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Biden Blasts Economy; 'Devastating For Workers,' 'i'm Mad, I'm Angry!'
[GRABIEN] Sounding very much like a candidate for president, today Vice President  Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... spoke at an AFL-CIO Labor Day event in Pittsburgh, Pa. "I'm mad, I'm angry," Biden thundered, attacking the U.S. economy as "devastating for workers." Biden, who is openly considering running against  Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzlaand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another William H. Seward... in the Democratic primary, thanked "my friend" Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. " "There wouldn't be a single basic right, from a 40-hour week to sick leave, there wouldn't a single basic right out there ... but for labor," Biden said. "You build the middle class. That's not an exaggeration." The vice president also attacked growing inequality. "Let me tell you something, man," Biden said. "The tax code's not fair. The wealthy aren't paying their fair share." "Today 1 percent of Americans owns 40 percent of all wealth in America," the vice president said. "A level playing field doesn't exist." "It's the way the tax code has been setup," Biden charged. Posted by: Fred 2015-09-08 |
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