The coming shutdowns and showdowns

Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor; Professor at Berkeley; Author, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future

America is the richest nation in the world, and we've never been richer. There's no reason for us to turn on our teachers, our unionized workers, our poor and needy, and our elderly. The notion that we can no longer afford it is claptrap.

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