by Robert Reich | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
You are the captains of American industry, the titans of Wall Street, and the billionaires who for decades have been the backbone of the Republican Party. You’ve invested your millions in the GOP in order to get lower taxes, wider tax loopholes, bigger subsidies, more...
by Robert Reich | Feb 24, 2016 | Current Issues, Progressive Vision
Step back from the campaign fray for just a moment and consider the enormity of what’s already occurred. A 74-year-old Jew from Vermont who describes himself as a democratic socialist, who wasn’t even a Democrat until recently, has come within a whisker of beating...
by Robert Reich | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]https://youtu.be/6W5e7AwqksU[/fve] 1. Cruz is more fanatical. Sure, Trump is a bully and bigot, but he doesn’t hew to any sharp ideological line. Cruz is a fierce ideologue: He denies the existence of man-made climate change, rejects same-sex marriage, wants to...
by Robert Reich | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
I’m writing to you today to announce the death of the Republican Party. It is no longer a living, vital, animate organization. It died in 2016. RIP. It has been replaced by warring tribes: Evangelicals opposed to abortion, gay marriage, and science. Libertarians...
by Robert Reich | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Instead of “Yes we can,” many Democrats have adopted a new slogan this election year: “We shouldn’t even try.” We shouldn’t try for single-payer system, they say. We’ll be lucky if we prevent Republicans from repealing Obamacare. We shouldn’t try for a $15 an hour...
