Sentences with phrase «talking about income inequality»

On the Democratic side, the two candidates, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are talking about income inequality, with Bernie calling it «worse than at any time since the late 1920s.»

«We're finally talking about income inequality in this country and this state.

He's been talking about income inequality for years,» a de Blasio ally argued.

«Like President Obama, Mayor deBlasio and even the Pope, who are all talking about income inequality, and addressing poverty, hunger and homelessness.»

«Like President Obama, Mayor de Blasio and even the pope, who are all talking about income inequality and addressing poverty, hunger and homelessness.»

Some say rejecting the prevailing wage requirement is inconsistent for the mayor, who travels the country talking about income inequality.

We keep talking about income inequality and improving the lives of the middle class while at the same time the gap between the haves and have - nots keeps growing.

The mayor argued that his national travels, which will continue on Wednesday with a trip to California to talk about income inequality, are necessary to shift the national focus and, ultimately, help him secure federal resources for New York City.

«I'm trying — as one of the leaders of urban America — to change the discussion, to get our candidates on all levels to talk about income inequality and what they're willing to do about it,» said de Blasio on Tuesday.

They talked about income inequality among themselves, and then to the press.

And he's traveling to Iowa and Nebraska this week to talk about income inequality, at the same time Clinton is reintroducing herself to Iowa voters.

Don't talk about income inequality.

Not exact matches

The only other candidate to even utter the phrase «income inequality» was Gov. John Kasich, who talked about changing the ways in which education dollars are allocated.

That, of course, runs counter to all the energy income inequality advocates exert talking about CEO pay.

But in an environment in which income inequality is becoming an important issue, and when Stumpf talks about the 5,300 employees who were fired from «good - paying jobs» were making $ 37,000 to $ 60,000 a year, the size of Tolstedt's compensation raises eyebrows.

But whenever we're here, we talk about wealth disparity and income inequality, not just globally but everywhere.

De Blasio responded to Democrats» brutal losses last Tuesday in a Huffington Post opinion piece — followed by a radio interview and a national TV appearance — that encouraged Democrats to find their progressive «backbone» and talk more about income inequality.

Tsedeye Gebreselassie of the National Employment Law Project, Senator Daniel Squadron, and 32BJ SEIU President Hector Figueroa, joined us to talk more about the issue of income inequality and the effort to build support for higher wages.

I think our mission, which we talked about at the beginning of this press conference, is to address income inequality in every way we can, and reach all of our people,» he said.

Politico New York and the Associated Press, citing unnamed sources, reported yesterday that Mr. de Blasio was in talks with Ms. Clinton about an endorsement before the mayor hosts an Iowa forum on income inequality next month.

At a time when social mobility, income inequality and joblessness for the under - educated dominate the national discussion, it is notable that our Presidential candidates have largely avoided talking about elementary and secondary education.

Agreed, part of that problem is related to the legislatures own hesitance in trying to counter the constant deluge of misinformation about taxes, income inequality, education, and social serves that emerges from right wing think [sic] tanks, talk radio, most of the «punditry,» and the neo-liberal water - carriers of the malefactors of great wealth.

The Proven Way to Fight Income Inequality: Education Progressives talk a lot about how to encourage economic mobility, but they are leaving big gaps in their education platforms.

They are mostly, I gather from talking with people who study these processes, about income inequality and the side effect that has on creating incentives for political polarization.