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See, he s just about an hour outside of new hampshire. this is auburn, described by its mayor as a quintessential swing city that believes in bottom up economics. mike memoli is there. tell us a little bit about the speech and about this crowd. reporter: it is so fitting that you re transitioning from a story about political investigations, legal investigations into the former president with what the president was trying to achieve here today. that really is one of the biggest divides right now in our politics. the biden campaign really does believe what matters to voters who will go to the polls in about 466 days as i often say to you, chris, not that anybody is counting, issues like the economy, it matters so much more than these controversies of the moment, and so president biden came here to a more rural part of maine, about an hour north of portland to talk about what s happening at a local level. a manufacturer here that s seen its business expand because as biden says, a polic ....
Overnight solve financial markets, in their networking with other banks where powell has been working on climate change, recognizing that this is a real risk to the economy. and powell and brainard have articulated the importance of taking that risk very seriously. again, on financial regulation. they know that a reckless wall street can take down an economy like ours and has done so in the past. and that kind of oversight is essential to president biden. remember, he is all about middle-out, bottom-up economics. and if the growth is only flowing to the top and they re engaged in reckless financial behavior, that s not okay with him. i know that was a topic of conversation with both powell and brainard. i have to say, i ve never heard a discussion of the federal reserve s involvement in climate change, but i m open to it. what can the federal reserve do about climate change? very important question. first of all, one of the things ....
The expansion of medicare toden. new family leave. community college. aggressive climate measures, he wants to dial that back, congressman. we re focused on bottom-up economics. centering the grassroots. making sure we center those who are vulnerable. cutting back on medicare expansion, we cut back on seniors, people who need health care. if you work in this country, if you work full time, you should have access to quality health care, dental, optical, and hearing. the climate crisis is here. hurricane ida just destroyed new york and new jersey. 50 people were killed. we got to go big on climate change. obviously, we have to take care of our children. if we don t take care of our children, there is no future democracy. how are we going to negotiate and cut back on any of that? and we talk about people want to talk about the violence. the violence. crime is up. ....
Development requires a synergy between efforts made at the top and the bottom, a collaborative effort among governmentS, market institutions and NGOs. ....
The middle class. how s that for priorities. this is what this election is all about. a new study out today says this has been a lost decade for the middle class. the middle class has shrunk. and on top of that, they ve gotten poorer. their net worth has dropped by 28%. this isn t time to give more to big oil. or the time to pump up the rich. it s time to build up the middle class. when you look at the history of this country, we didn t grow through topdown economics, we grew through middle class out economics. we grew from bottom up economics, we grew together where everybody got a fair shot, and everybody s doing their fair share. and everybody s playing by the same set of rules. that s the choice in this election. america, the choice is yours. joining me now is joan walsh, editor at large with salon.com and an msnbc political analyst. ....