“There is a core — and a very significant core — to the Republican Party that simply will not raise taxes under any circumstances.” —Robert Reich watch video
“The middle class creates jobs through their spending, through their consumption. That’s the way an economy works.” —Robert Reich watch video
“The trend is in the right direction.” —Robert Reich watch video
“In every respect, this budget takes from people who are vulnerable and gives to the people in our society, the small number, who are already wealthier than they’ve ever been — ever — in history.” —Robert Reich watch video
Robert Reich, professor at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and former U.S. labor secretary, gets creative in an effort to illustrate — literally — the effects of a Romney-Ryan economic agenda. read post
“What we’re going to get and what we’re going to see for four months now is this kind of terror being created by big lies told over and over and over again about Obamacare.” — Robert Reich watch video
“The Republicans will say, ‘Well, we need more tax cuts for the rich who are the job creators.’ Baloney! The rich are already taking home more than they’ve ever taken in terms of the percentage of the American economy. We [...] watch video
“Mitt Romney was very good at making money: making money for investors, making money for shareholders, making money for private equity partners. But the job of president is most specifically not to make money for shareholders — we’re not shareholders, [...] watch video
“If there’s a lot of money to be made, and JP Morgan Chase has discovered a way to do it that kind of circumvents or uses some of the holes in the emerging Volcker rule, then I can guarantee you [...] watch video
“I think under Romney the middle class will continue to shrink. Not only are Romney’s tax policies regressive, but also he is bent on accepting Paul Ryan’s Republican budget, which will cut discretionary spending, education — will cut almost all [...] watch video
David Sirota, Ben Wallace-Wells, Rick Ungar, Turney Duff, Frank Conniff, Jeff Kreisler and Scott Blakeman.
