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" Not only do unemployment benefits help families who are hurting; they also put money into their pockets that they'll then spend - and their spending will keep other Americans in jobs. "

Robert Reich

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" Detroit is really a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they'd otherwise share with poorer and darker Americans. "

Robert Reich

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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. "

" Corporations aren't people. They have no brains, no consciences, no capacity for intent or guilt. "

" Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some people get new jobs that pay better, many lose their jobs or their wages. "

" What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society. "

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

" Nations are becoming less relevant in a world where everyone and everything is interconnected. The connections that matter most are again becoming more personal. "

" Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer. "

" 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. "

" Universities have to tame their budgets, especially for student amenities that have nothing to do with education. "

" Increasingly, corporate nationality is whatever a corporation decides it is. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It is hard to bite the hands that feed you, especially when you are competing for food. "

" Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always been the case, regardless of where the tax rate is set. "

" 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. "

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

" Freedom is the one value conservatives place above all others, yet time and again, their ideal of freedom ignores the growing imbalance of power in our society that's eroding the freedoms of most people. "

" 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. "

" The 'free market' is the product of laws and rules continuously emanating from legislatures, executive departments, and courts. "

" 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. "

" Too many young people graduate laden with debts that take years, if not decades, to pay off. "

" Sugary drinks are blamed for increasing the rates of chronic disease and obesity in America. Yet efforts to reduce their consumption through taxes or other measures have gone nowhere. The beverage industry has spent millions defeating them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "