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" Drug company payments to doctors are a small part of a much larger strategy by Big Pharma to clean our pockets. "

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" We don't have to sit by and watch our meritocracy be replaced by a permanent aristocracy, and our democracy be undermined by dynastic wealth. "

" 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. "

" No company can be expected to build a nuclear reactor, an oil well, a coal mine, or anything else that's one hundred percent safe under all circumstances. The costs would be prohibitive. It's unreasonable to expect corporations to totally guard against small chances of every potential accident. "

" 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. "

" As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big. "

" It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far. "

" Rather than subsidize 'American' exporters, it makes more sense to subsidize any global company - to the extent it's adding to its exports from the United States. "

" The curious thing is Americans don't mind individual mandates when they come in the form of payroll taxes to buy mandatory public insurance. In fact, that's the system we call Social Security and Medicare, and both are so popular politicians dare not touch them. "

" I wish it were simply a nightmare, but I think that any reasonable person watching American politics would come to the conclusion that a second Bush administration would in fact incorporate a more radicalized version of what we've seen in the first administration. "

" Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy. "

" The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. "

" Evidence suggests jobs are crucial not only to economic well-being but also to self-esteem. "

" Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society. "

" The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream. "

" Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation. "

" As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The income from these assets is now concentrating even faster than income from work. "

" The job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest. "

" Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions while renters get no deduction at all. "

" Most financiers, corporate lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants are competing with other financiers, lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants in zero-sum games that take money out of one set of pockets and put it into another. "

" Before the rise of the nation-state, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the world was mostly tribal. Tribes were united by language, religion, blood, and belief. They feared other tribes and often warred against them. "

" In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble. "

" 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. "

" On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win. "

" The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades ago when they paid a much larger share of their earnings in taxes. "

" Teachers, social workers, public lawyers who bring companies to justice, government accountants who try to make sure money is spent as it should be - all need at least four years of college. "

" Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods. "

" A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important. "

" America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable. "

" In truth, government has been good to Wall Street and big business. "

" You can't create a political movement out of pabulum. "