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" Media outlets that are exploiting Ebola because they want a sensational story and politicians using it to their own ends ought to be ashamed. "

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" Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. "

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

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

" 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. "

" As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Community colleges are great bargains. They avoid the fancy amenities four-year liberal arts colleges need in order to lure the children of the middle class. "

" Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world. "

" Obviously, personal responsibility is important. But there's no evidence that people who are poor are less ambitious than anyone else. In fact, many work long hours at backbreaking jobs. "

" Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do. "

" America spends a fortune on drugs: more per person than any other nation on earth, even though Americans are no healthier than the citizens of other advanced nations. "

" The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage. "

" The only way back toward a democracy and economy that work for the majority is for most of us to get politically active once again, becoming organized and mobilized. "

" Walmart is so huge that a wage boost at Walmart would ripple through the entire economy, putting more money in the pockets of low-wage workers. This would help boost the entire economy - including Walmart's own sales. "

" You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Patagonia, a large apparel manufacturer based in Ventura, California, has organized itself as a 'B-corporation.' That's a for-profit company whose articles of incorporation require it to take into account the interests of workers, the community, and the environment, as well as shareholders. "

" Money buys the most experienced teachers, less-crowded classrooms, high-quality teaching materials, and after-school programs. "

" Bankruptcy laws allow companies to smoothly reorganize, but not college graduates burdened by student loans. "

" There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions. "

" 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. "

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

" By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair slice of the American pie. "