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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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" Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become. "

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

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

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

" When I was a small boy, I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than everyone else. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms. "

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

" Those who take their money abroad in an effort to avoid paying American taxes should lose their American citizenship. "

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

" Public fear isn't something to be played with. "

" 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. "

" The Tea Party is but one manifestation of a widening perception that the game is rigged in favor of the rich and powerful. "

" 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. "

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

" A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy. "

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

" You might say those who can't repay their student debts shouldn't have borrowed in the first place. But they had no way of knowing just how bad the jobs market would become. "