Education Is Not The Only Answer And

The Poverty Line Understates The True Amount Of Poverty Because It Measures It As Three Times The Breadbasket That A Family Needs, But It Doesn't Consider All The Other Things That Are Inflating Far, Far Faster Than Food Prices.

When Top Executives Get Huge Pay Hikes At The Same Time As Middle-level And Hourly Workers Lose Their Jobs And Retirement Savings, Or Have To Accept Negligible Pay Raises And Cuts In Health And Pension Benefits, Company Morale Plummets. I Hear It All The Time From Employees: This Company, They Say, Is Being Run Only For The Benefit Of The People At The Top. So Why Should We Put In Extra Effort, Commit Extra Hours, Take On Extra Responsibilities? We'll Do The Minimum, Even Cut Corners. This Is Often The Death Knell Of A Company.

America's Real Business Leaders Understand Unless Or Until The Middle Class Regains Its Footing And Its Faith, Capitalism Remains Vulnerable.

America Has Become The Most Unequal Society Among Advanced Countries, And Rich People Are Now Free To Spend As Much Money On Political Campaigns As They Wish.

The Core Principle Is That We Want An Economy That Works For Everyone, Not Just For A Small Elite. We Want Equal Opportunity, Not Equality Of Outcome. We Want To Make Sure That There's Upward Mobility Again, In Our Society And In Our Economy.