Warren: Economy 'Doing Great,' But Only For Those At The Top

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Wednesday the “economy is doing great” — for only for “those with money.”

At the first of two debates for 20 Democratic presidential candidates, Warren said her perspective is to focus on “who is this economy really working for.”

“It's doing great for thinner and thinner slices at the top,” she said. “It's doing great for giant drug companies. It's just not doing great for people trying to get a prescription filled. 

“It's great for people who want to invest in private prisons, just not for the African-Americans whose families are torn apart and lives are destroyed and whose communities are ruined.

“It's doing great for giant oil companies that want to drill everywhere. Just not for the rest of us who are watching climate change bear down upon us.”

“When you've got a government, when you have autonomy that does great for those with money and is not doing great for everyone else that is corruption, pure and simple.”