now some might say you are only saying this because benton harbor is 9 o-- 90% black. wrong. i don't see race. but i do know that certain people don't put enough thought into voting for their leaders. i'll give you a hint. a lot of them are unemployed. they're really into sports. and they love white women. you know who i am talking about. americans. (laughter) >> stephen: our national debt-- (applause) >> stephen: folks, face it, our national debt is 14 trillion dollars. to divide that by $300 million and every american owes 47,000 or 80 times as much per capita as the people of benton harbor. so clearly we're not going to vote our way out of this. americans have proved they don't knows what's good for them. so i am now calling can for the appointment of a national emergency financial manager. he or him will be given temporary absolute authority to make tough decisions like should we put our seniors on to ice floes or is it more cost-effective to just turn them into soil ent green. now i'm-- soylent green. now i'm sure that some people will complain, but if people take to the

when he was governor there and there's a constitutional battle underway in michigan where the benton harbor city council rules of that governor rick snyder's financial manager or dictator brought in to break up the unions fire local elected officials and sell the city off to republicans and corporations or republican cronies is unconstitutional unfortunately their ruling isn't going to go very far since governor snyder has already stripped down of their powers and this cancer is also infecting new jersey georgia florida iowa pennsylvania maine south carolina kansas and arizona all states were republicans are setting fire to government programs that heal us educate us and keep us safe in order to give away billions in tax cuts for millionaires billionaires and transnational corporations this was reagan's ideal vision a nation where the rich were swimming in cash and poor were on their own the government was neutered and ineffective women were marginalized working people screwed and democratic voters disenfranchised. this is what a nation that's on the verge of going to terminal looks like tw

reason why for a few months out of the year we couldn't conductor were open meetings in places like benton harbor or boston or austin or the mountain view and in communication to every american stakeholder and each of us affected and so many important ways by the media policy, spectrum allocations and universal service just to name a big ticket item on the agenda . the idea here is not just people receive the commission but that the commission would see the people and gain a greater understanding of the impact of the decisions of american consumers. it's better communications and after all, the communications is our middle name. third, and this is related to what i just suggested, we need to encourage more input on to the deliberations by what i have called our non-traditional stakeholders. although we hear often sometimes every day from the big interests with the armies of lawyers are lobbyists we hear less from everyone else all of those consumers and citizens who don't have a lobbyist or lawyer to represent them but nevertheless have to live with the consequences of what we do in washington. i

people are engaged in a great struggle to defend their dream in green bay and indianapolis and benton harbor, michigan and in columbus, ohio. and not just in the midwest, in new york and los angeles and in florida and texas. quite frankly, in every corner of our nation. the struggle began after last november's elections brought to power politicians in state capitols across the heartland who had a hidden agenda, an agenda worked out at posh reports with the koch brothers and the american legislative exchange council and other shadowy groups. politicians like john kasich and scott walker campaigned promising to do something about jobs only to reveal when they took office that their jobs agenda was to make them disappear. but the real passion, their real passion was for eliminating the rights of working people. and destroying their unions who are standing in their way of their agenda. and in response working people took to the streets. on april 4th under the banner of "we are one," we came together all across america, and then we did so again on may 1st when we stood together with our immigrant

in green bay and indianapolis and benton harbor, michigan, and in columbus, ohio. and not just in the midwest. in new york, los angeles, florida, and texas and, quite frankly, in every corner of our nation, this struggle began after last november's elections brought to power politicians in state capitals across the heartland who had a hidden agenda. an agenda worked out at posh resorts with the american legislative exchange council and other shadowy groups. politicians like john kasich and scott walker campaigned, promising to do something about jobs, only to reveal when they took office that their jobs agenda was to make them disappear. but the real passion, at their real passion, was for eliminating the rights of working people and destroying their unions who are standing in the way of their agenda. and in response, working people took to the streets. on april 4, under the banner of "we are 1," we came together all across america, and then we did so again on may 1 when we stood together with our immigrant brothers and sisters saying again that we are truly one. i