Corporations have too much power in our country.

As long as Smiley isn't telling people not to vote for President Obama, I'm ok with what he is saying.

The things you name - school performance, motivation, drug use - these are all symptoms of poverty, not the causes. Cure poverty, cure these problems. Is it possible? Absolutely. All we have to do is make it a priority. This means, pay for it. We could, for example, cut defense spending in half, still have the best-funded military in the world and pay for almost anything we need, without any other cuts or additional regulations. There's no reason for poverty in America other than people intentionally keeping it.

and getting the poor people in the rural southern states that they have oddly avoided, to start voting or quit voting for rethugs.