Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970101130

Wick. a millionaire member of the Presidents inner circle. said he thought that economically pinched Americans enjoy viewing this parading of wealth much as Americans who suffered in the Depression enjoyed watching Hollywood stars in the movies. "People selling apples * * * loved those glamour pictures showing people driving beautiful cars and women in beautiful gowns. showing that people were living the glamourous good life." Wick said. As another member of the innercircle. put it. "This is a fun administration." Fun for whom? The wealthy. the untouchables. not the sick. the endless jobless people. the elderly. the migrant workers. the kids who go to bed hungry at night. and let me tell you there are plenty of them. Have they. the "fun" people. ever seen migrant workers working conditions. the distressed lands of our country. the hovels some live in? Knowing all this. can we people sit by and tell this administration: go ahead fellows. take away our Social Security. our rights. the money we paid in. and go ahead and attack the elderly. Mrs.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
Unknown
Party
Chamber
State
Gender
Date
1981-10-27
Speech ID
970101130
Paragraph
#0
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