Re: FW: NYT/Nader Letter

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getting on with Leslie - so I think w should do a round robbin call once we have a draft (been dealing with leslie over the last two days on a family matter, so easy) On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Huma Abedin <[email protected]> wrote: > We are going to draft a response letter and send around for comment. > John, can you help us with Walmart? Maybe Leslie Dach can help? Will want > to give them a heads up on her letter. > > *From*: Cheryl Mills [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent*: Thursday, May 01, 2014 02:14 PM Eastern Standard Time > *To*: Huma Abedin > *Cc*: John Podesta ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; > Philippe Reines ([email protected]) <[email protected]> > *Subject*: Re: FW: NYT/Nader Letter > > good copy > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Huma Abedin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> john and cheryl - see story below >> ________________________________________ >> From: Philippe Reines [[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11:52 PM >> To: Huma Abedin; Rob Russo; NSM >> Cc: H >> Subject: NYT/Nader Letter >> >> Here is the story the Secretary is referring to, and this is the specific >> reference: "Last week, dozens of labor scholars and activists, including >> Ralph Nader, sent Mrs. Clinton a letter asking her to use her influence >> with Walmart to urge the retailer to raise wages for its predominantly >> female work force. From 1986 to 1992, Mrs. Clinton served on the board of >> Walmart." >> >> Bill Clinton Defends His Economic Legacy >> By AMY CHOZICK >> The New York Times >> April 30, 2014 >> >> Former President Bill Clinton, who has grown increasingly frustrated that >> his economic policies are viewed as out-of-step with the current focus on >> income inequality, on Wednesday delivered his most muscular defense of his >> economic legacy. >> >> The speech reflected a strategic effort by Mr. Clinton and his advisers >> to reclaim the populist ground now occupied by Senator Elizabeth Warren of >> Massachusetts and other ascendant left-leaning Democrats, and, potentially, >> to lay out an economic message that could propel his wife, Hillary Rodham >> Clinton, to the White House in 2016. >> >> "My commitment was to restore broad-based prosperity to the economy and >> to give Americans a chance," Mr. Clinton told students at Georgetown >> University, his alma mater, as Mrs. Clinton looked on from the front row. >> For nearly two hours, the former president defended the impact of policies >> like welfare overhaul and the earned-income tax credit, and displayed a >> series of charts detailing the number of people his policies lifted out of >> poverty. >> >> "You know the rest," he said of the 1990s. "It worked out pretty well." >> >> As president, Mr. Clinton presided over one of the healthiest economies >> in recent memory, but he also forged a new model of a pro-business, >> pragmatic Democrat who championed public-private partnerships and open >> markets. His language as president was more focused on lifting the middle >> class than castigating the wealthy. That should not be confused with a lack >> of concern for the poor, Mr. Clinton says now. >> >> That nuance has grown harder to communicate in recent weeks, especially >> as Ms. Warren has promoted her best-selling book, "A Fighting Chance," >> which argues that the deck is stacked in favor of big banks and against >> ordinary people. A cadre of economic advisers has been helping Mr. Clinton >> crunch data and think about how to better frame his economic legacy -- one >> that included a balanced budget and the creation of 22.7 million jobs -- in >> the context of the current climate of economic populism. >> >> The effort began early this year, when the Clintons were accused of using >> the swearing-in of Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York as a way to shore up >> their progressive credentials ahead of Mrs. Clinton's potential 2016 >> campaign. >> >> "Today, when someone talks about inequality they're supposed to be a real >> left winger," Mr. Clinton said at a book party in January. Mr. Clinton told >> the small crowd, which included Martin O'Malley, the governor of Maryland >> and a potential rival to Mrs. Clinton, that he had been fighting income >> inequality since his earliest years in Arkansas politics. >> >> He slyly mocked critics who suggest that he had discovered the inequality >> issue recently, saying: " 'Oh, look at Bill Clinton, he went to the >> swearing-in of Bill de Blasio. He really is slick still.' " >> >> Framing his policies effectively has implications beyond Mr. Clinton's >> legacy. As she decides whether to run for president in 2016, Mrs. Clinton >> has come under criticism from some left-leaning Democrats who view her as >> too cozy with Wall Street. During her 2008 bid, Mrs. Clinton had to balance >> promoting the economic success of her husband's administration with >> distancing herself from policies less popular with Democratic primary >> voters, like the North American Free Trade Agreement and the deregulation >> of the financial industry. >> >> Last week, dozens of labor scholars and activists, including Ralph Nader, >> sent Mrs. Clinton a letter asking her to use her influence with Walmart to >> urge the retailer to raise wages for its predominantly female work force. >> From 1986 to 1992, Mrs. Clinton served on the board of Walmart. >> >> "She has been going around the country getting awards and making $200,000 >> per speech giving soft, cushy addresses on mother and apple pie issues," >> Mr. Nadar said in an interview. "It just surprises me as to why she >> wouldn't come out for something so obvious." >> >> Mrs. Clinton did advocate raising the minimum wage at a speech in Boston >> last week. Burns Strider, executive director of Correct the Record, an >> outside group that defends Mrs. Clinton said, "Prior to it being in style >> to hold court on the issue of income inequality or lack-of-opportunity, >> Hillary Clinton was there, not just looking at the issue but taking action." >> >> Voters generally have a rosy view of the 1990s: Median family income >> increased to $48,950 in 1999 from $36,959 in 1993. And, from 1992 to 2000, >> unemployment fell to 7.6 percent from 14.2 percent for African-Americans >> and to 5.7 percent from 11.6 percent for Hispanics, according to Department >> of Commerce data. >> >> "People can make their criticisms, but if you look back on the economy, >> people thought it was pretty darn good, especially for working-class >> people," John Podesta, a former chief of staff to Mr. Clinton, and a senior >> adviser to President Obama, said in an interview last fall. >> >> In his speech on Wednesday, Mr. Clinton called inequality "a severe >> constraint on growth" and said it had not been as much of an issue in the >> 1990s, when incomes grew more slowly for the richest 20 percent of families >> than for the poorest 20 percent. >> >> And, he said, he faced a contentious Republican-led Senate and House that >> would have rejected overheated talk that castigated the wealthy or focused >> solely on wealth redistribution. Mr. Clinton aimed to appease the other >> side by also devoting energy to deficit reduction and reforming the welfare >> system. >> >> Al From, an adviser to Mr. Clinton who worked on his 1992 campaign, said, >> "We argued starting in 1991 that the progressive position ought to be that >> nobody who works full time in America to support a family ought to be poor." >> >> He added, "I'm sure he feels that he doesn't get the credit he deserves >> for the economic gains that happened during his administration." >> >> Critics have accused Mr. Clinton of trying to be all things to all people >> and said that some of his policies, namely the trade agreements and >> legislation that allowed the commingling of commercial and investment >> banks, might have exacerbated the current inequality. Others point out that >> the Internet boom coincided with his presidency. >> >> "You can say, 'Oh, Clinton was lucky, he caught the tech boom.' 'Clinton >> was lucky, he came out of a recession,' " Mr. Clinton said on Wednesday. He >> pointed to a chart that showed that 7.7 million people were lifted out of >> poverty during his administration, compared with 77,000 during the Reagan >> years. >> >> If she runs in 2016, Mrs. Clinton would confront the inequality issue >> from a very different place than her husband did in 1992, when he made >> $35,000 a year as governor of Arkansas. Back then, Mr. Clinton seemed to >> have a natural connection to people of modest means while his opponent, the >> elder President George Bush, struggled to say how much a gallon of milk >> cost. >> >> On Wednesday, Mr. Clinton said he thanked God every day that "Hillary and >> I and some of our friends in this audience who live in New York probably >> pay the highest aggregate tax rates in America." >> >> The challenge is not about personal wealth, but policies, said Robert B. >> Reich, a secretary of labor under Mr. Clinton. And some policy experts >> argue that the era of centrist Clinton economics may have expired. >> >> When asked by CNN last fall whether it was "the end of the Clinton >> Democrats," Mr. Clinton replied: "There's probably something to that. >> America is growing more liberal culturally and more diverse." >> >> "But, again, let's not get carried away here," he added. "I ran on income >> inequality in 1992." >> >> ### >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Evergreen >> To: Huma Abedin >> To: Rob Russo >> To: PIR >> To: NSM >> Subject: Question >> Sent: Apr 30, 2014 11:46 PM >> >> Does anybody know about this letter Chosick article in 5/1 Times says was >> sent to me? >> > >