Neera Tanden

And they might think that because it's true that upward mobility has really declined.

We have less economic mobility than Canada, almost half.

We have less than most countries in Europe.

This was a country that used to be a place where you could go as far as your talents can take you.

So I think we have to transform our institutions to make them put that issue, like opportunity for every American, at the heart of what they do.

And those ideas are part of that.

I love it.

I wish we could get it done tomorrow.

Well, I think it's hard to do at a state level.

I will say that.

I think the fundamental impetus to me is how you address the inequality in the country.

And I want to say a

I think we've had an important conversation about inequality for over, you know, 15 years.

Piketty's book came out like 15 years ago.

And

I think that we lose sight of how it's a corrosive effect, not just on our economy, but our democracy.

I mean, and that billionaires today have the ability to have a billion times wealth of other people is one thing, but they also have a billion times more political power.

So I think it is very corrosive.

Now,

You know, I hate to be a policy wonk here, but there is some concern that a Supreme Court will never approve of a wealth tax because we needed an amendment to even get an income tax.