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Robert Reich

Robert Reich is an economist at the University of California (Berkeley) who served as Labor Secretary under President Bill Clinton. He is a frequent political commentator on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos and MSNBC's Hardball.

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By Amy Sherman
October 11, 2024

“Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.”

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By Tom Kertscher
December 11, 2021

“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.

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By Becky Bowers
September 27, 2013

Under economic sanctions, "now Iran is suffering 30 percent inflation, 20 percent unemployment."

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By Sue Owen
July 18, 2013

Says in Texas "it's legal to shoot someone who's committing a ‘public nuisance’ under the cover of dark."

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By Louis Jacobson
September 1, 2011

"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."

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