Jackson advocated higher taxes on the rich. At a labor forum in Baltimore, he cited figures showing just how regressive Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts had been and declared, “He’s brought in reverse Robin Hood, taking from the poor and giving to the rich.” On the airport tarmac in his home state of South Carolina, which was losing textile jobs in large numbers, he criticized manufacturers for moving their operations overseas and called for policies to encourage companies “to invest in America, retrain our workers, reindustrialize America.” At a white-owned dairy farm outside of Greenville, he bemoaned the demise of family farms and shared a breakfast of eggs and grits with the farm’s owner and a neighbor. Although the farmers wouldn’t publicly commit to voting for their illustrious visitor, one of them said, “The American people like what he’s saying.”journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter