Joe Biden laid out an economic vision for the country rooted in racial and power equity, striking a populist tone as he slammed President Trump as divisive and lacking empathy for working families
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday laid out an economic vision for the country rooted in racial and power equity, striking a populist tone as he slammed President Donald Trump as divisive and lacking empathy for working families.
"Throughout this crisis Donald Trump has been almost singularly focused on the stock market,” the former vice president said. “If I am fortunate enough to be elected president, I will be laser focused on working families.”in manufacturing and innovation. "America can't sit on the sidelines in the race of the future," Biden said in a speech delivered from a covered loading dock at McGregor Industries, a metal works plant near his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The speech touted segments of a four-part “Build Back Better” economic plan, which was released Thursday morning and which focuses on clean energy, the caregiving workforce and racial equity as well as trade and manufacturing. But both Biden and senior campaign officials sharing details of the plan Vowing to “make sure” workers have “power and a voice,” Biden added that, “It is way past time to put an end to the era of shareholder capitalism — the idea that the only responsibility that a corporation has is the shareholders,” calling the notion an “absolute farce.”
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