We already have an annual wealth tax on homes, the major asset of the middle class. It's called the property tax. Why not a small annual tax on the value of stocks and bonds, the major assets of the wealthy?
You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power. - Robert Reich
You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power.
- Robert Reich
It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War II, US top tax rates on the wealthy … - Robert Reich
It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War II, US top tax rates on the wealthy …
Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large. - Robert Reich
Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.
We're the richest economy in the history of the world. For the majority of Americans not to get the benefits of this extraordinarily prosperous econo… - Robert Reich
We're the richest economy in the history of the world. For the majority of Americans not to get the benefits of this extraordinarily prosperous econo…
Corporations don't create jobs, customers do. So when all the economic gains go to the top, as they're doing now, the vast majority of Americans don'… - Robert Reich
Corporations don't create jobs, customers do. So when all the economic gains go to the top, as they're doing now, the vast majority of Americans don'…
A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the lon… - Robert Reich
A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the lon…
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires … - Robert Reich
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires …
America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as t… - Robert Reich
America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as t…
The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of opportunity. Ther… - Robert Reich
The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of opportunity. Ther…
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