Tom Suozzi

Stop worrying about the communities that you operate in and focus on the shareholder. If you focus on the shareholder, we will succeed. We will beat this global threat of globalization and we will win. And we did. We focused on the shareholders to the exclusion of the employees and the communities we're in. And we made a lot of money. We were very successful. The Dow Jones has got up 2,500%.

The GDP has gone up 1,500%, but workers' wages have gone up by less than 30%. And it's best manifest in a couple movies. One is the movie Wall Street. You know the movie Wall Street with Michael Douglas?

The GDP has gone up 1,500%, but workers' wages have gone up by less than 30%. And it's best manifest in a couple movies. One is the movie Wall Street. You know the movie Wall Street with Michael Douglas?

The GDP has gone up 1,500%, but workers' wages have gone up by less than 30%. And it's best manifest in a couple movies. One is the movie Wall Street. You know the movie Wall Street with Michael Douglas?

Gordon Gekko says greed is good. And the idea is we're going to do whatever it takes to stop this fat company that's not changing with the times to be more efficient. And in the movie Pretty Woman, you remember Pretty Woman with Richard Gere?

Gordon Gekko says greed is good. And the idea is we're going to do whatever it takes to stop this fat company that's not changing with the times to be more efficient. And in the movie Pretty Woman, you remember Pretty Woman with Richard Gere?

Gordon Gekko says greed is good. And the idea is we're going to do whatever it takes to stop this fat company that's not changing with the times to be more efficient. And in the movie Pretty Woman, you remember Pretty Woman with Richard Gere?

So Richard Gere and Jason Alexander from Seinfeld, you know, was his sidekick. And they're going to buy up this old guy's company. And chop it up for parts. What's that? And chop it up for parts. And chop it up for parts and sell off the shipbuilding. Guy says, the older man says, but thousands of people will lose their jobs and this town will be decimated.

So Richard Gere and Jason Alexander from Seinfeld, you know, was his sidekick. And they're going to buy up this old guy's company. And chop it up for parts. What's that? And chop it up for parts. And chop it up for parts and sell off the shipbuilding. Guy says, the older man says, but thousands of people will lose their jobs and this town will be decimated.

So Richard Gere and Jason Alexander from Seinfeld, you know, was his sidekick. And they're going to buy up this old guy's company. And chop it up for parts. What's that? And chop it up for parts. And chop it up for parts and sell off the shipbuilding. Guy says, the older man says, but thousands of people will lose their jobs and this town will be decimated.

He says, yeah, but we're going to make a lot of money. And that's what happened in America is we got rid of a lot of these factory towns. People lost their union jobs. left behind a polluted property. People now, instead of, you know, making a 70 or 80 or $90,000 a year and having health insurance and a pension don't have that anymore. They're working for $10.

He says, yeah, but we're going to make a lot of money. And that's what happened in America is we got rid of a lot of these factory towns. People lost their union jobs. left behind a polluted property. People now, instead of, you know, making a 70 or 80 or $90,000 a year and having health insurance and a pension don't have that anymore. They're working for $10.

He says, yeah, but we're going to make a lot of money. And that's what happened in America is we got rid of a lot of these factory towns. People lost their union jobs. left behind a polluted property. People now, instead of, you know, making a 70 or 80 or $90,000 a year and having health insurance and a pension don't have that anymore. They're working for $10.

If you make $10 an hour and you work 40 hours a week and you work 50 weeks a year and you have two weeks vacation, you're only making $20,000 a year. If you make $15 an hour, 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, that's $30,000 a year. You're not gonna be able to buy a house, educate your kids, pay for health insurance and retire one day without being scared on 20 or 30 or $40,000 a year.

If you make $10 an hour and you work 40 hours a week and you work 50 weeks a year and you have two weeks vacation, you're only making $20,000 a year. If you make $15 an hour, 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, that's $30,000 a year. You're not gonna be able to buy a house, educate your kids, pay for health insurance and retire one day without being scared on 20 or 30 or $40,000 a year.

If you make $10 an hour and you work 40 hours a week and you work 50 weeks a year and you have two weeks vacation, you're only making $20,000 a year. If you make $15 an hour, 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, that's $30,000 a year. You're not gonna be able to buy a house, educate your kids, pay for health insurance and retire one day without being scared on 20 or 30 or $40,000 a year.

It's impossible. So we got all these people in these hollowed out communities throughout the country that are pissed off because they're working hard. They're not making enough money. They don't have health insurance. They're getting bankrupt by their debt. Their churches are empty. There's no more Elks Club. Their kids are doing methamphetamine or fentanyl or dying from overdoses.

It's impossible. So we got all these people in these hollowed out communities throughout the country that are pissed off because they're working hard. They're not making enough money. They don't have health insurance. They're getting bankrupt by their debt. Their churches are empty. There's no more Elks Club. Their kids are doing methamphetamine or fentanyl or dying from overdoses.

It's impossible. So we got all these people in these hollowed out communities throughout the country that are pissed off because they're working hard. They're not making enough money. They don't have health insurance. They're getting bankrupt by their debt. Their churches are empty. There's no more Elks Club. Their kids are doing methamphetamine or fentanyl or dying from overdoses.

People are losing their teeth. And it's like, what happened to my town? What happened to my life? And they're pissed off and they're looking for a savior and they fell for Donald Trump's lying. Joe Biden actually did a lot of great stuff with the Infrastructure Act, with the CHIPS Act, with promoting unions to try and rebuild the middle class.