Clinton Emphasizes Shared Prosperity

Democratic Senator Denounces "On Your Own" Society; Touts "We're All In This Together" Model

(AP)  Sen. Hillary Clinton outlined a broad economic vision on Tuesday, saying it's time to replace an "on your own" society with one based on shared responsibility and prosperity.

The Democratic presidential hopeful said what the Bush administration touts as an "ownership society" really is an "on your own" society that has widened the gap between rich and poor.

"I prefer a 'we're all in it together' society," she said. "I believe our government can once again work for all Americans. It can promote the great American tradition of opportunity for all and special privileges for none." That means pairing growth with fairness, she said, to ensure that the middle class succeeds in the global economy, not just corporate CEOs.

"There is no greater force for economic growth than free markets. But markets work best with rules that promote our values, protect our workers and give all people a chance to succeed," she said. "Fairness doesn't just happen. It requires the right government policies."

Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke at the Manchester School of Technology, which trains high school students for careers in the construction, automotive, graphic arts and other industries. The school highlighted one of the nine goals she outlined: increasing support for alternative schools and community colleges.

"We have sent a message to our young people that if you don't go to college ... that you're thought less of in America. We have to stop this," she said. "Our country cannot run without the people who have the skills that are taught in this school."

Beyond education, Clinton said she would reduce special breaks for corporations, eliminate tax incentives for companies that ship jobs overseas and open up CEO pay to greater public scrutiny.

Clinton also said she would help people save more money by expanding and simplifying the earned income tax credit; create new jobs by pursuing energy independence; and ensure that every American has affordable health insurance.

[antoniof123]

Good luck but I think that big business will do everything in their power to stop you. But I will vote for you anything would be better than a Republican they have done enough damage to last me a lifetime.

[lilvinnyb]

Sounds like Hugo Chavez.

[processor2]

Whatever happened to the old Democrat concept of:

"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your country"

Sounds like Hillary is plagarizing "the communist manifesto"

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[processor2]

Whatever happened to the old Democrat concept of:

"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your country"

Sounds like Hillary is plagarizing "the communist manifesto"

...

[infidel_us]

Hillary is a SOCIALIST......"from those according to their means to those according to their needs."
That's why she and Bill have a "foundation" to funnel tax exempt money in to.

The 2nd American Revolution is coming.

[gunnerv1]

It's just a way for her to get the "Village" into your life. It DOESN'T take a village, it takes an individual. She's a Socalist and she not even wearing "Sheep's Clothing"

[huskerarmy]

I see all the social darwinists have come to the board... "Are you now or have you ever been a communist?" Idiots!

[mudrose-2009]

There ya go. Billary the socialist wants to take your money and pass it around so that all of us can share in the misery of the other. I'm all for it if she herself takes the wealth that she and that miserable blob of ***** that she calls her husband distribute their wealth first. Only them will I be convinced that she wants us all to share and care for each other. Billary the socialist on the rise. Arent' we lucky?

[mudrose-2009]

Good luck but I think that big business will do everything in their power to stop you. But I will vote for you anything would be better than a Republican they have done enough damage to last me a lifetime.
Posted by antoniof123

Keep your head on and listen very carefully. If you think you have been damaged now, just wait until this party gets its hands on us. They will destroy our system of government and if they succeed, you will never recognize this country every again.

[sparks224]

Anyone who believes in shared prosperity is a Communist, and hates America.

Neo-Con talking point #95830584938-7

[sparks224]

st wait until this party gets its hands on us. They will destroy our system of government and if they succeed, you will never recognize this country every again.
Posted by mudrose

They had "their hands on us" from 92 to 2000, the economy boomed.

[gunownerdan]

The American people were dumb enough to "elect" George W. Bush TWICE, so there is nothing that tells me we won't be dumb enough to vote for Hitlery as our next president.
Who needs LIBERTY when we've got OLIGARCHY!

[sparks224]

I believe we should continue to transfer all of the wealth of this country to 1% of the population, and eventually everything will be great!

[sparks224]

She's not getting my vote. Not with THAT hair!

[jantesh]

I think what turns off a lot of people from Hillary is her aggressive, head strong character. At times she says things without thinking and I don't think you can say half the things as President as what she is saying right now. I think Sparks 224 needs a better legitmate reason to state why she should not get a vote other than hair!

[mcvet]

Keep your head on and listen very carefully. If you think you have been damaged now, just wait until this party gets its hands on us. They will destroy our system of government and if they succeed, you will never recognize this country every again.
Posted by mudrose at 04:52 PM : May 29, 2007


You really should have taken a few HISTORY Classes and stayed away from those Nazi Youth Rally's. You are so far off base it's pathetic.... who the H-E-L-L do you think lead this nation out of the Great Depression and on to become the greatest Economic Power on the Planet? What Party's policy's was the nation following during that 70 year span? It CERTAINALLY wasn't the REPUBLICAN Party...they were for the most part the MINORITY party during the entire time. You poor Nazi's really are pathetic... and STUPID!! But then what do you expect from people who voted for BUSH?? ROFLAMO Sieg Heil Y'all. ROFLMAO

[zorlacskates]

waaaah! me no like hillary. she's a communist and she got no smarts, unlike the 51% that voted for bush, twice.

guess what bushies, hillary message resonates so well because of the the way your party has bend the middle-class over for the past eight years. you have yourselves to blame, and -by the way - continue to vote for people that want to outsource your jobs, cut your benefits, reduce corporate oversight, and continue to grow the national debt. really brilliant, bushies.

[processor2]

Whatever happened to the DEMOCRAT party concept of:

"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your country"

Sounds like Hillary is plagarizing "the communist manifesto"

...

[processor2]

Whatever happened to the DEMOCRAT party concept of:

"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your country"

Sounds like Hillary is plagarizing "the communist manifesto"

...

[sparks224]

I think Sparks 224 needs a better legitmate reason to state why she should not get a vote other than hair!
Posted by jantesh

I was making fun of the anti-Hillary people. I was hoping you'd get it.

[brianbwb-2009]

Mr. Clinton says some things that are necessary, some things that are not. All of you mudslingers and sycophants on these blog sites can debate their merits or shortcomings 'til the fat lady sings. My problem with the whole lot, (dems, repubs, indies, supreme court, etc) is that they are all liars, pandering to their core bases, but if elected (and/or appointed), the only promises remembered are the ones that make the already super rich even richer, and on a social level, encourage more social, economic, racial, and religious intolerance.

Reagan's "trickle-down" economics is a proven dismal failure, yet since then all the candidates from both sides offer up only slight variations on this failed economic theme. The neocons' knee-jerk free market drivel is just that, no one seems to notice that leaving essential services to the free market also facilitates corruption, racketeering, fraud, and other factors that actually reduce, or eliminate the effectiveness of said services.

[brianbwb-2009]

to processor2

What happened? After decades of paying taxes, dying in private, for-profit wars that only benefit the rich and corrupt, giving our livelihoods away to "globalization" for increased profit margins, and otherwise "doing for our country", it is time now to ask, "why should I do for my country, when my country chooses to do nothing for me"...

[j0hnwi11iams]

Your corporate masters don't want a fair market, they want a market that is free for them to make unfair. You fell for Reagan's stupid anecdotes. SUCKER.

[uceslady]

North American Free Trade Agreement and WHO? Whoa, this sounds scary to me. Who is she kissing up to now? America is in perilous times. We've have got too many fires going....can't keep 'em all put out. This might just throw some gas on a few of them.

[rmsdm4]

Confiscate from the hard working and give to the lazy. hmmm sounds like communism to me. It hasn't and never will work. The countries that have tried it go bankrupt because the hard working figures, why should I bust my hump so that money I earned is taken from me and given to someone who does nothing but birth or father illegitimate children. Look at communism and the liberal agenda, scarily similar.

[klingon69]

They had "their hands on us" from 92 to 2000, the economy boomed.
Posted by sparks224 at 05:23 PM : May 29, 2007

And personal liberties and rights were eroded just as bad as the current administration. There is not a cup of warm spit difference between either party.

Gun bans, Brady Law, Giving control to the UN, placing American Soldiers under direct UN control, More spying on American Citizens,...etc, the list goes on.

[gunnerv1]

If she wins in '08, your going to see one of the largest Government giveaways in history and guess what, she's going to be giving away your money!

[forthepeopl1]

JULY 21 2007 IS WHEN AMERICANS WILL BE FREE AGAIN

EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO HELP WITH THIS SHOULD BE TALKING TO ALL MEDIA OUTLETS AND TELLING THEM THAT AMERICANS ARE READY TO TAKE WASHINGTON ON AND ITS NOT A FEW AMERICANS ITMILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT WILL TAKE BACK THERE COUNTRY..

I AM WILLING TO GIVE MY BLOOD FOR ALL AMERICANS TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK TO WHAT OUR FORFATHERS WANTED.

AM A VET AND AM READY TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS AMERICAN BOYCOT/COOP IF WE THE PEOPLE DONT DO THIS NOW WE WILL BE GIVENING UP ON OUR CONSTITUTION AND WHAT ALL OUR VET HAVE DIED FOR..

DAVID A BELANGER,VET US ARMY,[e-mail]

ok so wants to join in on this great american REVOLUTION


they cant kill millions of americans at once so if we charge them all at once we will win and take them out and hang them all..

just like in the old days of the west...hang them from the trees in front of the whitehouse and see how many start telling the truth about what they have done to all us americans..


if the american NOW dont stand up and start a NATIONAL REVOUTION ON THIS WASHINGTON BULL S/H/I/T/ THEN we as TRUE AMERICANS can say nothing!!!

its time to take all this *** and take our government back now..

they are the ones that started this and we will finnish it now..we the people will take our country back and everyone in washington can sit there and thinks we the people are ok with what they are doing..go ahead and let them think that we are comming to take them out

[bellal-2009]

"Clinton also said she would help people save more money by expanding and simplifying the earned income tax credit"


OMG, I can't believe it. I hate the earned income credit. It's a big fat govt. giveaway and it creates tons of abuse. People can get a windfall "refund" up to 7-8K in one fail swoop. Promoting the earned income credit shows exactly who Mrs. Clinton is courting. NEW AMNESTY AMERICANS.Every single one of them knows what the EITC is and they line up first of Jan. to get their big fat govt. tax "refunds" (handhouts). We're basically paying people to work. What a cheap way to buy off votes. The EITC should be abolished. It's welfare and it has no place or business on a tax return.

[bellal-2009]

Little George has been giving away the farm to his Fat Cat Corporate Owners for the last 6 and a 1/2 years.Posted by veteran71 at 11:16 PM : May 30, 2007

I don't know what that means but I don't want to pay one more dime in taxes. Clinton will have us up into the 40% tax bracket. Enough already. Our govt. is already way too big and bloated and unmanageable

[bellal-2009]

Huge Government. Huge huge huge huge huge. Mindboggelingly huge under Hillary. So far she's offered, universal daycare, universal health care, more and easier earned income tax credit which is free money in the form of a federal check, and probably alot more that I missed. All she does is offer free stuff. I wonder if she's trying to buy votes?

[bellal-2009]

Shared prosperity = middle class pays for everyone's stuff plus their own.

[cfin5]

Anyone with half a political history brain can see how the citizens of communist countries are treated in all aspects of their daily lives. These socialists keep trying to "Judas Goat" the simple minded with new packaging themes of the same old FAILED communist theory of utopia. A "JUDAS GOAT" is placed into a slaughter house pen and is trained to know where it gets fed. The sheep in the pen will not willingly leave the pen UNLESS a member of the pen goes first up the plank. In doing this the other sheep follow it. At the end of the plank the goat is diverted to its reward and the others to their demise. Don't you folks see the similarities here? Do you see americans flocking to these types of countries for a better way of life? Those that advocate such incorrect "social policy mathematics" in this country are the most dangerous and covetious (WANTING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT YOURS) constitutional traitors in this nation. Our nation will be far worse with HIL'LIAR'Y at the helm.

[processor2]

Whatever happened to the DEMOCRAT party concept of:

"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your country"

Sounds like Hillary is plagarizing "the communist manifesto"

...

[processor2]

Whatever happened to the DEMOCRAT party concept of:

"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your country"

Sounds like Hillary is plagarizing "the communist manifesto"

...

[processor2]

Whatever happened to the DEMOCRAT party concept of:

"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what YOU can do for your country"

Sounds like Hillary is plagarizing "the communist manifesto"

...

[infidel_us]

Clinton is a neo-socialist. Nothing new here....a leftover 60's hippy trying to reinvent communist Russia in the US.