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" Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer. "
Robert Reich
People
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" When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else. "
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" The only way to make sure no bank is too big to fail is to make sure no bank is too big. "
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" More people are killed by stray bullets every day in America than have been killed by Ebola here. More are dying because of poverty and hunger. "
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" News and images move so easily across borders that attitudes and aspirations are no longer especially national. Cyber-weapons, no longer the exclusive province of national governments, can originate in a hacker's garage. "
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" What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose tuition is hidden away in the purchase price of upscale homes there, and in the corresponding property taxes. "
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" In reality, most of America's poor work hard, often in two or more jobs. "
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" Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy. "
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" We never used to blink at taking a leadership role in the world. And we understood leadership often required something other than drones and bombs. We accepted global leadership not just for humanitarian reasons, but also because it was in our own best interest. We knew we couldn't isolate ourselves from trouble. There was no place to hide. "
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" If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and through penalties higher than the economic benefits of thwarting the laws. "
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" Public fear isn't something to be played with. "
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" Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to a variety of interest groups and membership organizations - clubs, associations, political parties, unions - to which politicians were responsive. "
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" I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand the term. "
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" America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable. "
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" Centrism is bogus. "
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" Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases. "
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" America is one of few advanced nations that allow direct advertising of prescription drugs. "
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" Medical costs are soaring because our health-care system is totally screwed up. Doctors and hospitals have every incentive to spend on unnecessary tests, drugs, and procedures. "
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" A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive. "
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" You might say those who can't repay their student debts shouldn't have borrowed in the first place. But they had no way of knowing just how bad the jobs market would become. "
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" Walmart isn't your average mom-and-pop operation. It's the largest employer in America. As such, it's the trendsetter for millions of other employers of low-wage workers. "
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" A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on. "
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