Robert Reich on immigration reform plan: ‘The stars are aligned in a very weird and unusual way’
“I can’t remember the last time the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce got together on anything.” —Robert Reich watch video
Guest: Robert Reich
Robert Reich: ‘There is nothing that is particularly important about balancing the budget’
“There’s no reason to balance the budget on the backs of the poor.” —Robert Reich watch video
Robert Reich: Republicans are pro–rich people at the expense of everyone else
“Republicans are saying, ‘No taxes on the rich, no closing of any loopholes at all.’” —Robert Reich watch video
‘Let’s just repeal the sequester’: Robert Reich on what Republicans and Democrats should be saying
“The problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth.” —Robert Reich watch video
Robert Reich on the sequester: These spending cuts are so massive that they will drain the economy
The GOP is “wedded to their Republican, supply-side, trickle-down orthodoxy that has been shown again and again not to work.” —Robert Reich watch video
Robert Reich: Obama must address jobs and the economy in his State of the Union speech
“Framing the issue is very important around jobs and the economy, but coming up with specific programs that the Republicans will agree to seems to me almost impossible in this environment.” —Robert Reich watch video
Robert Reich: Obama has compromised too much on the fiscal cliff
“Not only is [Obama] lifting the threshold for the tax hike up to $400,000 … from $250,000, but he’s also chipping away at Social Security and Medicare.” —Robert Reich watch video
Reich on why right-to-work legislation is anti-labor: ‘As labor unions have declined, wages have declined in tandem’
“As labor unions have declined, workers have had less power, and — significantly — the median wage has declined in tandem.” —Robert Reich watch video
Robert Reich: Don’t listen to Wall Street — taxing the rich is good for the economy
“There is no correlation at all between raising taxes on the rich and slowing the economy.” —Robert Reich watch video
Robert Reich on the fiscal cliff: ‘Democrats are holding most of the trump cards’
“The question is, will the Democrats actually hold firm?” —Robert Reich watch video
