New Jersey Republican Governor Gus Christie wants to continue the thirty-two year old war the 1 percent have been waging against the 99 percent. He wants to use legislation to redistribute more income and wealth from the 99 percent to the 1 percent. Let’s face it. That’s his job. Elizabeth Warren (pictured above) decided to respond.
Warren said of Christie’s speech at the Republican convention, “We made a decision together as a country: To invest in ourselves, in our kids, and in our future. For nearly half a century, that’s just what we did.
And it worked. For nearly 50 years, as our country got richer, our families got richer—and as our families got richer, our country got richer.
And then about 30 years ago, our country moved in a different direction. New leadership attacked wages. They attacked pensions. They attacked health care. They attacked unions. And now we find ourselves in a very different world from the one our parents and grandparents built. We are now in a world in which the rich skim more off the top in taxes and special deals, and they leave less and less for our schools, for roads and bridges, for medical and scientific research—less to build a future.
Tonight, Chris Christie and the Republicans told the American people that we’re to blame for our broken economy. He told families to tighten their belts. He told seniors to live on less. He told teachers to stop fighting for fair pay.
He never, ever mentioned how much more the richest have taken, and he had no mention that those who broke our economy still haven’t been held accountable.”
Warren didn’t mention one thing; Christie is most likely on the payroll of the crookiest of the 1 percent.
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