The following is a missive from Hillary Clinton to her supporters. I agree with every word of it.
When Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, and 97 other brave women and men signed their names to the Declaration of Sentiments in Seneca Falls 167 years ago today, they sparked a movement that altered the course of history.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” they wrote, “that all men and women are created equal.” All men and women -- incredible how just two words could change millions of lives.
We cannot forget the heroes who went to jail and even died to give women the right to vote, earn and keep wages, own property, serve in the military, and hold elected office. We owe it to our daughters and granddaughters to continue the march of progress in America and around the world.
We must keep fighting for equal pay, especially for women of color, who often lose out the most. We must fight for equal access to good jobs, good health care, and good child care, for the rights of women to make our own reproductive health decisions, and to make sure that every little girl in America can be anything she wants when she grows up -- even President of the United States.
The full participation of women and girls in our society is more than an issue of fairness; it’s also a smart way to grow our economy. When women aren’t paid fairly, families lose out on thousands of dollars every year that could go toward paying for groceries or rent, saving for retirement, or sending a child to college. When we fight for equality, we fight for a better future for all of our children.
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/declaration-of-equality/
Thank you,
Hillary
Also: Mary Wollstonecraft. But it is clear that most economic policy is based upon a time when we were far more equal than we now are. Pretty much any policy that improves equality will also improve the economy. Conservatives still think it is 1968. Speaking of which, I was just reading someone (Noah Smith, I think) who was arguing that sure, Reagan's deregulation might have improved the economy. But Clinton's did so less. And Bush's did not help the economy at all. So why does everyone think that deregulation will help the economy the way it did under Reagan? The low hanging fruit has been picked.
ReplyDelete(For the record, I've long ago given up on caring about economic growth, given that it doesn't translate into shared rewards. So the fact that a Reagan policy might have improved the economy doesn't mean much to me, given all that he did to destroy the ability of workers to get part of the fruits of that economic gain.)
Hope I don't step on any "macho" toes here, but you guys have had over 200 years to run this country. There have been a few really great administrations (mostly Democrats) but lots of war and economic upheaval. We women have had to fight for everything we now have like voting rights, and even the ability to have a credit card in our name without co signing with our husbands or fathers (I personally lived through that stupid phase). So now it's time to give the ladies a chance. "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Is the Hand That Rules the World". It's time!
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