I am talking about the people at the top. The question is, What about the people at the bottom, the people who work for a living, who like their jobs, want to have a better future for themselves and their children, but who discovered that as we sailed into this economic storm, while the people at the top got a big old parachute and they were lifted gently to the ground or allowed to get gently grounded, the folks at the bottom were just pushed off a cliff.
Byron Dorgan: “I am talking about the people at the top. The question is, What about the people at the bottom, the people who work for…”
On the recordApril 12, 2010
Editor's note · Context
The speaker addresses the disparity between large financial institutions and working-class individuals during economic crises.
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