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The rich would do better with a smaller share of a rapidly growing economy then they're doing now with a large share of an economy that is barely growing at all.
Robert Reich
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Robert Reich
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 24
Economist
Former United States Secretary Of Labor
Political Scientist
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University Teacher
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Robert Bernard Reich
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Cynicism is the last refuge of those who don't want to do the work of creating a better society.
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The Democratic Party is DEAD.
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Those who analogize the federal budget to a family's budget must know nothing about either.
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