2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What specifically would Hillary do to address rising poverty and income inequality? [View all]BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)And it increased income inequality.
I watched a great interview David Simon, creator of the series The Wire, did with Bill Moyers on YouTube recently. Simon referred to the poor in this country as the excess people that our economy doesn't need under capitalism. He said that our society has been OK with doing as little as possible for them as long as they stay among themselves and the crime stays in their communities.
It is a national disgrace and Bernie is the only Presidential candidate who is talking about it in a meaningful way.
Here is the interview of David Simon broken into 2 parts if anybody is interested. It talks about how connected many issues are to poverty in the U.S. Industries moving overseas, the drug wars and mass incarceration, corruption in government, the decay of our inner city school systems, and the waves of job cuts at our major newspapers are among them.