how thin those walls were for my mom and dad, but anyway. but, you know, the truth of the matter is that, you know, my dad did fine. i guess by the time he retired, he managed an automobile dealership. he was probably making the equivalent of $20,000 a year, which would be like $60 or $70 or $80, i don t know what it would be. but the point is, i ve always thought the middle class folks were getting the short end of things. the trickle-down economy, not much ever trickled down to my dad s kitchen table, that i can recall. when i ran, my whole career as a senator was making sure that middle class folks get an even shot. that s why i believe we should grow the economy from the middle out and the top up, not the top down. the wealthy will still do very well. when the middle class do very, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy still do very well. that s fine.
i guess by the time he retired, he managed an automobile dealership, probably making the equivalent of $20,000 a year, which would be 60 or 70 or 80. i don t know what it would be. my point is, i always thought the middle class folks were getting the short end of things. i think the trickle down economy, not much ever trickled down to my dad s table that i can recall. and so when i ran and my whole career as a senator, making sure middle class folks get an even shot. that s why i believe we should grow the economy out from the middle out and the bottom out, not the top down, but the wealthy will still do very well. [ applause ] because when the middle class does well, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy still do very well. that s fine. we all do well. we made enormous progress. look at what we have done so far. over the past two years, we have created a record 12.7 million
but that same poll showed a plurality believe the economy is the number one issue, and it s clear that that is where joe biden intends to focus his energy one of the reasons i ran for president is to rebuild the backbone, the backbone of this country, the middle class. to grow the economy from the middle sout and the bottom up, not from the top down. when the middle class does well, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy do well. that s a clear contrast from my friends of the other side of the aisle. it didn t used to, but it is now. on the other side, ronna mcdaniel laid out her party s challenges insisting that they need to be a big tent party, without explaining how to do it or how hard line positions like abortion would win over voters the stage is set for parties to show voters a really stark contrast as they define from very different perspectives what america stands for and where
when the middle class does well, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy still do well. we middle class get a shot we do well as well that s a clear contrast to my friends on the other side of the aisle these days didn t used to be. didn t used to be, but it is now. for decades they said that the best way to grow the economy is from the top down, trickle down economics. growing up i didn t see a whole hell of a lot of trickle down in our three-bedroom house at my kitchen table. it didn t work for us. it s not just the maga republicans, for the last three, four decades we ve been losing ground it s hollowed out the middle class. rewarding wealth, not work rewarding companies moving overseas because they get cheaper labor. a lot of you maybe come from neighborhoods or small towns,
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