Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Working Families To Overthrow Corporate Rule

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/30/sen-warren-backs-plan-working-families-overthrow-corporate-rule

Sen. Warren (D-Mass.) lamented the loss of previous eras, specifically as the nation emerged from the Great Depression in the last century, when government policies and resources were aimed bolstering the common good. "We were investing in opportunity," she said, citing 1930s and 40s-era spending on education and large-scale infrastructure projects. "We're weren't perfect, we didn't get it all right," Warren admitted, "but we were moving in the right direction."

The senator was speaking at a kick-off event in Washington, D.C., as a coalition of five national organizations, plus affiliates from across the country, came together to announce a new campaign aimed at channeling the economic frustrations of tens of millions of Americans—including the poor, low-wage earners, and a struggling middle class. The effort, as laid out Wednesday, seeks to overthrow the entrenched policies of the wealthy and the powerful with a vision that addresses structural financial inequities while uplifting those who have been left behind and disempowered by the status quo.

The groups stood behind a new report—titled Putting Families First: Good Jobs for All (pdf)—which lays out a plan to guarantee good wages and benefits while creating new jobs to sustain both families and communities with new spending on infrastructure, education, childcare, and a clean energy future. Commissioned by the Center for Community Change and written by Dorian T. Warren, an associate professor at Columbia University and a Roosevelt Institute fellow, the document acts as a blueprint for political action and structural change.