Elizabeth Warren, Elijah Cummings Launch 'Middle Class Prosperity Project'

[RiverLover]

Elizabeth Warren, Elijah Cummings Launch 'Middle Class Prosperity Project'
2/23/2015

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) are launching a series of events focusing on Democratic solutions to the woes of the middle class.

The "Middle Class Prosperity Project" starts Tuesday with a forum featuring prominent economists. On Monday, Warren and Cummings co-authored a USAToday op-ed describing a decline in middle-class prosperity since 1980.

"Beginning in the late 1970s, corporate executives and stockholders began taking greater shares of the gains. Productivity kept going up, but workers were left behind as wages stagnated," Warren and Cummings write.

"Families might have survived as their incomes flattened, except for one hard fact: the costs of basic needs like housing, education and child care exploded," the op-ed continues. "Millions took on mountains of debt and young people began struggling to cling to the same economic rung as their parents."

The Middle Class Prosperity Project, billed as an opportunity "to give a voice in Washington to those who need it most," will first hear from a panel of economists...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/elizabeth-warren-middle-class-prosperity_n_6738370.html

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Big K&R!!

Needed!

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. Congress folks doing what Congress folks are paid to do ...

[Phlem]

3. K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R!

[BrotherIvan]

4. I lurve this

[RiverLover]

5. LOL

Me too. Instead of just talking about it during campaigns, they're actually doing something while in office!

[Autumn]

6. That's a refreshing change.

rec

[BrotherIvan]

7. That's fighting for Change

For a change

[Autumn]

8. Exactly so. Fighting for change.

[libdem4life]

9. Yes, a woman and a black man working for all of the middle class...and getting good press.

Hopefully it includes the Under Class, as well.

[JDPriestly]

10. Is there a video related to this? And if so, does anyone have the link?

I'd love to watch it. Thanks.

[JDPriestly]

11. Here is the link to the Morning Joe interview.

http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/elizabeth-warren--dc-can-help-the-middle-class-403455043742

Am I wrong or is even Joe Scarborough a tiny bit enamored in Elizabeth Warren.

Brilliant interview. Watch how she handles the inevitable "Are you running?" question. She is not ruling it out. I don't care what anyone says. She is not actively running, but she could be persuaded to run and will run for sure if Hillary does not. Let's keep encouraging her. She is the right person for the presidency.

And Bernie Sanders would also be fine with me. They would make a great team. He has the experience. She has the enthusiasm and charisma. It would be unusual because they are both from the Northeast, but I'm beginning to warm to the idea. They would work so well together and complement each other so well.