Title: Elizabeth Warren: "There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own" Source:
cbs URL Source:http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20110042-503544.html Published:Sep 28, 2011 Author:Lucy Madison Post Date:2011-09-28 10:49:34 by Ferret Mike Keywords:None Views:6382 Comments:30
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An August video of Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail is heating up on the internet, and some commentators are pointing to the clip - in which Warren makes a case for progressive economic policies - as evidence that the newly minted Democratic candidate could give incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown a run for his money.
In the video (at left), which was filmed at an event in Andover, Mass., Warren rebuts the GOP-touted notion that raising taxes on the wealthy amounts to "class warfare," contending that "there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody."
Warren rejects the concept that it is possible for Americans to become wealthy in isolation.
"You built a factory out there? Good for you," she says. "But I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did."
She continues: "Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea? God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along."
Warren's entrance into the Massachusetts Senate race marks her first-ever political bid - and while the longtime consumer advocate is beloved by a number of liberals, some wondered if her lack of political experience would prove crippling in the contest.
The Washington Monthly's Steven Benen, however, points to the video as an explanation as to "why Warren has a strong base of supporters who adore her."
"If there are lingering concerns about whether Warren could be an effective speaker on the stump, I think those questions are being answered," Benen writes. "If more Democrats were able to make the case for the underlying social contract as effectively, our discourse would be vastly less mind-numbing."
Yet another brain dead college professor who has never ran a business, created a job, made a payroll, or had to live under the oppressive regulations that people like her created.
Yet another brain dead college professor who has never ran a business, created a job, made a payroll, or had to live under the oppressive regulations that people like her created.
Reagan was not an college professor. Nor was he ever a political appointee. He was a radio announcer, actor, Army Reservist, leader of a union, governor and President.
He spent his entire life in the private sector until he ran for governor when he was 57 years old.
Reagan was not an college professor. Nor was he ever a political appointee. He was a radio announcer, actor, Army Reservist, leader of a union, governor and President.
Right, and he never created a job, met a budget, or ran a business.
Exactly like Warren, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, etc.
michael Reagan noted yesterday that his dad would never survive in today's GOP.
That seems to be your theme, too. But the question remains - if what you say is true, so what?
You do realize that the GOP establishment of the late '70s hated him, right? And you realize that Bush Sr. was the price he (and we) paid for his being on the 80 GOP ticket?
The GOP has given us Bush Sr. Bob Viagra Dole. Dooobyeh. McClown.
They're about to try to foist Romney on us.
So tell us again why we should care about yesterday's GOP or today's GOP?
You do realize that the GOP establishment of the late '70s hated him, right? And you realize that Bush Sr. was the price he (and we) paid for his being on the 80 GOP ticket?
You are exactly right.
I was in the Air Force in 1980. Carter had destroyed the military through neglect.
The lifers were for Bush, Connally, Baker, or someone else other than Reagan.
My room mate and I were 100% for Reagan. The lifers did everything in their power to change our minds during the primary season.
After Reagan won the GOP nomination, every single one of them fell in line. No one supported the loser Carter. They were all 100% for Reagan.
We will see the same thing year. The GOP will go through a brutal fight for the nomination. In the end, almost everyone will fall in line because Obama is so bad, that they will be driven to get rid of him. They will take a whole bunch of independents with them.
You do realize that the GOP establishment of the late '70s hated him, right? And you realize that Bush Sr. was the price he (and we) paid for his being on the 80 GOP ticket?
Reagan's point was that his dad raised taxes, bailed out social security, granted amnesty to immigrants, and compromised with Democrats. That's pure RINO isn't it?
