Hillary Clinton: Women’s economic issues need ‘movement’

[William769]

Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for a “movement” to fight for women in the debate over work and family policies, saying there’s no “secure floor” for women and that lack of economic mobility is an issue “roiling” beneath the national political debate.

Clinton made the comments while on a panel hosted by the Center for American Progress, a top progressive Washington think tank led by longtime Clinton adviser Neera Tanden. Clinton placed the discussion in the broader context of family economic decisions and of efforts to help the poor join the middle class.

The conversation – studded with statistics about lack of pay equity for women and stalled legislation – was in many ways the early seeds of Clinton economic messaging for a potential 2016 presidential campaign. The former secretary of state has been criticized for squandering opportunities to distill a message on the main issue likely to determine the presidential race: the economy.

Clinton and Tanden were joined by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.).


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-economy-women-111106.html#ixzz3DmDg0Y2p

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1. She has always stood up for women.

There are “people who have been really egregiously impacted by the failure of our political leadership on the other side of the aisle to recognize the importance of making sure that people who work hard, play by the rules … have a chance to get into the middle class and certainly have a chance to stay in the middle class,” she said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-economy-women-111106.html#ixzz3DmHP0nIk

Thanks William.

[William769]

2. One of the reasons I love her so much.

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3. It will all start coming together, she is getting her message out and people will be

Listening. More to come.