'WHEN DOES THE GREED STOP?' Sen. Edward Kennedy's Historic Senate Speech

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- Clip, Senator Ted Kennedy's (D-Mass.) speech on the floor of US Senate, Jan. 25, 2007. - RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE -

*The Senate was debating a bill to increase the minimum wage by $2.15 over 2 years in exchange for billions of dollars in tax cuts to corporations and small businesses.

*Watch* Raising the MINIMUM WAGE. *Relive the Senator's iconic speech on the Senate floor in Jan. 2007. (1 min).

- *Senator Ted Kennedy Blasts the GOP on Health Care. 2007. - HEALTH CARE -

*Watch* Sen. Kennedy on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007. (1 min).

*Sen. Kennedy spent many years working to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. In this speech, he explained the continued urgency of the issue. - IMMIGRATION REFORM -

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1. Not only hasn't the greed stopped,

it's still getting worse.

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2. You're absolutely right and there are more and more ways to escape the tax man's burden,

it seems like every day. Grossly unfair.

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5. Amen..

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3. Where are our current Ted Kennedys?

Eloquent, passionate, not afraid to raise their voices to protest inequities.

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6. Kennedy was a powerful force, an excellent communicator

and a devoted, unique advocate for The People. Recruiting and training Democratic candidates and leaders like Kennedy years ago would have been a boon. But efforts by Reagan and others to bust Unions that were a main source of funding for Democrats for years created challenges in the last decades, along with the growth of 'culture wars' as a wedge issue intended to thwart gains for the Democratic Party and its ideals.

Fortunately, we had, and still have many effective and committed Democrats like Merkley, Beto, Wellstone, Newsome, Jamie Raskin, Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Van Hollen, Hillary Clinton, Franken, AOC, and many more).

In the late 1970s, the extreme, anti- democratic AGENDA and intentions of the hard right were known. It was to roll back the entire New Deal, a longtime goal, to deregulate and privatize public services, and above all to elevate The FREE MARKET and unrestrained Free Enterprise. (See The Powell Memo 1971; Milton Friedman & the Chicago School of Economics, the Koch Bros. & David Koch Libertarian Party VP Candidate 1980: 'The Shock Doctrine,' Naomi Klein, 2007).



- Milton Friedman, Free Market economic philosophy; advisor to President Ronald Reagan & British PM Margaret Thatcher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman

By the 1980s, the growth and popularity of the Libertarian Party and Free Market economics in particular- Ayn Rand-Milton Friedman ideology was growing even stronger along with with the actions of Reagan, Newt, Grover, SCOTUS, et al.

In the last 40 years, powerful ultra- wealthy individuals and groups and devout libertarians began increased funding and support for the movement by establishing and strengthening policy think tanks that have grown in influence in recent years- Heritage, Cato, The Federalist Society and others.

By the 1980s, the 'Greed Is Good' era, the US Media, always a target like universities and public schools was becoming dominated by the proliferation of AM Hate Radio, Fox News and similar network spin offs. The powerful right also began more heavy funding of universities and colleges, esp. business and law schools. The entire movement was no secret, and here we are.

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7. Same here, well said. We really need him & more like him now.