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Tupac Shakur on inequality, greed and Donald Trump
By Josh Hoxie
“There’s no way these people should own planes and there’s people who don’t have houses or apartments.” Who said it?
Reading this today, you might think the words came from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has made rising inequality the major focus of his campaign. However, the words come from a recently unearthed interview of deceased hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur on MTV News in 1992.
Tupac goes on to say, “There’s no reason Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million-thousand-drupal-billion dollars and meanwhile there’s people starving.”
In 1992 Bernie Sanders was entering his second term in the House of Representatives, having just founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus the year before. At the time he was an obscure, independent congressman from a small state with no national profile and little hint of his future rise to prominence. However, his message hasn’t changed much since his early days in public office.
MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/tupac-shakur-on-inequality-greed-and-donald-trump/
“There’s no way these people should own planes and there’s people who don’t have houses or apartments.” Who said it?
Reading this today, you might think the words came from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has made rising inequality the major focus of his campaign. However, the words come from a recently unearthed interview of deceased hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur on MTV News in 1992.
Tupac goes on to say, “There’s no reason Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million-thousand-drupal-billion dollars and meanwhile there’s people starving.”
In 1992 Bernie Sanders was entering his second term in the House of Representatives, having just founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus the year before. At the time he was an obscure, independent congressman from a small state with no national profile and little hint of his future rise to prominence. However, his message hasn’t changed much since his early days in public office.
MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/tupac-shakur-on-inequality-greed-and-donald-trump/
