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Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton's lifetime cause: Column
Fighting income inequality is central to this campaign and Clinton's career.USA Today guest opinion column by Ann Lewis, veteran Democratic strategist who was a senior adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign and 2008 presidential campaign. She has known Clinton for more than 20 years.
...Some in the media seem to think Hillary Clinton is new or insufficiently committed to solving this problem. As someone whos known Hillary for a very long time, thats an impression Im happy to correct.
Remember, this is the same woman who spent a summer during law school investigating the working conditions of migrant farm workers, compiling evidence to hold their bosses accountable for their health and safety.
Shes the same woman who, after graduating from one of the best law schools in the world, at Yale, walked right past all the big corporate firms on her way to the Childrens Defense Fund. Her salary was considerably smaller, but she found her reward in serving Americas poorest and most vulnerable.
Of course, inequality in our country isnt just economic it has a long history of being racial, too. Thats why Hillary went undercover in Alabama, posing as a young mom trying to find an all-white school for her child to prove that segregation still persisted and to end the tax-exempt status enjoyed by schools that discriminated against African-American kids...
Read the rest at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/01/22/income-inequality-hillary-clintons-lifetime-cause-column/79116772/
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Hillary Clinton's lifetime cause: Column (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Jan 2016
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Kath1
(4,309 posts)1. Excellent article!
"She hasnt just talked about change. Shes delivered it."
That is key. That is why I support her.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. Yes, her net worth has increased many many times since Bill left
The presidency, he wrote books, gave speeches, she served as Senator, SOS and will be our next president. She has been middle class and worked hard for their accomplishments. They give through the CGI to others less fortunate, they have not forgotten being broke students, they continue to serve others.
pandr32
(11,447 posts)3. Excellent post
We all need to remind people who criticize her of these things and what really motivates her.