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- 1. Building an America that Works for the 99%
- 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. 1. Why isn’t the economy working? For 30 years, the 1% got richer at the expense of the 99%.
- 15. 1. Why isn’t the economy working? For 30 years, the 1% got richer at the expense of the 99%. 2. What makes the economy work? If the 99% are getting ahead, the entire economy works.
- 16. 3. How do we get the economy moving forward again? Get people back to work
- 17. 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 Decisions we make together
- 18. 1. Why isn’t the economy working? 2. What makes the economy work? 3. How do we get our economy moving forward again? Make our economy work for the 99%.
- 19. 3. What do we – the 99% – have to do together for our country? Restore our democracy
- 20. Our democracy has been robbed by the 1% It’s up to us to organize, make government work for the 99%
- 21. Make Wall Invest in Good jobs Street and the families: for all rich pay fair education share opportunities Protect Social End corporate control of Security, democracy Medicare, Medicaid A platform for the 99%
- 22. 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? Make our democracy work for the 99%.
- 23. 5. What are we asking our elected officials? Which side are you on?
- 24. 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 Congress? Which side are you on?
- 25. The economy crashed because it Our Story worked for the 1%, not the 99%. The middle class is the engine of our economy. The middle class prospers because of decisions we make together to invest in our families’ future and pave the way for businesses that create good jobs. It’s up to us to fight to make our economy and our democracy work for the 99%
- 26. Building an America that Works for the 99%
Editor's Notes
- Hi. Today we’re going to talk about building an America that works for the 99%.
- 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.
- How does the middle class prosper? … By decisions we make together. Decisions to:1) Deliver 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.
- 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%. Read section of 99% Narrative
- 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?