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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. "

Robert Reich

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Those at the top would do better with a smaller share of a booming economy that elicits a positive politics than they will do with an ever-larger share of an anemic economy that fuels the politics of anger. "

" If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and through penalties higher than the economic benefits of thwarting the laws. "

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

" A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on. "

" 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. "

" The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout - an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans. But the Tea Party ended up directing its ire at government rather than at big business and Wall Street. "

" 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 job creators are members of America's vast middle class and the poor, whose purchases cause businesses to expand and invest. "

" 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. "

" We need a national infrastructure bank to rebuild our crumbling highways and water and sewer systems, thereby putting additional people back to work. "

" True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 young people - their capacities to think, understand, investigate, and innovate - are America's future. "

" 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 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 inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring. "

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