John Edwards keynote speech at the United Against Poverty conference at the
University of Vermont.
From the Burlington Free Press:
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Edwards then launched into an oratory about what he called a great moral
issue: reducing poverty. He called for a higher minimum wage and expanded
tax credits for the poor. He called for a new approach to affordable housing
that integrates neighborhoods rather than clustering and isolating low-income
people. He said new laws are needed to give workers a better chance to organize
labor unions that are too often being blocked by corporate lawyers.
JRE spoke:
"In a country of our wealth and our prosperity to have 37 million people
that live in poverty is wrong," Edwards said. "All of us have a moral
responsibility to do something about it."
The reception:
The audience gave Edwards a standing ovation at the end of his speech. It
was "fantastic" said Kayla Davis, a senior at Castleton State College. "It's
nice to hear a politician offer solutions rather than just state what the
problems are."
Next week, Edwards will be traveling to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago
and Boston to draw attention to the struggles of hotel workers as part of
the "Hotel Workers Rising" Tour.
That's John Edwards: sticking up for the working-poor, labor unions, and
the middle-class!
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