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" Capitalism can't deliver decent health care. "

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" The advantage of a market-based national defense is obvious: Every citizen would receive an individualized amount of military protection, based on the value each of us placed on defending the homeland. "

" The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place. "

" The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class. "

" Cable television and the Internet have created an unending demand for information, and there simply isn't enough truth to go around. "

" The idea that the business world's needs get ignored in Washington is perpetuated by business so it can fulfill even more of its needs, real or imagined. "

" Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a popular-vote majority. "

" The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain. "

" Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea, no? "

" With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion. "

" I won't dispute that bankers' privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably would have been a worldwide depression. "

" If we were to compile a list of the ways in which the United States has made both itself and the wider world a better place, then at or very near the top would be its commitment to universal education. "

" The thing to strive for is to get paid to talk about yourself. "

" The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. "

" Without the three-fifths rule, there wouldn't have been a Constitution of the United States - not one that governed the American South, at any rate - because the South wouldn't have ratified it. "

" What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war. "

" The embourgeoisement of China's proletariat may be the inevitable result of its industrialization, but 'inevitable' isn't the same as 'speedy.' "

" Was President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage crassly political? God, I hope so. "

" For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch. "

" When businesses affirmatively like regulations, that's when to reach for your wallet. "

" Everyone agrees that animals should not be exposed to unnecessary pain. But neither should scientists be hamstrung by the requirement to use anesthesia in every animal experiment that might cause pain. "

" Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. "

" With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation. "

" I'm an incompetent consumer. I have two settings: Buy and Don't Buy. "

" I'd never have guessed that, six years after Medicare introduced a drug benefit, it would still be forbidden to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies. Health reform might fix that, but it probably won't. "

" GOP candidates routinely sign a pledge never, ever to raise taxes. Democratic candidates aren't even asked to sign a parallel pledge never, ever to cut entitlements. "

" Moderates tend more than ideologues to be other-directed types who respond to external pressure. "

" The financial services industry is a ward of the state. "

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" Wal-Mart uses technology to increase sales volume, but the more it does so, the more it drives down profit margins - its own and everybody else's. The same logic does not appear to hold for Goldman Sachs. "

" When the topic is growing income inequality, it's hard to prettify an imbalance between the rich and everybody else, so instead, conservatives try to argue that it doesn't exist. "

" Bottom line: A market approach to national defense would give us a lousy national defense. "