Howard Dean: Redistribution of Wealth is What Government Does

[kpete]

Howard Dean: Redistribution of Wealth is What Government Does

Howard Dean made the sharpest comparison yet between what the protesters in Egypt are standing for, why they're standing for it, and why we should pay attention to similar circumstances in this country. His key point is toward the middle of the video, where he says this:

The fact of the matter is when social inequality and wage inequality gets too large, you have social instability. we are in a position now where we are in trouble in this country. I wouldn't say we could be Egypt next week, but people really are disillusioned by the government and corporations. They don't trust any institution very much, and that's why. I think the President missed a chance to say that in front of the Chamber. he would have gotten i think a lot of credit from the American people if he had.

I don't agree that saying it to the Chamber would have gotten a lot of credit from the American people. I doubt most people would even know he'd said it, and if they did, it would have been so twisted up that it would have played as a negative, given today's environment. But what Governor Dean says about inequality is right on the money.

video & more:
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/howard-dean-redistribution-weath-what-gover

[Demoiselle]

1. Thank you, Governor Dean!

I love that man.

[patrice]

2. K&R. This man doesn't abandon the semantic field to anyone!

[somone]

3. Exactly!

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.