A system of legalized greed….they call that capitalism now.
I think capitalism probably used to mean something else a long time ago. But right now it's a system that is really no better than any kind of ponzi scheme that guarantees that the very few at the top, in this case the richest one percent in America, have more financial wealth than the bottom 95 percent combined.

The richest 1 percent is on top of that pyramid and they get everybody else in the rest of the pyramid thinking that if they just work hard, they can get to the top of the pyramid too someday. But of course there's only room for a few people at the top of that pyramid. I just don't think that if we're gonna call this a democracy, that we should allow the economy to be anything other than run democratically. You and I should have a say.

Dollar dollar bill y'all!
Dollar bills y'all!
C'mon Now! Yeah, yeah!

I wanna replace it with democracy. I want an economic system that is run with democratic principles and has a moral ethical core to it. When you say, “oh we get to elect our representatives”, well you and I know the truth of that.

(For the love of money!)

That hundreds of millions of dollars are spent every year on lobbying congress and you and I don't have that kind of money to spend on that, so the average person doesn't get to see the things they'd like to see happen.

(For the love of money!)

I'm saying we do not have a complete democracy, if the economy is not a democracy. You can't call it a democracy just because I get to vote every two or four years. There has to be democracy in the economy. There should be democracy in the work place.

What's wrong with democracy?
Why do these companies...hate America?!

Dollar dollar bill y'all!
Dollar bills y'all!
C'mon Now! Yeah, yeah!

What is it about America and our love of democracy, where they just go: "oh...that's not good. We think the one percent, the richest one percent should be calling all the shots. Should be buying the politicians. Making the decisions"? That's the kind of democracy they like, where the one percent control everything.

(For the love of money!)

It's not right, it's not fair, it's not American and it's not part of our Judeo-Christian ethic or whatever religion you belong to; Buddhism, Islam, all the great religions are opposed to the wealthy being in charge and letting the poor suffer as a result of that.