CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

When you have kids that have no jobs and are not in school, too often they get themselves into trouble. So what we have got to do is invest in education and in jobs, something which I have fought for, rather than more jails and incarceration.

You cannot be a party which takes money from Wall Street, which is not strong on the pharmaceutical industry, which is ripping us off every day, which is not strong on health care in taking on the insurance companies, which has not shown a desire to stand up and fight the economic establishment, and then tell working families that you are on their side. People see through that.

I would have put more emphasis on bringing working class people together to fight for a government that works for all of us.

People understand that the economy is rigged. They're working longer hours for low wages. All new income and wealth, almost all, is going to the people on top.

What I do believe absolutely is that in the middle of a recession, the American middle class and working class needs a tax relief.

A job should lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it.