Digital Social Hour
Why Economic Inequality Hurts Your Business Growth | Marianne Williamson DSH #1135
Wed, 22 Jan 2025
Why does economic inequality hurt your business growth? 📉 Join Sean Kelly on Digital Social Hour as he sits down with Marianne Williamson for a compelling discussion packed with valuable insights on how systemic inequality impacts businesses, families, and the American Dream. 🌍💡 Discover the truth about corporate greed, the shrinking middle class, and the urgent need for universal healthcare and ethical governance. Marianne shares powerful stories and actionable ideas to foster fair opportunities for everyone. From the challenges of today’s economy to the hope for a brighter future, this conversation is a must-watch! 🚨✨ Don’t miss out—watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀💬 Join the conversation and let your voice be heard! 👇 #laboruprising #financialeducation #publicpolicy #democrats #labormarket CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Marianne Williamson Campaign 05:00 - Prolon Fasting Benefits 06:16 - Government Spending Analysis 10:57 - Income Inequality Issues 13:57 - Taxing the Wealthy Debate 18:39 - Underinsured Americans Crisis 21:09 - Democratic Party Strategies 25:58 - Department of Education Overview 33:57 - Spirituality and Well-being 34:35 - Personal and Spiritual Transformation 37:36 - Michael Moore and Trump Supporter Dialogue 43:27 - Gavin Newsom Fire Management 47:15 - Support for Marianne Williamson APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Marianne Williamson https://www.instagram.com/mariannewilliamson SPONSORS: Prolon: http://prolonlife.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
There's tremendous yearning for hope and possibility. I mean, what should the Democratic Party be thinking about right now? The Democratic Party should not be thinking about the past. The Democratic Party should be thinking about people like you who are about to get married, who want to have children, and the cost is so prohibitive.
That's where our attention should be, and that's where it will be if I win the chair of the DNC.
All right, guys, Marianne Williamson is back. It's been a while, and she just announced she's running for DMC chair. Thanks for coming back.
Thank you. Thank you for having me, and welcome to Washington, D.C.
Yeah, it's only my second time here, but I'm taking it all in.
So did you do the sightseeing stuff?
I haven't done it yet.
Did you do that when you were a child?
No, I've just been filming. I come out here to film.
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Chapter 2: How does economic inequality affect business growth?
Which one would you recommend?
All of them. See the Lincoln, see the World War II, see the Jefferson, see the MLK, see the Roosevelt if you can, see the White House. I mean, it's Washington. It reminds you of that which is eternally true.
Yeah, history is important, right? I just had on an ancient coin person on the podcast and he was showing me all these coins. Oh, wow. Yeah, and it was really cool to touch it and feel the coins.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of taxing the wealthy?
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah, there's something about just holding it or being in that historic location. You feel it within you, right?
I think sometimes we, I suppose most generations do that, but we sort of think we're the first ones to figure anything out. And I think that historically this will be looked back on as a time where a level of dark ages in many ways in terms of our having forgotten those things which are most true. I think that we're coming out of that phase now. I think we can come out of that phase.
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Chapter 4: Why is universal healthcare important?
And that's what the sort of collective yearning is. But we don't have everything figured out. And sometimes it's looking back where we see some of the greatest wisdom, find some of the greatest wisdom.
Yeah, dark ages. When do you think that sort of started? Yeah.
Well, you know, as soon as the Industrial Revolution started revving up in Britain in the late 1800s, then came here. And that began a mesmerization of the Western mind with all things external. And that turned in, of course, it had some positive results, the 20th century technology, scientific revolution, industrial revolution.
Chapter 5: How has the Democratic Party changed over the years?
I mean, this is not in any way to take away from some of the progress has been made. But as many artists and philosophers at that time here in the United States, Walt Whitman, the transcendentalists, and people in Great Britain, were trying to sound the alarm that this is a bad idea, what's happening here. We are focusing so much on the outer life that we are going to...
reach a profound imbalance. And what they warned us about is exactly what happened. There's been so much focus on what's happening outside us that some of our internal musculature has withered away. Concentration on ethics, concentration on character, concentration on doing the right thing by people. And of course, the extreme example of this is
is this kind of corporatist mentality, whereby we have shifted from a recognition that an economy is here to serve the people to a place where we act as though people live their lives in order to serve an economy. And corporatism, of course, which places short-term corporate profits before... people and planet. And you don't feed a child because it's going to make money.
You feed a child because it's the right thing to do. Not everything should be based on financial gain for someone. And that is one of the results of this disconnection from the soul, disconnection from the most important aspects of humanity that have come about in this period. So don't get me wrong.
Chapter 6: What role does corporate greed play in today's economy?
I'm not saying that everything that's happened in the last 150 years has been a bad thing, because it's not. It's just that I think we are realizing now there has been a profound imbalance, and it's time now to correct that.
Yeah, that's such a good point, though, because people are chasing money these days more than ever.
Chasing what?
Money.
Well, there are two things about that. Some people are chasing money because I think you and I would agree that there's a greed factor there and a... But some people are chasing money simply because they have been forced into a survival mode by an unjust economic system.
So I can't blame a single mother of two for chasing money if, in fact, if she doesn't chase the money, she might not be able to pay her rent or feed her children.
Yeah, it makes sense. It's two things. Yeah, there are that greed, though, is what I'm talking about, that capitalism.
Well, yes, and unfortunately, it is now enabled by the U.S. government. So the problem we have is the government should be in all ways—
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Chapter 7: How can we support the middle class?
Yeah.
Because that kind of, a lot of internal battle there, actually, which I think is good. Yeah.
I mean, I actually hear Musk on some of that.
You do? I do.
So you side more with him on that? Well, it's a complicated issue. However, yeah. I mean, I think if somebody comes here from another country, let's look at what's been happening. We get these kids who come here and they get the best of an American higher education. And then we tell them they have to go home.
And so then they go home, in many cases, particularly to countries like India, and they say, okay, I'm going to take the education that I got from you in America, and I'm going to screw you economically. So act, because they take that. That contributes to their being able to be successful entrepreneurs in the countries they came from, which ultimately hurts the American worker.
So you're not siding with the American worker in that case, not really.
Yeah.
And also they give something like $200,000. We're talking about $65,000 of those visas. And there is a regulation there that this cannot be given in a case where a native-born American has equal qualifications for the job, and it cannot be given any less money. So there's a lot of ruse behind that issue, and it's being used as a –
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Chapter 8: What are the current healthcare challenges in America?
Yeah. That's not what they're here to do. Yeah, we got to figure out something. I don't know if taxing the rich more is the right way, though.
Why not? Why shouldn't- Because there's loopholes. Well, you close those loopholes. So first of all, the very, very rich, if someone has $10 million in the bank, I'm sorry, I don't have a problem with a little bit more taxation. A wealth tax, for instance, $50 million in the bank, and you're going to pay an additional 2%. I'm sorry, this won't affect your day.
Yeah, 2%.
It will not affect your day. And if you have a billion and there's an added 1%, this would not affect your grandchildren's day. And as far as loopholes are concerned, the Democrats wanted to hire more IRS agents to be able to- Yeah, 87,000. Exactly. And the Republicans fought it because the Republicans didn't want the US government to be able to track down all these people who are basically-
Why should we be enabling that? Why should we be enabling that kind of white-collar theft? It doesn't make sense to me.
Well, all the richest people know the loopholes. I mean, Amazon paid zero in taxes.
Exactly. So why is it... So Amazon pays... And yet, Jeff Bezos paid, what, a million dollars to the inaugural committee? Donated, yeah. They all did, you know, millions to the inaugural committee. No, this new administration has just opened the door. They just... See, this is the way I look at it. First of all, we want to stand for healthy wealth creation. Healthy wealth creation is a good thing.
I mean, that is part of the American dream. But you should not want to make money at the expense of other people getting a chance to. That's all. Everybody, to me, the American dream means everybody, if they work hard enough, should have a shot. Just have a shot.
But if people don't have healthcare, the moral problem we have here is how many people are shut out of the game before they're even 10 years old. So the problem is how many people are shut out of the game before they even reach puberty. For instance, we have millions of American children who go to schools where they don't even have the resources to teach them how to read.
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