Robert Reich is a hardcore lefty but his assessment of the current thinking in Washington D.C. seems spot on.
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I spent much of this week in DC – talking w/ friends, former colleagues, pundits, and members of Congress in both parties. My verdict:
The most interesting takeaway for me is Reich's claim that almost everyone on the Hill considers Ryan's replacement bill for Obamacare dumb. It is dumb!
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Trump is terrible, but these bullet points are all good and fantastic news!
ReplyDeleteI am Kermit the Frog sipping my tea.
ReplyDeletePoint number 10, I never thought Reich would be that forthright.
ReplyDeleteMe too! He absolutely nails it there. Go figger.
DeleteHe nails it, but his solution is more govt. intervention: for example, higher minimum wage, and higher taxes on the income and capital gains of the wealthy, however that wealth was acquired, whether on the open market or through political privilege.
DeleteI loved number seven. Get rid of the bureaucracy!
ReplyDeleteI personally would like some more insight on number 7. Yes there is the pension problem that is looming (some state governments are already feeling it) but what else. Does Reich actually think Trump is going to reduce government? If anything the enforcement class (which are also civil servants) are going to get all that money cut from other government departments.
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