The common statement of policy principles was adopted Monday on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Here are its key points:
The one percent
Echoing a central message of the Clinton campaign — “stronger together” — the document’s preamble also makes a forceful case against wealth inequality and adopts phrasing used throughout the Sanders campaign: the one percent.
“We believe that today’s extreme level of income and wealth inequality — where the majority of the economic gains go to the top one percent and the richest 20 people in our country own more wealth than the bottom 150 million — makes our economy weaker, our communities poorer, and our politics poisonous,” it says.
The party…
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