It’s doubtful that most of these 158 are contributing to these campaigns out of the goodness of their hearts or a sense of public responsibility.
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Look Who’s Buying American Democracy
Author: Robert Reich
ROBERT B. REICH, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century. He has written fourteen books, including the best sellers Aftershock, The Work of Nations and Beyond Outrage and, his most recent, Saving Capitalism. He is also a founding editor of The American Prospect magazine, chairman of Common Cause, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and co-creator of the award-winning documentary, Inequality for All.
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What to Do About Disloyal Corporations
Corporate desertions from the United States will cost the rest of us taxpayers some $19.5 billion over the next decade.
In suggesting that the staff of Planned Parenthood, Muslims, Black Lives Matter protesters, and Mexican immigrants are guilty of venal acts, these candidates are fanning the flames of hate.
It’s estimated that in five years over 40 percent of the American labor force will be in such uncertain work; in a decade, most of us.
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The Perils of Circus Politics
Such circus politics may be fun to watch, but it’s profoundly dangerous for America and the world.
It turned out that many of the conservative Republicans and Tea Partiers I met agreed with much of what I had to say, and I agreed with them.
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Reality Check on The Republican Party
I phoned a former Republican member of Congress with whom I’d worked in the 1990s… I wanted his take on the Republican candidates because I felt I needed a reality check.
Add it up—the extra money we’re paying for pharmaceuticals, communications, mortgages, student loans, airline tickets, food, and health insurance—and you get a hefty portion of the average family’s budget.
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On Leaders and Demagogues
Among the current crop of candidates for president of the United States, who exhibits leadership and who doesn’t?
Donald Trump has opened the floodgates to lies about immigration. Here are the myths, and the facts.