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Robert Bernard Reich (born June 24, 1946) is an American economist, professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, as well as serving as the United States Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton.
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Please, for the love of god, do not rush an unsafe vaccine for political purposes.
Racism is used by those with wealth and power to divide those with neither, so they won’t see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Every company in America should require all workers to be vaccinated, period.
A minimal guarantee with regards to income seems to me as almost inevitable.
Those who argue for "less government" are really arguing for a different government—often one that favors them or their patrons.
Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few (2015)
As the pandemic surges back, Trump and his lackeys have
The rich know that as long as racial animosity exists, white and black Americans are less likely to look upward and see where the wealth and power really has gone.
Government doesn’t "intrude" on the "free market." It creates the market.
Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few (2015)
The mistakes made at one point in time have an eerie way of reemerging two generations later, as memories fade.
History shows there are no "one day" dictatorships. When democracies fall, they typically fall completely.
20,000,000 Americans are at risk of being evicted by September 30.
Last night I deleted a tweet because it was widely misinterpreted and distorted by conservative media. "Back of the hand" is an idiom for rebuke. I wholeheartedly condemn violence against women.
Your reminder that America's richest 1 percent now own half the value of the U.S. stock market. The richest 10 percent own 92 percent. So when Trump says the stock market is the economy, know who he's really talking about.
So let me get this straight: Extending additional unemployment benefits to out-of-work Americans during a pandemic will make them lazy and lead to socialism, but trillions in bailouts to Wall St. bankers and corporate execs is good for the economy?
If nothing is done to counter present trends, the major fault line in American politics will no longer be between Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives. It will be between the 'establishment'—political insiders, power brokers, the heads of American business, Wall Street, and the mainstream media—and an increasingly mad-as-hell populace determined to 'take back America' from them.
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