biden spoke 15 minutes. steyer and yang had the at least amount of time. president trump was saying this was the best time in history. during the debate, they asked what they would say to people that are happy about the economy and don t know why they should make a change. the middle class is not as behind the 8 ball. we have to make sure they have an even shot. we have to eliminate the tax cuts that were given to the wealthy. trump goes around saying the economy is doing great. you know what real inflation account for wages went up last year? 1.1%. that ain t great. people are not getting paid enough. that s not the result of mysterious cosmic course. it s the result of bad policy. it s not as supercharged as trump promised.
when you see a government that works great for the wealthy and the well connected and for no one else, that is corruption, pure and simple. trump goes around saying the economy is doing great. you know what real inflation accounted for wages last year? 1.1%. that ain t great. it is going to be they want to make it about the character of the president more than the economic numbers, but they re going to have to have a competing in this case argument. one of the reasons trump is president, a lot of people would tell you, is that in these key battleground states last time, hillary clinton didn t. i would say partly what s going on right now, to a democratic primary electorate, there is an argument to be made that, sure, the economy is growing at a macro level but it s growing at an uneven level. to the primary, that makes sense. the difficulty they ll have is transmitting that message to the
cuts given to the wealthy. trump goes around saying the economy is doing great. you know what real inflation accounted for wages went up last year? 1.1%. that ain t great. people are not getting paid enough. that is not the result of some mysterious cosmic force. it s the result of bad policy. if you look at the polls, it s a tough sell because the president has the megaphone here. he cheerleads the stock market and takes credit for what he says is the best economy in history. it s not. we learned the economy grew at 2.1% in the third quarter. that s not the 3%, 4%, 5% the president has said his tax cuts and rolled back regulation would produce. yes, job growths is solid. but in the first 33 months of the trump presidency, some 6.25 million jobs created. that trails the 7.38 million in the final 33 months of the obama years. but the president came to office promising a manufacturing renaissance, and it started
i want senator sanders, if you would, a brief response, and then i have another question. here is the response. trump goes around saying the economy is doing great. you know what real inflation accounting for wages went up last year? 1.1%. that ain t great. tonight, while three people own more wealth than the bottom half of america, 500,000 americans, including 30,000 veterans, are sleeping out on the streets. today in america, we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. more income/wealth inequality since the 1920s. we need an economy that works for working families, not just the 1%. that is what our campaign is about. [ applause ] senator warren, i have a question for you. every candidate on the stage has proposed tax increases on the
for people who want to make money at private prisons and private detention centers at our border, just not for the people whose lives are torn apart, works great for giant oil companies that want to drill everywhere but not for the rest of us who see climate change bearing down upon us. and when you see a government that works great for the wealthy and the well-connected and for no one else, that is corruption pure and simple. and we need to call it out for what it is. [ cheers and applause ] i want senator sanders if you would a brief response. then i have another question. here s the response, trump goes around saying the economy is doing great. do you know what real inflation accounted for wages went up last year? 1.1%. that ain t great. tonight while three people own more wealth than the bottom half