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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. "
Robert Reich
Technology
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Job
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" 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. "
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" In truth, government has been good to Wall Street and big business. "
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" I'm not one of those who thinks the only way to fix what's wrong with American education is to throw more money at it. We also need to do it much better. "
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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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them. "
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" The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Evidence suggests jobs are crucial not only to economic well-being but also to self-esteem. "
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" 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. "
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Well
" It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far. "
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Far
Fight
" As public schools deteriorate, the upper-middle class and wealthy send their kids to private ones. As public pools and playgrounds decay, the better-off buy memberships in private tennis and swimming clubs. As public hospitals decline, the well-off pay premium rates for private care. "
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Tennis
Pay
" The job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest. "
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Middle
Cause
Poor
" 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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Elite
" Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods. "
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" We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives. "
Robert Reich
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" America is one of few advanced nations that allow direct advertising of prescription drugs. "
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Advertising
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" You can't create a political movement out of pabulum. "
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You
Political
" 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. "
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Routine
Digital
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" 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. "
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Minimum Wage
Stronger
Change
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Can we please agree that in the real world, corporations exist for one purpose and one purpose only - to make as much money as possible, which means cutting costs as much as possible? "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Public fear isn't something to be played with. "
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" Those who take their money abroad in an effort to avoid paying American taxes should lose their American citizenship. "
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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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