Michael Bennet: “I am here today to talk a little bit about the state of our economy. I have spent the summer and early fall traveling…”

“I am here today to talk a little bit about the state of our economy. I have spent the summer and early fall traveling around the beautiful State of Colorado, having townhall meetings and listening to people who mostly start the conversations by saying: What is wrong with you people in Washington? Why can't you work together to actually get anything done there? They are short of slogans these days, and they are desperate for us to turn this economy around. They know what the consequences have been of living in a country that for the first time in its history has had median family income falling, at a time when their cost of health insurance has been skyrocketing, their cost of higher education is going through the roof. I thought the Wall Street Journal captured this in a way that I have been unable to. In a very vivid way, on the front page a couple weeks ago, there was an article that was entitled: ``As Middle Class Shrinks, P&G''--that is Procter & Gamble--``Aims High and Low.'' That article is about one of the most iconic middle-class brands imaginable, Procter & Gamble. Ninety-eight percent of the households in this country have a product in their house that is produced by Procter & Gamble: Crest toothpaste, Head & Shoulders shampoo, Tide water detergent, Pampers diapers, Bounty paper towels. The list goes on: Duracell batteries, Mr.…”