I know you got a big job. You, you govern a country. And you and I both have day jobs, which we can't forget. But look, this notion of a big tent. A big tent, that's what built the middle class in the 50s, 60s and 70s. What's brought us Medicaid and Medicare. That's what brought us the minimum wage as we know it today. It was a big tent. Lean into labor unions. (49:23–49:29)
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Asserts that a "big tent" approach was responsible for building the middle class in the mid-20th century.
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