February 2012
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Robert Reich: As Santorum and Romney Battle for... →
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My father was a Republican for the first 78 years of his life. For the last twenty, he’s been a Democrat (he just celebrated his 98th.) What happened? “They lost me,” he says.
They’re losing even more Americans now, as the four remaining GOP candidates seek to out-do one another in their race for…
Robert Reich: The GOP's Big Investors →
robertreich:
Have you heard of William Dore, Foster Friess, Sheldon Adelson, Harold Simmons, Peter Thiel, or Bruce Kovner? If not, let me introduce them to you. They’re running for the Republican nomination for president.
I know, I know. You think Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Mitt Romney are…
Robert Reich: Manufacturing Illusions →
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Suddenly, manufacturing is back – at least on the election trail. But don’t be fooled. The real issue isn’t whether and how to get manufacturing back. It’s how to get good jobs and good wages back. They aren’t at all the same thing.
Republicans have suddnely become born-again champions of…
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Romney actually wants to help 'poor people,' and... →
How much more odious can the Republicans reactionaries get? The government helping the poor/unlucky, imagine! It’s amusing to see Limburger and the NYT wetting their collective pants over the very idea. Any hint of political moderation causes a meltdown amongst the reactionary ideologues. Too bad for them, but Romney is going to win the nomination simply because of the few vapors of...
Robert Reich: The Republican Myth of Obama's... →
robertreich:
One of the few things Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree on is that President Obama is turning America into “European-style welfare culture.”
In his standard stump speech Romney charges Obama with creating a nation of dependents. “Over the past three years Barack Obama has been replacing our…