country? 5. What are we asking our elected officials?
- 7. 1. Why isn’t the economy working?
- 8. Over the last 30 years: the rich raced ahead of the rest of us
- 9. 400 richest have more than 150 million Americans
- 10. Over the last 30 years: wages cut, jobs shipped overseas
- 11. Over the last 30 years: special interest money dominated our government
- 12. 2. What makes the economy work? If the 99% are The entire getting ahead economy works
- 13. Middle class jobs power the economy
- 14. 3. How do we get the economy moving forward again? Get people back to work
- 15. The middle class doesn’t prosper by accident INVEST INNOVATE Opportunity and security for CREATE JOBS Pave the way for families businesses to Common sense innovate meet rules that benefit the future businesses and communities Decisionswe make together
- 16. 3. What do we – the 99% – have to do together for our country? Restore our democracy
- 17. Our democracy has been robbed by the 1% It’s up to us to organize, make government work for the 99%
- 18. Good jobs Make Wall Street and the Invest in families: rich pay fair share education opportunities for all End corporate control of Protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid democracy A platform for the 99%
- 19. 5. What are we want to know? Which side are you on?
- 20. 1. Why isn’t the economy working? 2. What makes the economy work? 3. How do we get our economy moving forward again? 4. What do we have to do together for our country? 5. What are we asking our elected officials?
- 21. Building an America that Works for the 99% Prepared for the Progressive Economic Narrative Group by USAction Education Fund
Editor's Notes
- Hi. Today we’re going to talk about building an America that works for the 99%.
- We’ll answer 5 questions:
- So why isn’t the economy working?
- The answer is pretty simple: for the past 30 years, the rich got richer while the middle-class and working families got squeezed and crushed.
- Now the richest 400 families own more than 150 million Americans, half the country. And taxes on the richest were cut in half.
- What did many of the biggest corporations do? They pushed up profits by pushing down wages and benefits and shipping our jobs overseas.Corporations are sitting on $2 trillion in cash – instead of creating jobs in America they are making CEOs and shareholders richer. Corporate taxes are at an historic low in terms of the economy and share of federal revenues.
- It’s not like the economy didn’t move forward - If our nation’s economic growth had been shared fairly for the past 30 years, wages would be 60% higher. But the super rich and CEO campaign contributors got the government to slash their taxes. When the housing bubble burst, the government bailed out Wall Street but let homeowners go underwater, drowning the economy.
- One thing we need to remember: The American middle-class is the engine of the economy. We all do better, when we all do better.
- Deregulating Wall Street and trickle-down tax cuts for the rich didn’t create jobs. Workers who get decent wages and benefits, who can support their families, who shop on Main Street – that’s who create jobs. It’s simple really: Our economy works better when every American who wants a job is working.
- A strong middle-class, the engine of the economy, is built by the decisions we make together. Decisions to invest in our people, expand opportunity and provide security - a world-leading education, quality affordable health care, protections at work, retirement security.
- Decisions that will pave the way for businesses to innovate and meet the future: green jobs; fuel efficient cars and high speed rail; fixing our crumbling; bridges, roads, water and sewer lines; a modern, energy-saving electric grid. Writing rules that boost businesses that do the right thing: create good jobs here in America; make safe products; safeguard our food, water and air.
- For the economy to work for the 99% - we’ll need our government to work for the 99%.
- It’s up to us to organize together, in our communities across the country, to make our democracy and our government work for the 99%.
- We are fighting for an America that works for the 99%, with liberty and justice for all. Our platform for the 99%:1) Good jobs for everyone in America. 2)Make Wall Street, corporate America and the super-rich pay. 3) Invest in our families: educational opportunities, from pre-school to affordable college. A guarantee of good affordable health care. Keeping Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid secure. And to do all this, we’ll need to make our government work for the 99% - Stop corporate funding of elections. And make it possible for candidates who refuse big money contributions to win with the support of contributions from the 99%.
- The choice is clear. We stand with the 99% - the working families and the small businesses that create two-thirds of American jobs. They stand with the 1% - the Wall Street speculators and CEOs who cut our wages, crashed our economy and shipped our jobs overseas. The question we have to ask every member of Congress and every elected official is: which side are you on?
- So let’s recap the answers to our 5 questions:The economy crashed because for 30 years, the 1% have got richer at the expense of the 99%.To get the economy moving again, we’ll need to make it work for the 99%.That won’t happen by accident – it will happen by decisions we make together. Decisions to invest in our families, in opportunity and to pave the way for businesses that will invest in America. The first decision we’ll need to make is to fight for a government that works for the 99%.
- This year – we need to tell Congress and every candidate for President - stand up for the 99%.