college education, for universal, preschool, free, free, free, i mean, who doesn t like free self? better be great if we didn t have to pay for any of that front someone, as margaret thatcher said, at some point, you run out of other peoples money. that is what happened in venezuela, that is what happened throughout history, and when society breaks down, that is in the militias come out, and then you see slaughtering mysteries or starvation, which is what you pricing in venezuela. what can people do to educate young people about the perils? i know you are an old liberal. liberals aren t socialists. it s a very different approach to governing. we have to remember, the franklin delano roosevelt, save capitalism by introducing a lot of the elements of socialism. obviously, not to state control over industries, but i went to brooklyn college, it was free. i could have never afforded to go to college unless it was free. i think a lot of americans would like to see reallocation of
peters can t make the trip. let s get to the thought behind this whole book, jon. the great society, before that the new deal, the belief that we could do things. but particularly i ve always been told southerners, people who live in rural parts of the country who are culturally conservative like programs like social security, medicare and especially programs like meals on wheels. programs like that are not just for big-city liberals. not at all. the south, appalachia where charlie grew up in west virginia, i live in tennessee, we wouldn t be possible without the new deal, the tennessee valley authority, the ccc, the great programs that really lifted us out of the depression in if 30s, that helped franklin roosevelt save capitalism from the capitalists in many ways and led to a period of generosity that helped create a period of national greatness. think about it, the 1930s as government got bigger because it
is out explaining the book to the public because charlie peters can t make the trip. let s get to the thought behind this whole book, jon. the great society, before that the new deal, the belief that we could do things. but particularly i ve always been told southerners, people who live in rural parts of the country who are culturally conservative like programs like social security, medicare and escially programs like meals on whls. programs like that are not just for big-city liberals. not at all. the south, appalachia where charlie grew up in west virginia, i live in tennessee, we wouldn t be possible without the new deal, the tennessee valley authority, the ccc, the great programs that really lifted us out of the depression in if 30s, that helped franklin roosevelt save capitalism from the capitalists in many ways and led to a period of generosity that helped create a period of national greatness.
that s his first trip on board air force one. obviously using the office there. president trump repeated the campaign promises when in central philadelphia, to boost the american economy, create millions of jobs. we re going to pursue more trade deals that create high wages and opportunities for american workers bringing back those magnificent words, made in the usa. we used to have that. we don t have that. it s going to be america first again. we will create millions of new good-paying jobs by removing the economic burdens that criminal our ability to compete. let s bring in robert reich now under president bill clinton current professor of public policy at the university of california berkeley, author of save capitalism. let s talk what about you just heard, he said made in the
the gap, not about the floor. well, i want to talk about the floor. in the united states when we look at poverty, yes, there s yes, poverty programs have worked for people. for seniors, we have all but eradicated, brought up the floor of poverty. if you look at the country, poverty has deep ened in the united states to historic terms. so not just the number of people living below poverty but the number of people living below half the poverty rate has grown. so the floor, in fact, has fallen for a lot of people. let me talk about the gap. i ll take on the middle. the 80% of americans in the middle. this is one stat i love. to show how capitalism can run amok. 50 years ago, ceo pay was 20-1. now it s about 364-1. now, tell me how that is capitalism working so that jobs are created.