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Are really a frightening window into this idea that income inequality is a problem but not my income. it's always there's someone richer than me and they're the one that's the problem. that's frightening when that's coming from a person who's been in a position with a great deal of power of secretary of state. >> okay, salim is coming at this from a purely political angle, and it's fine. it's fine. i just want to get to the root of the question, so jason, i will ask you this question, does money change you, even if you come from a humble background? if you become wealthy, does it change you? >...
With the struggles ordinary people deal with, you are going to make comments like romney comments or clinton's comments. that is unfortunate. i don't want to see our politicians coming at power with the attitude oh, i'm poor, i need to somehow make this work for me, when they are really not by any reasonable standard we have. >> i could not agree more. if wealthy politicians really wanted to prove they understood the middle class, perhaps they should do what senator robert graham did for 1977. he did different jobs for driving a truck, changing bed pans, teaching a class. that's a great idea, ...
For so many years. i can't say i totally understand your life, but having been there once, i promise you, i'll try." wouldn't that have been simple and much more honest? because let's face it, money does change everything! let's talk about that. we have a macro economist for the heritage foundation as well as jason johnson, contributor for hln and political science professor at hiram college. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> good morning. okay, so, celine, does money change everything? >> so, people in power are always going to be able to find people with money who are...
american's median net worth. >> i knew that's why the american people are having such a hard time. that's why -- the idea of selecting as a campaign slogan forward is so absurd. people are having hard times in this country. the president needs to go out and talk to people, not just do fund-raisers. go out and talk to people in the country and find out what's happening. >> mitt romney certainly seems to be placing the blame on president obama. there's no doubt a nearly 40% drop is terrible. what's lost in the romney comments is the fact that the three years we're talking about, the th...