Massachusetts Senate candidate and former White House financial reform adviser Elizabeth Warren on The Daily Show Tuesday made an impassioned plea to Washington to support America’s middle class.Coincidentally, Warren’s interview with Jon Stewart was taped just hours before President Obama hammered the same points in his third State of the Union address. Warren told Stewart that Washington used to invest in the middle class. “Washington now works for those who can hire an army of lobbyists and an army of lawyers,” she said, citing a study that shows the 30 largest U.S. companies spend more on lobbying than they do in federal taxes.
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