Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130828:22:24:00
Income equality has never been a greater issue in this country in the last 30 years. the richest 20% have seen their income rise 281%. while the poorest only rose 16%. how do we fight this inequality? >> yeah and even to add to that, it's a much more complicated economy now. in 1963 you hadn't had globalization take a bite out of the manufacturing as it has. and as the president said, a lot of those jobs and opportunities have gone and are not coming back. so we have to refocus on now how public and private can sort of work together to create -- look. you want a sustainable middle class. when ...