Wednesday 27 May 2015

Elizabeth Warren is 'mad as hell' — but isn't running for president

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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California — For a person who's not running for U.S. president in 2016, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren can deliver a heck of a stump speech.

In a spirited and wide-ranging chat with Re/code co-founders Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the tech publication's annual Code Conference, Warren repeatedly called for investment in the middle class, a constituency she said has been undeserved for decades. Warren added that the U.S. has stopped investing in infrastructure and education, at least in the way it did between 1930 and 1980

"I’ll tell you exactly what happened. Ronald Reagan was elected president," she said, arguing that Reagan's programs of trickle-down and supply-side economics have led to tax cuts in both good and bad times, as well as pulling back on investments for the future. Read more...

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