TO PRESERVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DESTROY IT.
>> BEFORE WE GO, I WANT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
YOU’VE SPENT YOUR ENTIRE CAREER
FIGHTING FOR THE POOR.
WE BOTH KNOW THE STOCK MARKET
ISN’T THE ECONOMY.
HOWEVER, IT’S NOT JUST WEALTHY
PEOPLE WHO OWN STOCKS.
IT’S PENSIONS.
PEOPLE ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR
401(k)s.
I’M TALKING FIREFIGHTERS AND
TEACHERS.
AND THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO
CONVINCE THEM, WITH JOE BIDEN AS
PRESIDENT, THE STOCK MARKET WILL
TANK.
AND MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS HAS A
SCREW THE STOCK MARKET BRAND.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> NO IT IS NOT ACCURATE.
BUT I THINK, STEPHANIE, BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC, YOU WILL RECALL
THAT EVERY DAY TRUMP WAS TELLING
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW GREAT
THE ECONOMY IS, CORRECT?
HOW GREAT IT WAS THE STOCK
MARKET IS GOING UP, ALTHOUGH
UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO IN
CONGRESS AND IN THE MEDIA IS
TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT THAT
ECONOMY WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
HALF OF OUR PEOPLE WERE LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
THINK THAT’S A GREAT ECONOMY?
HALF OF THE PEOPLE.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
BY $10, $12 BUCKS AN HOUR.
SENIOR CITIZENS TRYING TO LIVE
ON $12,000, $13,000 A YEAR
SOCIAL SECURITY.
OVER 80 MILLION PEOPLE EITHER
UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.
KIDS GOING DEEPLY INTO DEBT FOR
THE CRIME OF TRYING TO GET A
HIGHER EDUCATION.
WE’VE GOT TO RETHINK WHAT A
STRONG ECONOMY IS.
AND IN MY VIEW, A STRONG ECONOMY
IS NOT ONE IN WHICH THREE PEOPLE
OWN MORE WEALTH THAN THE BOTTOM
HALF OF AMERICA.
IT’S AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS WELL
FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE FEW.
