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" It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far. "
Robert Reich
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" Tea Partiers hate government more than they hate the national debt. They refuse to reduce that debt with tax increases, even with tax increases on the wealthy, because a tax increase doesn't reduce the size of government. "
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" Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite. "
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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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" To get back to the kind of shared prosperity and upward mobility we once considered normal will require another era of fundamental reform, of both our economy and our democracy. "
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" Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation. "
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" The monied interests are doing what they do best - making money. The rest of us need to do what we can do best - use our voices, our vigor, and our votes. "
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" In truth, government has been good to Wall Street and big business. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Technology is changing so fast that knowledge about specifics can quickly become obsolete. That's why so much of what technicians learn is on the job. "
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" In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them. That was where he lost his life. "
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" Corporations aren't people. They have no brains, no consciences, no capacity for intent or guilt. "
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" Official boundaries are often hard to see. If you head north on Woodward Avenue, away from downtown Detroit, you wouldn't know exactly when you left the city and crossed over into Oakland County - except for a small sign that tells you. "
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" There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions. "
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" The 'free market' is the product of laws and rules continuously emanating from legislatures, executive departments, and courts. "
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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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" Much of what's called 'public' is increasingly a private good paid for by users - ever-higher tolls on public highways and public bridges, higher tuitions at so-called public universities, higher admission fees at public parks and public museums. "
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" So why don't nurses do home visits to Americans with acute conditions? Hospitals aren't paid for it. "
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" Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations. "
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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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