Here’s what Joe Biden should say in his State of The Union | Robert Reich

Instead of telling Americans the economy is great - which many won't believe - he must tell them the truth of where the gains are going

Joe Biden is addressing the country today in his State of the Union address. Here's some free advice about what he should say about the economy - which is the issue most voters care most about.

Instead of telling Americans the economy is great - which many will not believe - the president must tell them the truth: that most of the economic gains haven't been felt by average working people because the gains have been going to the top.

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

They had begun to consider the government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com