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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
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Robert Reich
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 24
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Former United States Secretary Of Labor
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