Obama on Income Inequality

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“President Obama made a highly personal case for raising the minimum wage and strengthening the social safety net in an address Wednesday recalling the government programs that helped him and his wife get ahead in life.

In a lengthy speech about income inequality in America, Obama declared it the “defining challenge of our time” to make sure the economy works for rich and poor alike.

“I take this personally,” Obama said. “I’m only here because this country educated my grandfather on the GI bill.””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Christi Parsons / LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-obama-income-inequality-speech-20131204,0,4212383.story#axzz2memFG5Bv

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