Now, inventiveness and empathy, those qualities, if they're together in the same person, you've got an entrepreneurial genius. But they do tend to be slightly separate. Robert Reich More Quotes by Robert Reich More Quotes From Robert Reich We reform the system. We save capitalism from its own excesses. Robert Reich capitalism excess reform I am not an economic determinist. If I were, I would throw up my hands; I just would not bother. I think it's wrong to be an economic determinist. I think it's wrong to simply say, "Well, inevitably, if you're poor, you're going to get a lousy education; if you're lower-middle class, the cards are going to be stacked against you, and you'll probably never get anywhere". Robert Reich class hands thinking If you give up on politics, you're giving up on democracy. And if you give up on democracy, you're basically saying to the moneyed interests, the powerful people and institutions of society, take it all. That's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Then we give up. Then we are 100 percent plutocracy. Robert Reich giving-up powerful self I think that in politics, when people want to discredit a particular position, they say, "Oh, they are liberals," or "They are conservatives; we are centrists." Everybody wants to be a centrist. Robert Reich want people thinking Britain's is traditionally a rigid class society. Robert Reich britain class Yale Law School was the kind of place you went if you felt you needed to go to law school, maybe, for your resume, but you really didn't want to practice law. You wanted to do public policy, or maybe go into politics. Robert Reich yale law school If you give up on democracy, you might as well give up on everything. Robert Reich democracy giving-up might Humor itself is a great disinfectant. It enables people to listen. Robert Reich people I have found over the years that the most important way of getting people to relax is self-deprecating humor. Robert Reich self people years There are party leaders, big corporation, Wall Street. There are very wealthy individuals who kind of represent where the Democratic Party, the official Democratic Party was and to some extent still is. Robert Reich wall party leader You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power. Robert Reich I want a shot for people like me to grow up and do something with themselves. Robert Reich growing-up want people Every organization, no matter who it is, just follow the money. Robert Reich organization matter I grew up poor. My mother raised a family of four on between $9,000 and $15,000 a year. Robert Reich four mother years One thing I've learned from 35 years in the classroom is that people learn best when they are laughing, when they are emotionally hit, that it's both the brain and the heart. Robert Reich heart people years Bankruptcy laws allow companies to smoothly reorganize, but not college graduates burdened by student loans. Robert Reich student-loans laws student college Freedom is the one value conservatives place above all others, yet time and again, their ideal of freedom ignores the growing imbalance of power in our society that's eroding the freedoms of most people. Robert Reich freedom power time people Sugary drinks are blamed for increasing the rates of chronic disease and obesity in America. Yet efforts to reduce their consumption through taxes or other measures have gone nowhere. The beverage industry has spent millions defeating them. Robert Reich through obesity disease america As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The income from these assets is now concentrating even faster than income from work. Robert Reich rich real work art Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always been the case, regardless of where the tax rate is set. Robert Reich find will always rich
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